Banker stops 64-year-old from delivering N600k to soothsayers (Punch) Two suspected fraudsters, posing as prophets, have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for attempting to extort N600,000 from a 64-year-old woman in Lagos. According to the police, the…
Osinbajo hospitalised over ‘recurrent pain’ – spokesman
Nigeria’s vice president Yemi Osinbajo has been hospitalised over a ‘recurrent pain’ in the leg, his spokesman said on Saturday. Osinbajo’s media aide Laolu Akande in a tweet said doctors will issue an update on the treatment later. Akande disclosed…
Osinbajo’s spokesman makes clarification on airport road incident
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s convoy was not involved in an accident at the airport road, Abuja, on Monday as was reported in some media and social media platforms. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, who made clarifications, said the vice president’s security…
Osinbajo uses convoy’s ambulance to take accident victim to hospital
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday rendered a helping hand to an accident victim along Abuja airport road as he ordered that the ambulance in his convoy be used to take an accident victim to hospital. An online platform had…
Why I am running for president, by Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), professor of law, and pastor, has thrown his hat in the presidential ring for the 2013 general election. According to a statement released by his spokesperson, Laolu Akande, but signed…
Lies! Magu never gave me N4b – Osinbajo
The Office of the Vice President has said that there is no truth in the story emanating from a series of tweets and online publications credited to the same source linking Vice President Yemi Osinabjo to the embattled former Chairman…
Osinbajo, wife condoles Buhari, Abba Kyari’s family
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his wife Dolapo, have condoled with President Muhammadu Buhari, and family of Abba Kyari upon the Chief of Staff’s transition: According to a statement by the VP’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo said: “Dolapo and I…
FG approves $20m Tech Fund for young innovators
The federal government has approved a $20 million Technology Fund for young innovators. A statement by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s spokesman Laolu Akande said that this is in furtherance of the President Muhmmadu Buhari administration’s drive to support Micro, Small…
‘What NEC really discussed regarding DisCos’
The Office of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has corrected what it described as “misleading media reports” indicating that the National Economic Council meeting, which held yesterday, had deliberations over ownership of electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos). “Some of the erroneous…
AMCON Gbese – FG sets up intra agency task force to recover N5tr
The federal government has taken another determined step in its bid to recover over N5 trillion outstanding debts owed the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), with the formal inauguration of an inter-agency committee to speedily resolve the challenges in…