Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the focus of the present administration, is to take Nigerians out of poverty. He said all government’s programmes and projects were geared towards achieving that objective, the Punch reports. According to a statement on Wednesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, the Vice President spoke…
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the Muhammadu Buhari administration is on the right path in improving Nigeria’s business environment and diversifying the economy. Osinbajo made the submission in an interview with the Financial Times, where he also said that the federal government’s investment in infrastructure would improve local manufacturing capacity. According to a…
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will from Tuesday evening commence series of consultations with the Northern and Southern leaders to salvage the tensed situation in the country. A statement by his spokesperson, Laolu Akande, revealed that Osinbajo has also ordered the security chiefs to ensure that all lives of Nigerians and their property are fully protected at…
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday evening, received President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Togolese President was newly elected Chairman of ECOWAS. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on media and publicity in the Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, said Osinbajo assured him of Nigeria’s support…
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The Presidency has confirmed that the National Assembly has formally transmitted the 2017 Appropriation Bill recently passed into law to the Executive. While confirming this on Twitter, the Senior Special Assistant to the Acting President, Mr. Laolu Akande, also said that the document was formally received in the office of the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo,…
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The controversy over who gets to sign the 2017 budget may have been put to rest. According to a post on Wednesday by Laolu Akande, spokesman of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, the Acting President will sign the bill. “Just so we are clear, when the time comes, everything is clear and he is satisfied, Acting…
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Oby Ezekwesili tells her ordeal to members of the Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans. A former Minister of Education and a champion of the #BringBackOurGirls Campaign, Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has narrated her ordeals in the hands of security operatives at the Abuja International Airport on Monday, Punch reports. Ezekwesili was delayed for over 40 minutes by men…
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