Osinbajo Archives — Page 3 of 9

May 1, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Implores Total On Egina Project, Fresh Investment Decision

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, on Tuesday had a close door meeting with a delegation of multinational oil and gas firm, Total S.A, at the Presidential Villa. Kachikwu, who spoke with...

April 30, 2019 No Responses

Osinbajo: States Must Improve Their IGR In Next Few Years

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says there is the need for states to explore ways of improving their Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the next few years. Osinbajo said this on Monday at the opening of the Induction of New and...

February 14, 2019 No Responses

Osinbajo’s Chopper Crash: Report Blames Sandy, Dusty Environment

THE Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) yesterday released the report of the helicopter crash involving Agusta Westland W 139 Caverton Helicopters, which flew Vice President to Kabba in Kogi State. It attributed the February 2, 2019, crash of the chopper marke...

February 3, 2019 No Responses

Osinbajo Chopper Crash: Firm Blames ‘unusual weather conditions’

The management of Caverton Helicopters has attributed the chopper crash involving Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to “unusual weather conditions.” In a statement signed by its Managing Director / Accountable Manager, Capt. Josiah CHOMS, the company said...

December 28, 2018 No Responses

Jakande To Youths: Be Active In Politics

The first executive governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, has challenged Nigerian youths to be actively involved in politics in Nigeria. Jakande made this call to the youths on the occasion of the official visit of a group...

December 10, 2018 No Responses

Osinbajo To Address Business Leaders In Berlin, London

Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will address a group of notable German business leaders in Berlin, Germany, on Monday, the Presidency said in a statement on Sunday. In a statement in Abuja, Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President...

November 27, 2018 No Responses

NSE Photo News

L – R: Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, Ex-officio, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Olawale Oluwo, Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Lagos State; Dr. Oba Otudeko, Past President, NSE; Ms. Mary Uduk, Acting Director General, Securities and Exchang...

November 18, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria To Raise Funds From Capital Market To Fund Universities

The Government lacks the financial capacity to fund Nigerian Universities, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. Speaking at the convocation of the University of Ibadan which coincided with the institution’s 70th anniversary on Saturday, Buhari explained th...

November 11, 2018 No Responses

North-East Food Aid: Osinbajo Faults Alleged Violations

The presidency has dismissed claims by the House of Representatives that there were violations in the approval of N5.8 billion Emergency Intervention Fund for North-East by the Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant on Med...

November 8, 2018 No Responses

Aisha Buhari: Education Will End Early Marriages

Education has been identified as a solution to the problem of early marriages in Africa. This position was made known by wife of the President of Nigeria, Dr. Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari while receiving female delegates of the Africa Parliamentary...

October 31, 2018 No Responses

Osinbajo: Education Key To Extreme Poverty Eradication

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday said that quality education was key to reducing extreme poverty in the country. Speaking at the 60th anniversary of Grange School in Ikeja, Lagos, the vice president said that education reduces inequality...

October 27, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria’s School Feeding Programme Gulps $183m

By the end of 2018, with the number of new States in Nigeria joining the National Homegrown School Feeding Programme, it is set to become the largest school-feeding programme in Africa, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said. The Vice President...

October 24, 2018 No Responses

Nigerians Spend $8B Annually On Importation Of Vehicles

Nigerians spent about 8 billion dollars annually on importation of vehicles, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said Osinbajo, who was represented by the Director-General, National Automotive Design and Development Council, Jelani Aliyu, disclosed this at th...

October 9, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Commits N1.7 Trillion To Capital Investment

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government has spent N1.7 trillion in capital investment in two budget years. Osinbajo disclosed this while addressing participants at the 9th Presidential Quarterly Business Forum held at the State House Banquet H...