Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said the difference between President Muhammadu Buhari and other presidential candidates for the 2019 elections is that the president will not steal or allow stealing. Osinbajo made the declaration in Lagos on Saturday at the flag off of his door-to-door campaign in Lagos State. He visited some parts of Sogunro community, […]
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Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says over ₦600 billion has so far been allocated to the education sector in 2018. Osinbajo disclosed this at the opening ceremony of a two-day Stakeholders’ Workshop on Sustainable Funding for Education in Nigeria held on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa Banquet Hall, Abuja. The workshop was organised by Federal […]
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The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, disclosed that the Federal Government is in talks with the African Development Bank, AfDB,osinbajo to create $500 million innovation fund for technology and creative sector. Meanwhile, the outgoing President of African Securities Exchanges Association, ASEA, Mr. Oscar Onyema, said that strategic relationships of African exchanges have resulted in […]
Read More Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday defended Nigeria’s $73 billion debts despite admitting that the debt profile grew by another $10 billion between 2015 and this year. In 2015, the VP said the debt size was $63 billion, growing by $10 billion to hit $73 billion in 2018. However, Osinbajo, who spoke during a town hall […]
Read More Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has launched the Federal Government’s ₦10,000 interest free loans, otherwise known as TraderMoni in three more Lagos markets. Osinbajo who led other Federal and state government officials to Ikotun, Igando and Ile Epo markets urged the traders to make judicious use of the loans to secure more from Federal Government. […]
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Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has asked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to be more concerned over his indictment by the House of Representatives in the ₦5.8 billion he approved for the National Emergency Agency, NEMA, without due process, than his (Jonathan) sojourn in office. Jonathan, in a statement by one of his aides, Reno Omokri, was […]
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The federal government recently reiterated its position on the African Continental Free Trade Area, ACFTA, saying that Nigeria is not against the pact. The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, who said this in a keynote at the 2018 Africa Trade Forum in Lagos, said although, Nigeria was yet to sign the agreement, the country was […]
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Nigeria and some African countries have expressed their readiness to address challenges of achieving a free trade zone in Africa. The Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and some other stakeholders from different countries in Africa spoke at the Africa Trade Forum 2018, which was co-hosted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the Rockefeller Foundation, the […]
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The Federal Government has called for the extension of Google Station’s free WiFi services to markets in Nigeria. The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, disclosed this in Lagos on Friday while declaring open the 32nd Lagos International Trade Fair. He said, “We are currently facilitating an innovative product being rolled out by Google, the Google […]
Read More Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday said a past administration withdrew ₦60 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria in one day with no one knowing the whereabouts of the money. Osinbajo stated this in Lagos where he inaugurated an independent power project built by a private developer, Solad Power Holdings, under the Federal Government’s Energising […]
Read More The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo is one of the dignitaries that will flag off the 2018 National Risk Management Conference organised by the Risk Management Society of Nigeria, RIMSONS. The two-day conference has as its theme: “Risk Management and Nation-building: Transforming National Challenges to Opportunities.” According to a statement by RIMSON’s spokesperson, Joseph Obah, […]
Read More Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, Sunday said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was sectional in his policies and style of governance. Osinbajo spoke while inspecting facilities at the Imo International Airport in Owerri. The Vice President among other things visited Eze Imo, Samuel Ohiri, after which he proceeded to a birthday celebration organized by […]
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