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A chopper that was to convey Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo from the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada in Abuja, was forced to land, few seconds after take off on Thursday. READ MORE HERE

The federal government’s economic team, led by the National Economic Council (NEC), has once again received a hard knock for its poor understanding of how to grow a national economy. Bill Gates; yes, Bill Gates of the Microsoft fame, who came calling a couple of days previously, was reported to...

Board members appointed into three federal agencies under the control of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo are to be inaugurated on Tuesday, March 20. The agencies are National Boundary Commission, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies and Border Communities Development Agencies. Their...

None of the 36 governors was in attendance at a security summit yesterday as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo explained why Nigeria is ripe for state police. The inability of governors, as state chief security officers, to commandeer police forces has always been on the front burner of complaints...

The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo yesterday, said the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to take only half of his salary was what made him (the Vice-President) to do same. Prof. Osinbajo said this at the public presentation of a book, “Making Steady, Sustainable Progress...

Ex-aviation minister Femi Fani Kayode has condemned Nigeria's Acting President Yemi Osinbajo in an open letter. According to him, Osinbajo is a hypocrite. “You have constantly condemned and warned against what you call “hate speech” in our nation yet you indulge in it more than anyone else...

Here are the opening remarks of Nigeria's Acting President Yemi Osinbajo in a meeting with southeastern leaders in Abuja on Wednesday. The meeting was convened to discuss the 3-month quit notice handed Igbos by northerners. Yesterday I kicked off a series of consultations and engagements with...

In reaction to a report by the High Level Panel headed by ex South Africa President Thabo Mbeki and commissioned by the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday claimed that most of the illicit funds from...

Nigeria's Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday condemned the "sickening atrocity perpetrated by a group of terrorists who attacked innocent persons in London Bridge area" in the United Kingdom. He reiterated that Nigeria stands with the government & people of the United Kingdom & extended...

Nigeria's Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday was conferred with one of the highest traditional titles of the Efik Kingdom, Ada Idaha Ke Efik Eburutu. The title was conferred on him by the Obong of Calabar when he visited the traditional ruler at his palace in Calabar, Cross River State.

Nigeria's Acting President Yemi Osinbajo recently announced that Nigerians will be able to own a home soon for as low as N30,000. In a statement released by the office of the Acting President, Osinbajo explained that "the Family Home Fund of our Social Housing Programme will provide...

Nigeria's Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday addressed civil servants and urged them to be steadfast and pragmatic in their daily jobs. According to him, prayer and fasting alone aren't enough to move the country forward. He said hard work must factor in too. “No matter how much...

APC leader Bola Ahmed Tinubu has stated that the birthday anniversary of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is coming at a momentous time of the year. “I congratulate Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on his 60th birthday March 8," he said in a short statement released on Wednesday. “We know...

Nigeria's senate president Bukola Saraki on Tuesday extolled Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on his 60th birthday anniversary. In a statement, Saraki wished Osinbajo good health, great wisdom and enduring grace to to serve the nation and humanity. “On behalf of all members of the 8th Senate of...

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo today swore in Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. Here are photos from the swearing-in ceremony: Read more

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is currently in Kaduna state. Leadership reports that Osinbajo, in company of the ministers of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, as well as Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, landed at the Kaduna International Airport 12:21pm. After being received by Kaduna...