3 Weeks Foreign Trip: Buhari refuses to hand over to Osinbajo

Human rights activist reacts Human rights activist, Inibehe Effiong, has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari for embarking on a three-week foreign trip without handing over to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, for the second time this year. Effiong said in a statement, “This President is lawless. Buhari has gotten away with murder. “In the spirit of the rule of law and due process, one would have expected Buhari to either comply with the mandatory requirement of Section 145 (1) of the Constitution by transmitting a letter to President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to empower Prof. Osinbajo

By |October 29th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , |0 Comments

We Must Not Allow Social Media Become An Instrument Of War – Osinbajo to Religious leaders

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has called on religious leaders who are very active on social media not to allow it to become an instrument of war. He urged them to use the social platform to promote peace and kindness. “I want to say in particular about social media that we absolutely need to be careful with our use of social media. “If we do not want to promote the kind of conflict that can completely go out of hand, we must be sure that we are policing ourselves and regulating ourselves on social media. “I don’t think that government regulation

By |October 25th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: |0 Comments

I did not subscribe to regulation of social media by government – Osinbajo

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has cautioned Nigerians against the abuse of social media, noting that it can precipitate war and violent conflict if used to misinform. He specifically warned against using social media platforms to promote religious disinformation, which he said could easily lead to a breakdown of law and order. The Punch reports that Osinbajo, stated this in Abuja on Thursday during an inter-faith tolerance dialogue organised by the United Arab Emirates, explained that he did not subscribe to regulation of the social media by the government. He called on religious leaders to go beyond talking about tolerance to making

By |October 25th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

Christians must love, pray for enemies, says Osinbajo

The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said true Christians are called to love and pray for their enemies, including insurgents, saying it is the only way to change them. Osinbajo spoke in Lagos on Sunday at the national headquarters of the Foursquare Gospel Church, Nigeria, during the public presentation of a book, ‘Felix Meduoye: the Footprints of an Apostle of Grace.’ The book is the biography on the General Overseer of the church, Felix Meduoye. The Vice-President said, “The gospel of Jesus Christ is a contrarian gospel because it does not agree with our flesh. The Bible for instance says

By |July 22nd, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

Northern Youths Insult OBJ, Osinbajo, Tinubu, FFK, Southern Govs, Others Over Failed RUGA Settlement

Issues 30-day ultimatum to Buhari to implement RUGA settlement forcefully or else.. Northern youths under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Group (CNG), has issued a 30-day ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari, to implement the Ruga policy across the country, warning that the group will resort to a line of action after the ultimatum. Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, CNG spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman with the full complement of the leaders of the coalitions, came hard on Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, accusing him of retracting and disassociating himself from the policy and apparently been obsessed by curious ethnic tendencies and

By |July 3rd, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Osinbajo’s kidnapping comment: Buhari, APC have no concerns for Nigerians -PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the reckless dismissal of the alarming spate of kidnapping in the country by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo further confirmed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration has no iota of concern towards the pain and suffering of Nigerians. The party, in a statement Wednesday by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, said that by attempting to play down on the menace as not being “as massive as that”, Prof. Osinbajo clearly demonstrated that the APC and its government are not connected with the people but only pretend towards them during electioneering. “In dismissing the security

By |June 27th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Spate of kidnappings in Nigeria exaggerated – Osinbajo tells Nigerians in US

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has told Nigerians in the Diaspora that the spate of kidnappings in Nigeria is exaggerated and not entirely new. This is despite recent travel advisories issued by the United States and the United Kingdom asking its citizens not to visit some states in Nigeria due to the rising insecurity occasioned by kidnapping, banditry, militancy, terrorism and other challenges. Speaking at a town hall meeting in New York on Sunday evening, Osinbajo said the social media “tends to be hysterical about practically everything”, the News Agency of Nigeria report The Vice-President spoke in response to several questions and comments on

By |June 24th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Why I Can’t Sleep At Night— Osinbajo Hints Nigerians

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has disclosed that the rate of extreme poverty in Nigeria keeps him awake at nights. He made the disclosure while lamenting over the high rate of poverty in the country. Osinbajo stated this during a dinner and interactive session with faculty members of the Harvard Business School, HBS, on Tuesday, in Lagos. He said, “I think what keeps me up at night has to do with extreme poverty; the issue is that the largest number of those who vote for us are the very poor. “The promises that government makes to them is that

By |June 19th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: |0 Comments

Osinbajo Reveals FG Plans For Power Sector

Says the same old ways where Discos control territory they could not service cannot continue Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, says the Federal Government is discussing with stakeholders on ways to restructure Nigeria’s power sector with a view to improving supply and attracting more investment to the country. Osinbajo stated this in Abuja on Tuesday at a Breakfast Meeting of the Lagos Business School. He expressed the Federal Government’s commitment to creating “a willing buyer, willing seller” situation in the power sector market. According to Osinbajo, the same old ways where Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) controlled territory that they could not

By |June 19th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: |0 Comments
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