Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said that the refineries will keep having the same problems if they are run by the federal government. READ ALSO: $1m imposed levy, Osinbajo leaves for Ghana Daily Times understands that the Vice President speaking at a virtual meeting organised for the All Progressives Congress (APC) social media bloggers […]
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said the problems associated with Nigeria’s refineries will persist if the Federal Government continues to own and run them. READ ALSO: Refineries will be fixed with money saved from subsidy removal – FG Daily Times Nigeria gathered that Osinbajo said this at a virtual meeting organised for the […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that despite assurances the Federal Government received from the Ghanaian authorities, the government is still adamant to consider Nigerian traders in Ghana. Osinbajo said this during a meeting with representatives of the Nigerian community in Ghana at the official residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana in Accra […]
The Vice-President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo holds meeting with representatives of the Nigerian community in the West African country today. READ ALSO: COVID-19: How Buhari is working to reposition the economy, Osinbajo explains Daily Times understands that the $1m levy imposed by the Ghanian authorities on traders from Nigeria may be part of the agenda. The […]
Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has revealed that the Federal Government’s ₦2.3 trillion stimulus package was designed to reduce the shock, help the vulnerable, create and protect jobs, rescue businesses and reposition the economy post-COVID-19, Daily Times. The Vice President disclosed this in his keynote at the 61st annual conference of the Nigerian Economic […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that only customers who get electricity for 12 hours and above per day would have their tariff increased. Buhari said this on Monday, September 7, during his second-term First Year Ministerial Performance Review Retreat in Abuja. The First Year Ministerial Performance Review Retreat focuses on examining the performance of the […]
On Monday, Nigeria’s vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, said the coronavirus pandemic had diminished revenue and foreign-exchange earnings in the country. “For the government, it has been a particularly trying time,” Osinbajo said while representing President Muhammadu Buhari at the start of the first-year Ministerial performance review retreat holding in Abuja. “As a result of the […]
Committee on Public Accounts under the House of Representatives on Tuesday disclosed that it is not investigating the office of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as insinuated in some quarters. Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Hon. Wole Oke who gave the clarification while addressing the Permanent Secretary of Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget […]
In a virtual meeting of the Presidential Policy Dialogue hosted by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Friday, Yemi Osinbajo addressed the state of Nigeria’s economy and the need to collectively rescue the economy. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says it is important for government agencies to reduce the harassment and extortion of […]
Dr Ayuba Musa, the landlord of the property housing the company, GLAM’D Africa, has dismissed Mr Jackson Ude’s claims concerning the ownership of the house. Musa’s reaction was sequel to a social media post by Ude, a New York based blogger, that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s daughter, Kiki, owns the property which houses her company, […]
*Says he won’t be distracted by campaign of lies, calumny Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has asked the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to investigate allegations that the suspended Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu gave him N4 billion for soft landing. He also asked the IGP to prosecute the […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will not be distracted by campaigns of lies and calumny. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President has said. PDP Insists On Magu’s Probe Akande, in a statement in Abuja, dismissed as false and baseless fabrications claiming to reflect goings-on at […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja met with Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, over the proposed increase in electricity tariff. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Osinbajo, heads the Power Sector Reform Coordination Working Group. The National Assembly had in a statement […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a N2.3 trillion stimulus package to keep the nation’s economy afloat which is part of the recommendations of the Nigeria Economic Sustainability Plan (NESP) led by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led committee. Zainab Ahmed, the minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, announced this while addressing journalists on […]
…Says FG targets 25m homes for micro grids across Nigeria Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigerians are willing to pay for electricity if the services they receive from the distribution companies are constant and better. Osinbajo expressed this view while featuring in a webinar on Economic Sustainability Beyond COVID-19 organised by Emmanuel Chapel on Sunday […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the economic sustainability committee has received projections that the number of unemployed people may rise to 39.4 million by the end of 2020 if the government does not take prompt measures. Speaking on Thursday when he presented the committee’s report to President Muhammadu Buhari, Osinbajo said the National Bureau of […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has commissioned a 200,000 capacity yam storage facility in Zaki Biam, the headquarters of Ukum Local Government Area of Benue state. Osinbanjo, who performed the ceremony on Tuesday via conferencing video, said Zaki Biam accounts for over 70 per cent of cultivated yams in the country. According to him, over 200,000 […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is offering a discount to micro, small and medium scale enterprises to get their products registered. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo announced the discount in tweets shared on his Twitter handle on Saturday. READ ALSO: No guidelines for flights resumption yet – FAAN According to […]
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has denied that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was indicted by the House of Representative Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness in 2018, contrary to the impression they say that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is bent on creating. READ ALSO: COVID-19: NEDC donates 2 ambulances, thermometers to Taraba In a […]
The Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC) headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says its three sub-committees have submitted their reports for review. The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, briefed State House correspondents after the ESC’s fourth meeting on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The ESC was constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari […]