The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has promised to launch its digital currency on October 1 following an advice by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo that cryptocurrency should be regulated not banned. The decision to launch its digital currency was reached during a private webinar recently in which the CBN said about 80 per cent of central banks worldwide are Read More
Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON) and a chieftain of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) Osita Okechukwu, has expressed support for the proposal for a consensus candidate for the 2023 presidential election. The APC chieftain also refuted the claim by Senator Hanga that there was an agreement between President Muhammadu Buhari and former Lagos state governor Asiwaju Read More
The federal government’s COVID-19 stimulus package has reflated the economy with the creation and saving of over 2 million jobs, following the implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP), Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said. Although the target of N2.3 trillion estimated to be spent under the plan has not been achieved just as yet, the federal government appropriation part Read More
Kano residents came out en-masse on Saturday to welcome Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and other dignitaries to the coronation of Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado-Bayero. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the vice-president’s jet landed at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport from where he and his entourage proceeded to Sani Abacha Stadium, venue of the coronation. In his Read More
The Federal Government of Nigeria has called for more collaborations with states, local and mining communities to achieve its six percent contribution from mining sector to the Gross Domestic Products (GDP) of the country. The vice president of Nigeria Prof Yemi Osinbajo while declaring open the maiden edition of the ‘Strategic Engagement on Sustainable Mining with Nigeria Local Government Chairmen Read More
…Congratulates caretaker c’ttee on job well done President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja said the All Progressives Congress (APC) had been revived, energised and repositioned for its national convention and future elections. He stated this while commending the national caretaker/extraordinary convention planning committee (CECPC) led by the Yobe state governor, Malam Mai Mala Buni. Speaking at the APC CECPC Read More
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria will continue its frontline advocacy for a “just transition” to net-zero emissions. Net-zero emissions aims at completely negating the amount of greenhouse gases produced by human activities; it is to be achieved by reducing emissions. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said the vice-president presided over a virtual meeting Read More
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight king, Kamaru Usman is meeting with Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare. Usman had on Thursday met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo inside the Presidential Villa. He also met with Kogi state governor Yahaya Bello on the same day. Usman is the reigning UFC Welterweight Champion, and was also the Ultimate Fighter 21 Read More
The youths wing of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said President Muhammadu Buhari did not ban Twitter in Nigeria but on temporary suspension. National youths leader of the ruling party, Barr. Ismaeel Ahmed, told newsmen Wednesday in Abuja that he was not personally happy about the development, adding that the controversy will soon be resolved amicably. Barr. Ahmed Read More
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, received the Vice President of Liberia, Dr. Jewel Howard-Taylor. Howard-Taylor is in Nigeria to attend the First Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament for the year.The Nigerian vice-president’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, told State House correspondents afterwards that the two vice-presidents used the opportunity not only to exchange pleasantries, but Read More
Nigeria’s privatization agency will recommend that the state sell off the nation’s electricity-transmission network. The Bureau of Public Enterprises is looking at various strategies to reform the Transmission Company of Nigeria, Director-General Alex Okoh said in an interview. The agency will share its proposal “very shortly” with the National Council on Privatisation that the state-owned corporation be unbundled and then Read More
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s oft-reiteration that the only way to effectively address the massive infrastructure deficit that the country faces is by Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement in one form or the other could be the panacea for Nigeria’s socio-economic development. Citing statistics from Nigerian Integrated Infrastructure Masterplan (NIIMP) and the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) 2017-2020 to buttress his point, Read More
Publisher of Blueprint Newspapers, Alhaji Muhammed Idris, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu were among top dignitaries that gathered at the weekend in Lagos to honour nine departed media icons at the event jointly organised by the Nigeria Press Organisation (NPO), consisting of the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN); Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE); Nigeria Union of Read More
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said he has not declared interest for the 2023 presidential contest, noting that permutations around the race are a distraction. Speaking through his spokesman, Laolu Akande said in a statement on Monday in Abuja that the Office of the Vice President had no connection with an online attempt to rally support for his principal. “The Read More
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Thursday, commended Ogun state Governor Dapo Abiodun on the launching of Ogun Digital Economy Infrastructure Project in the state. Osinbajo gave this commendation while speaking virtually at the official launch of the project, held at the Ogun TechHub, Kobape Road, Abeokuta, the state capital. The VP noted that digital economy technology is the future of Read More
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Wednesday, condemned the export bans on the covid-19 vaccines and the resort to vaccine nationalism. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, in a statement issued in Abuja, quoted Osinbajo as speaking at a virtual forum organized by a leading American Christian University, Read More
Barring any last minute change in plans, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Thursday join Ogun state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, to flag off a digital empowerment programme in Abeokuta, the state capital. Tagged ‘Ogun State Digital Economic Empowerment Project’, it is a plan of the state government, being organised by the Bureau of Information Technology in conjunction with 21st Read More
Wife of the President Mrs Aisha Muhammadu Buhari Thursday realised N155 million at the public presentation of a book titled, “Aisha Buhari: Being Different. The book, written by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Women Affairs, Office of the First Lady, Dr Hajo Sani, was launched at the State House Banquet Hall in Abuja. National leader Read More
One of the areas of good governance that caught the attention of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, during his recent visit to Gombe is Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya’s passion in harnessing the huge human capital in Gombe state for socio-economic development of the state. Prior to the vice president’s visit, Gombe state has been a hub of trade, commerce Read More
The President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday promised to give justice those that lost their lives in the ongoing crisis in Ebonyi state. Buhari spoke through the Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo during a day working visit to Ebonyi state to ascertain the level of killings and destruction at Egedegede and Effium communities of Ohaukwu and Ishielu local government areas respectively. Addressing the Read More
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed optimism that Nigeria will remain one indivisible entity no matter the agitation for breakup, just as he assured that the fervent prayers of those wishing Nigeria well will triumph over those wishing for the country’s break up. Osinbajo who stated this at the launching of the 27th edition of the National MSME clinics in Read More
Notwithstanding heightened division in opinion, orchestrated negative propaganda and the deepening conspiracy theory against COVID19 Vaccine, Nigeria took delivery of 3.92 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, 2 March 2021. The delivery marked the first arrival of COVID-19 vaccine in the country and make Nigeria the next West African country to benefit from the COVAX Facility after Ghana Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday morning met with Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor; Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru; Chief of Naval Staff; Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amoo. The meeting which happened before his departure to the United Kingdon also had in attendance the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, National Security Read More
The only way to effectively address the massive infrastructural deficit that the country faces is by Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement in one form or the other,” the Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said. Citing statistics from Nigerian Integrated Infrastructure Masterplan (NIIMP) and the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) 2017-2020 to buttress his point, the Vice President noted that Read More
Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has said the integration of artisanal and modular refinery operators into mainstream oil and gas sector will promote local content in the industry and advance home grown technology in the refining of petroleum products. He stated this on Tuesday, during a National Summit webinar meeting on the Integration of Artisanal and Modular Refinery Operations in Read More
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