Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has requested approval of the House of Representatives for fresh $1.28bn and €9m loans under the 2016-2018 External Borrowing (Rolling) Plans of the Federal Government. A letter he wrote to the House of Representatives on the matter was read to members by the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday in […]
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Details of the Executive Orders signed by Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo have emerged revealing a number of decisive policies formulated to ensure the smooth running of different organs of government. Osinbajo had last Thursday signed three Executive Orders at a time many in some quarters assumed that governance had taken a back seat in […]
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Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has, yesterday, approves three executive orders which are all aimed at improving private and government’s business operations in the country. Following the campaign for Nigerians to patronise more of the country’s local content and or product and jettison the consumption of foreign goods to boost the country’s economy, the All […]
Read More The Federal Government on Thursday said that local industries would be encouraged to grow the Nigerian economy and lead the country out of the current crisis. To achieve that feat, the government said it had put measures in place to ease the process of doing business in the country. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo gave the […]
Read MoreIn the above video tweeted by the President of Nigeria; Muhammadu Buhari showed the Vice President stating clear his role as the Vice. He said: “My role and my commitment as Vice President is to support President Muhammadu Buhari in every way, to ensure the Administration succeeds.” VP @ProfOsinbajo: "My role and my commitment as […]
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The Senate, on Wednesday, made a move to review four bills passed by the National Assembly which the Presidency said it would not assent to. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, while acting when President Muhammadu Buhari was on medical vacation in the United Kingdom, had written to the Senate that he withdrew his assent to the […]
Read More Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said that with the recent involvement of the government in the promotion of technology, the country would soon take over the digital space the way it did in the music, film and entertainment industry. Osinbajo, who said this in Abuja during the presentation of N756.3m grant to 81 young […]
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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said corruption directly fueled the activities of the Boko Haram sect in the North Eastern part of the country. Osinbajo said this in his remarks at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum holding in Paris. According to a copy of the speech made available by […]
Read MoreThe Nigeria Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, gave the below speech at the ongoing anti-corruption forum in Paris. United Action is the Key There is now hardly any credible opposition to the notion that corruption and Illicit financial flows constitute perhaps the gravest challenge to development. And this is especially true of developing countries. […]
Read More Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has assured that the Federal Government was actively exploring options on how best to liquidate the debts owed contractors across the country, including the use of bonds. The Federal Government was owing over N2 trillion to contractors mainly on road construction. Osinbajo disclosed this when he met with members of the […]
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo marked his 60th birthday with Federal Executive Council (FEC) members on Wednesday at the State House, Abuja. He told media men at the end of the meeting: “I think I am frankly not different from yesterday but I must say that it’s the work of grace and I just feel so […]
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The Daily Trust today reviews Professor Yemi Osinbajo’s acting presidency in 38 days. Its verdict on the actions taken so far: This is the third time Osinbajo is acting as president. The first was in February 2016 when the president embarked on a five-day vacation, and the second time was in June 2016 when President […]
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