He noted that so much money can be spent without it being tracked under the current election financing system in the country. Nigeria Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has declared that cashless monetary policy will go a long way to curb illicit election financing in the country. He submitted that when fully operational, the cashless policy … [Read more…]
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, is presiding over the first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting this year at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja. Present are the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Doctor Folasade Yemi-Esan; and the Deputy Chief … [Read more…]
The National Security Council, on Friday, said it was “considering the appropriate action to be taken” on the recent release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. It also backed the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, who clarified that Kanu’s release was not equivalent to … [Read more…]
Twenty–four hours to the presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has come under fire for travelling in presidential jet during his meet-the-delegates tour nationwide. Criticisms of Osinbajo came as other presidential aspirants, both the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC), used chartered planes for their trips, … [Read more…]
Members of the incorporated trustee, Legacy Transformation Initiative (LTI), have called for the adoption of the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, as the APC consensus candidate. The eclectic group consist of intellectuals, professionals, politician, businessmen/women and entrepreneurs drawn across the six geo-political zones of Nigeria. Its National Coordinator Ibe Aniemeke Lawson while speaking at a … [Read more…]
“ I have been to practically all local governments in Nigeria. I have been in markets, factories, schools, and farms. I have been in agricultural, mining and oil producing communities; in the Delta, in Kebbi, Enugu, Borno; Rivers, Plateau and Ondo; and in all other states of the federation, listening to the diverse experiences and … [Read more…]
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress and presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, is currently meeting with members of the Progressives Governors Forum at the Kebbi State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. The meeting is coming less than 24 hours after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo hosted the governors at his Aguda House residence on Sunday evening; … [Read more…]
Uncertainties within the All Progressives Congress, APC as to the direction ahead of the 2023 General Election was at the weekend beginning to clear with postulations of Nigeria’s powerful governors increasingly emerging to drive the process. The coming out of the governors, it was gathered, and the seeming unwillingness of President Muhammadu Buhari to … [Read more…]
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed worry over a survey report that highlights persistent corruption, duplicity of functions, poor service orientation and other anti-business disposition in some of the Federal Government’s regulatory agencies. Osinbajo and the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council therefore resolved to make the report available to … [Read more…]