Presidency sources yesterday offered an insight into what led to the chartering of the ill-fated Caverton helicopter to fly Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and nine others at the weekend. Inquiries by The Guardian confirmed that the presidential fleet had been…
Daria Media, NTA debut ‘The Candidates’ on January 9
Daria Media and the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) will on January 9, 2019, launch The Candidates, a political programme. The programme, with support from MacArthur Foundation, is conceived as a platform for the registered 91 political parties and their respective…
Osinbajo in Austria for Africa, Europe Heads of Government meeting (Guardian)
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will participate in the Africa-Europe High Level Forum with other African and European Heads of States and Government in Vienna, Austria. Vice President’s spokesman Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the forum…
Osinbajo, Atiku, PDP governors grace burial of Dickson’s mother (Daily Trust)
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar are among the top personalities who graced the burial ceremony of Madam Goldcoast Dickson, late mother of the Bayelsa State…
Buhari’s focus is on welfare of common Nigerians, says Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s sole concern is that the resources of Nigeria must be used for the man and woman who need it the most and this explains the focus of the administration’s entire…
No going back on passage of PIGB – Osinbajo (Independent)
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo yesterday said that the present administration remains fully committed to the passage of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB), saying the executive is working closely with the National Assembly to ensure its timely passage.…
Lagos-Ibadan road: 2021 completion date, disgraceful (Punch) * My second term plans, by Buhari (Nation)
Lagos-Ibadan road: 2021 completion date, disgraceful (Punch) It is disgraceful that the deadline for the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has been shifted to 2021. Work resumed this year, but Julius Berger, the contractor handling the Lagos-Sagamu intersection end of…
Worry more about your N5.8bn indictment than my tenure, Jonathan tells Osinbajo (Vanguard) * Osinbajo launches TraderMoni in more Lagos markets (Vanguard)
Worry more about your N5.8bn indictment than my tenure, Jonathan tells Osinbajo (Vanguard) Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has asked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to be more concerned over his indictment by the House of Representatives in the N5.8 billion he…
Chinese rice donated to IDPs wasted (ThisDay)
A significant quantity of rice donated by the Chinese government to be distributed to Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) in some of the states affected by Boko Haram attacks was wasted. This revelation was made by the Chief Press Secretary to…
You’re wrong on Northeast emergency intervention, Osinbajo replies Reps (Nation) * Rescue women, children in Boko Haram captivity, Buratai orders troops (Punch)
You’re wrong on Northeast emergency intervention, Osinbajo replies Reps (Nation) The Presidency yesterday responded to claims by the House of Representatives that the emergency food supply intervention in the Northeast was misplaced. It said that the then Acting President, Vice…
