Business

Vibrant commodities market will create jobs, end poverty- Osinbajo

Ihesiulo Grace 17 March 2020 0

Professor Yemi Osinbajo has stated that a vibrant commodities market will create jobs and reduce poverty in Nigeria. Osinbajo, who spoke at the beginning of a 2-day International Conference on the Nigerian Commodities Market (ICNCM 2020), with the theme: Commodities Trading Ecosystem:

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Osinbajo to commission major road projects in Kano

Ihesiulo Grace 13 January 2020 0

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Monday commission some major road projects constructed by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State. During the one-day official state visit, the Vice President will also lay the foundation stone for the first state-owned Cancer Centre in Nigeria. We will not take armed forces for granted –Osinbajo Prof. Osinbajo will […]

Business

Economy: Osinbajo, trade ministers to speak at CICAN’s conference

Ihesiulo Grace 21 October 2019 0

Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, will present the keynote address in this year’s Annual Conference of the Commerce and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CICAN), aimed at repositioning Nigerian economy for better performance. This was contained in a statement signed by Chairman of CICAN Abuja chapter, Mr. Frederick Idehai, in a

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Nigeria will achieve its potential — Osinbajo

Ihesiulo Grace 21 September 2019 0

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has reiterated his belief that Nigeria has great hopes towards growth and development, saying the country’s success is key to Africa’s development. The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Vice President, Laolu Akande, said in a statement in Abuja that Osibajo stated this while delivering the 8th Convocation […]

Banking Business

Annual banking confab critical to building sustainable financial system – CIBN

Ihesiulo Grace 4 September 2019 0

Temitope Adebayo The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has said that it set to hold the 12th Annual Banking and Finance Conference at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja on September 24-25, 2019, to brainstorm on strategic issues that are critical to building a sound and sustainable financial system and economy. The President/Chairman of […]

Business

Petroleum summit successful, says Osinbajo

Ihesiulo Grace 23 February 2018 0

…as Kachikwu targets full refining production 2019 As the Nigeria international petroleum summit ended, Nigeria’s Vice-president Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has said that the success of the summit has provided a platform for oil and gas exploration in Africa to thrive after decades of wobbling. Osinbajo said this while declaring close a week-long international oil

Opinion Politics

$25 billion claims in Kachikwu’s memo fabricated – Osinbajo

Ihesiulo Grace 16 October 2017 0

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday pushed back against allegations of contract infractions raised by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, saying the $25 billion the minister stated in his leaked memo to President Buhari “does not exist.” The vice-president said the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation only conducted a shortlisting process for

Education

VP Osinbajo proposes PPP in varsity funding

Ihesiulo Grace 14 October 2017 0

Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s Vice President Friday night in Lagos declared that the government cannot support the universities as they want or even to keep them at their current levels. He made the remark at the “2017 Distinguished Alumni Awards and Celebration of UNILAG at 55’’ organized by the Alumni Association of the University of Lagos and […]

News

Osinbajo flags off construction of N120b Bodo-Bonny Road in Rivers

Ihesiulo Grace 13 October 2017 0

Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt The Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has flagged off the construction of the N120bn Bonny-Bodo Road in a ground-breaking ceremony in Bonny, Rivers State. In a brief speech at the ceremony, the Vice President said that the flag off of the 40- kiliometre project demonstrated the Federal Government’s commitment […]

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N250m gatehouse for Osinbajo not in the budget proposal, says Akande

Ihesiulo Grace 20 February 2017 0

There is no proposal in the 2017 budget to build a N250million gatehouse for the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. Senior special assistant media, Laolu Akande made the rebuttal in a statement. Opposition senator, Ben Bruce had questioned the item, which he said was included in the budget estimate in 2017. Bruce said the provision […]

News

Niger Delta monarch charges Osinbajo to fulfill his promises

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2017 0

The Udefi Oba Oloye of Warri kingdom in Delta state, Chief Clement Maleghemi, has appealed to the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo to fulfill his promises of meeting with the Niger Delta youth, just as he expressed confidence in the present administration to address the issues in the region. Maleghemi made the appeal at the weekend […]

News

FG to cushion adverse effect of recession on industrialists

Ihesiulo Grace 24 November 2016 0

The Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has promised industrialists in Anambra State that, the Federal Government will do something to ameliorate their hardship occasioned by the current recession in the country.   Osinbajo who spoke yesterday at Harbour Industrial Layout, Atani near Onitsha, the Anambra State commercial nerve centre said he was in the state to find […]

Tech

VP Osinbajo, others to grace NITDA’s eNigeria Expo & Confab

Ihesiulo Grace 22 November 2016 0

Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the vice president of the Federal republic of Nigeria, will declare open this year’s eNigeria Expo and Conference at International Conference Centre, Abuja which holds from November 22nd – 24th 2016. The conference dubbed “Leveraging on IT Innovation for Economic Diversification” is in line with the Nigerian government’s policy

Headlines News

Buhari’s Government Will Not Dash The Hopes Of Nigerians- Osinbajo

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

  Nigeria’s vice-president-elect, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday acknowledged that the expectations of Nigerians from the incoming government are very high but promised that everything humanly possible would be done to ensure that “the hopes of Nigerians are not dashed”. Osinbajo also stated that he has reduced his criticisms of the Jonathan led government in […]

News

Buhari reads ‘riot act’ to family members, "Misbehave and Face The Wrath"

Ihesiulo Grace 26 April 2015 0

Fight against corruption: Buhari reads ‘riot act’ to family members, “Misbehave and Face The Wrath” The President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has sounded a note of warning to his family members that he will not use his powers as president to protect any of them who broke the law, as he is set to assume […]

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How Court Registrar, Ajudua Duped Me of $330,000 – Bamaiyi

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2015 0

A retired Army General and the Chief of Staff under the late Sani Abacha, General Ishaya Bamaiyi, told an Ikeja high Court Tuesday how a court registrar, Ms. Rosulu Idowu Oluronke, collaborated with a Lagos socialite, Fred Ajudua, in defrauding him of $330,000 which was meant for the part payment for professional fees charged by […]

News

We Are Determined To Change This Country- Osinbajo

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2015 0

  The Vice-President Elect, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has hailed the victory of his party in the presidential election describing the victory as the handwork of God. Expressing appreciation to Nigerians for supporting the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osinbajo said the incoming government will turn Nigeria around for the better. “I am very happy, God has […]

News

Former Kogi Speaker Appointed State Coordinator for Buhari/Osibanjo

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2015 0

A former Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Abdullahi Bello, was Thursday appointed State Coordinator for the General Muhammadu Buhari/Prof. Yemi Osibanjo Campaign Organisation. In a statement signed by the Media Consultant to the organisation, Dan Dangana, the appointment was ratified at a meeting of stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in […]

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Buhari Will Prosecute Corrupt Politicians In APC- Osinbajo

Ihesiulo Grace 11 March 2015 0

The Vice Presidential candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that the presidential candidate of the party, General Mohammadu Buhari would not hesitate to deal with any member of the APC that is found to be corrupt when elected president. Osinbajo was speaking the impressions in some quarters that […]