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Osinbajo Attends President Kagame’s Inauguration In Rwanda
NationThe Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has left Abuja for Kigali, the capital of Rwanda where is attending the Presidential inauguration of President Paul Kagame. The inauguration is expected to be witnessed by several African Heads of State and Government, following President Kagame’s victory in the country’s Presidential election on August...
SERAP Asks Osinbajo To Improve Safety Of EFCC Officials
NationThe Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo to “direct the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris to lead the investigation of Wednesday’s attack by gunmen on the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja. SERAP is also asking...
Hate Speech Will Be Considered An Act Of Terrorism, Says Osinbajo
NationThe Federal Government has drawn the line on hate speech, warning that not only will it rejected, it will henceforth be considered an act of terrorism. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo said this today in Abuja at the opening of the National Economic Council Summit. Professor Osinbajo’s comments come after months of regional...
National Economic Council Holds Security Retreat
NationActing President Yemi Osinbajo says hate speech will no longer be tolerated and will henceforth be taken as an act of terrorism. Speaking at the special national economic council security retreat on Thursday at the Aso Rock Villa, Professor Osinbajo warned that the federal government will deal decisively with those who...
Osinbajo, State Governors Attend Security Retreat Inside Aso Rock
NationThe Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, and state governors are currently attending a security retreat organised by the National Economic Council. The retreat also being attended by the nation’s security chiefs is holding inside the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Some members of the Federal Executive Council are also attending. Details...
Corruption Denies Nigerians Benefits Of Democracy – Osinbajo
NationActing President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, says it is impossible to implement government policies or programmes with the level of corruption that has bedeviled Nigeria. According to him, no nation can survive the level of corruption witnessed by the nation and if it persists, it will continue to deny citizens of the...
Former President Obasanjo Has Accused Nigerian Politicians Of Failing The Masses
NationFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo has accused Nigerian politicians of failing the masses. Obasanjo who spoke at a book presentation in honour of Pastor Enoch Adeboye in Lagos, said the cleric has influenced the lives of Nigerians describing himself as a beneficiary. Nigeria’s Acting president Yemi Osinbajo explained that he accepted his nomination...
Osinbajo Assigns Portfolios To Two New Ministers
NationThe Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has assigned portfolios to the two new ministers who were recently confirmed by the Senate. They are Stephen Ocheni and Suleiman Hassan. While Mr Ocheni is now the Minister of State For Labour, Mr Hassan was sworn in as the second minister of state in...
Osinbajo Congratulates Kenyatta On Election Victory
NationActing President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has assured the people and government of Kenya of Nigeria’s support and cooperation in the nation’s bid towards transformation. Professor Osinbajo said this in his congratulatory message to the President, Uhuru Kenyatta following his re-election victory at the August 8 general elections. “Permit me to use this momentous...
FG Has Spent N6bn On School Feeding Programme In 14 States – Presidency
NationThe Federal Government has announced that a total of 14 states now benefit from the school feeding programme set up by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. In a statement by the spokesperson to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, Laolu Akande, the Presidency also noted that it is now close to its target...
Acting President Osinbajo Inaugurates Investigation Panel
NationNigeria’s Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has inaugurated the presidential panel of investigation to review compliance of the armed forces with human rights obligations and rules of engagement. The nine-man panel, which is chaired by justice Biobele Georgewill, was inaugurated at the Aso rock villa Abuja on Friday. Following allegations of human rights...
Osinbajo Appoints 21 New Permanent Secretaries
NationNigeria's Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has approved the appointment of 21 new Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, disclosed this in a statement signed on Thursday in Abuja by the Director of Communications in the office, Mr...
Terrorism War: Osinbajo Commissions Five New Super Mushak Aircraft
NationThe Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has commissioned five new Super Mushak trainer aircraft recently acquired from Pakistan by the Nigerian Air Force for the training of personnel and counter insurgency operations. At the inauguration ceremony of the aircraft and graduation of 16 pilots held at the Airforce base in Kaduna...
Anambra Church Attackers Will Face Justice, Says Osinbajo
NationActing President Yemi Osinbajo said on Monday that the attackers who killed 12 worshippers at St Philips Catholic Church, Ozubulu, in Anambra State will be brought to justice for the “heinous crime”. "The Acting President has been in touch with the Anambra State Governor, Willy Obiano, police authorities and other security...
President Buhari Condemn Ozubulu Church Attack
NationPresident Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the Ozubulu Church attack in Anambra state, southeast Nigeria by yet to be identified gunmen, describing the incident as "an appalling crime against humanity and unspeakable sacrilege." Expressing his grief in a strongly worded statement issued by the senior special assistant on media and publicity, Garba...
Acting President Osinbajo Reiterates Governments’ Commitment For A New Niger Delta
NationThe pan-Niger delta forum will be joining the federal government’s inter-ministerial group in the implementation of the overall development of the region This is one of the decisions reached between the acting President Yemi Osinbajo and the Pan-Niger Delta Forum at a meeting on Thursday at the Aso rock villa, Abuja. The...
Pan Niger Delta Forum Drops Ultimatum
Niger DeltaThe pan Niger delta forum has dropped the November 1st ultimatum to the federal government to meet its sixteen point demands Speaking with state house correspondents after a meeting with the acting president Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday night, the leader of the group Edwin Clark explained that the decision is as...
Nigeria Propose A Migration Academy On Sub-Regional Migration
NationNigeria has proposed the setting up of a migration academy in to help deal with the security challenges brought about by movements across West Africa. Foreign affairs minister Geoffrey Onyema, who represented acting president Yemi Osinbajo at the opening ceremony of the ECOWAS heads of immigration meeting in Abuja, said collaboration...
Acting President Osinbajo Speaks On Combating Nigeria Mischief Makers
NationActing president Yemi Osinbajo says something urgent needs to be done to curtail hate speeches before it turns the country into a theatre of war. Osinbajo who was speaking at a seminar on Nigeria’s unity in diversity at the institute for security studies stressed the need for mutual respect among citizens...
Acting President Osinbajo, Approves New Appointment In Federal Government Agencies
NationActing president, Yemi Osinbajo, has approved new appointments in some federal government agencies. The independent corrupt practices and other related offences commission has professor Bolaji Owasanoye, as chairman while professor Musa Usman Abubakar is the secretary. On the commission as members are grace Chinda, Okolo Titus, Obiora Igwedebia, Olubukola Balogun,...
