‘Osinbajo Replies Saraki & His Gang’ News Is FAKE

Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant, Media & Publicity to Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has said a publication titled 'Osinbajo Replies Saraki & His Gang' circulating on social media and on whatsapp is fake and false and it’s not a response from the Acting President. Laolu stated this in two tweets as seen above.

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I’m Back To My Regular Position As Vice-President- Osinbajo

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo earlier today briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on some of his activities as acting president while the president was away in London.

However while speaking on his current position, he mentioned that he was back to his regular position.  “I’m back to my regular position as Vice-President ,’’ he said.

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Osinbajo Will Carry On As Acting President- Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari who arrived Nigeria this morning from his medical leave in London has said that his vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo will continue acting as President till he is fully okay.

“I deliberately came back towards the weekend so that the vice-president will continue and I will continue to rest. Thank you very much,” he said.

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Photos & Video: Aww Little Boy Beats The Crowd To Shake Osinbajo In Benin

This is by the cutest thing I have seen this year. What even makes it cuter is that, immediately the acting President noticed the boy, he wanted to say hello, he waved to him and shook him first. Just brilliant. See more photos below and the heart melting video all after the cut. I can’t stop saying aww. 

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Photo: Osinbajo Swears In Onnoghen As Chief Justice Of Nigeria

Justice Walter Onnoghen has been sworn-in as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) by Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

After taking his oath of office, Onnoghen was also decorated by the Acting President with the national honour of the Grand Commander of Order of the Niger (GCON), as customary with the inauguration of CJNs.

Osinbajo also revealed that he spoke with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, and that the President had sent his good wishes to he, CJN.

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Southern Kaduna: Osinbajo Meets CAN, JNI, Herdsmen This Morning

Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday met with major stakeholders in Kaduna State in a move to put an end to the killings in Southern Kaduna.

Osinbajo met with the Christian Association of Nigeria, the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association and some members of the affected communities.

At the meeting, which was held at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House, Kaduna, after the acting President’s inspection of the Kaduna Airport, Osinbajo noted that it was not possible to understand and proffer solutions to the problem in one meeting.

Osinbajo said, “Let me say that there is no question at all that many have suffered, families have lost loved ones, a lot of bloodletting has taken place in Southern Kaduna in the past few weeks and I want to express my sincere condolences to all of those who have lost families and friends and who have been traumatised by the terrible things that have been going on in Southern Kaduna in the past few months.

As a matter of fact, I have tried very hard to study the crisis in Southern Kaduna. Personally, I have read quite a few documents, including reports of past crises.

“I don’t want us to be in a hurry, I am certainly not in a hurry because I don’t believe that a crisis where there have been so much bloodletting and hatred over the years can be resolved by a couple of meetings, no, I don’t believe that is possible.

“I have talked to his Excellency, the governor, that what I would like to achieve is not a quick fix. But I want us to begin a process and I want to be a part of that process that will listen to each group separately and then get everyone together.”

State Chairman of CAN,  Revd. George Dodo, thanked the acting President and the state governor, Nasir el-Rufai, for making moves to find a lasting solution to the crisis in the southern part of the state.

The representative of JNI in the state, Alhaji Sanusi Maikudi, blamed the crisis on the failure of past governments to implement recommendations of commissions of inquiry.

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We Hear You Loud & Clear, Osinbajo Replies Nigerians

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday said he and President Muhammadu Buhari who is currently on medical vacation have heard the cries of Nigerians on their sufferings “loud and clear.”

He promised that the present administration would ensure that all Nigerians get a fair deal.
Osinbajo spoke at a Consultative Forum on the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan held at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He admitted that the nation is in what he called a serious economic situation.


He said while the President had acknowledged it, he himself saw it while going round the country.

“We hear you loud and clear,” Osinbajo said.
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Nigeria CAN'T Be Islamised – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday enjoined faith-based organisations in the country to shun rumours that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari was moving to Islamise Nigeria.

He told religious leaders after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Student Christian Movement of Nigeria (SCM) in his office, that they should dwell on facts.

Recall that before the election in 2015, Prof. Osinbajo spoke out that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was not secretly plotting to Islamise Nigeria if it won the election. He again reaffirmed that stand stressing that the rumour making the rounds about plans to make Islam the official religion of Nigeria were unfounded as the country “can’s be Islamised”.


Osinbajo emphasised that it was impossible to Islamise the country given the 1999 Constitution that forbids state religion and urged religious bodies to channel their energies towards proffering solutions to the numerous challenges facing the country.

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Photos: Would You Turn Out For Zara's Wedding This Simple If You Were Osinbajo's Daughter?

Kiki Osinbajo's outfit to Zara's wedding. We think it's simple, elegant & lovely. Another picture after the cut..

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How 'Someone Somewhere' Recommended Me to be Vice President - Yemi Osinbajo Breaks Silence

Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo has given a hint of how he became President Muhammadu Buhari's running mate, saying 'somebody somewhere' recommended him for the position.

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Tunji Bello, secretary to the Lagos state government, who served in Tinubu’s government, had described Paden’s account as half-truth, saying he was in the know of how Osinbajo emerged as Buhari’s running mate.

Speaking at a presidential dinner in honour of the beneficiaries of the amnesty programme on Wednesday night in Abuja, vice-president, Yemi Osinbajo gave a hint of how he became President Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate, saying “somebody somewhere” recommended him for the position.

Recall that President Buhari’s authorised biographer, John Paden, had claimed in his book  ‘Muhammadu Buhari: Challenges of Leadership,’ that the president chose Osinbajo as his partner in the 2015 presidential election despite pressure from Bola Tinubu, who wanted the position.

According to TheCable News, the vice president for the first time, spoke subtly on the matter saying, “I was in a group of young men and women and one of them asked the question how did I become vice president; I was never a politician or anything like that,” he said.

“So, I tried to explain it is quite simply that someone somewhere has to recommend you. Somebody somewhere has to give you a helping hand.

“Whether to be a vice president or to be an aircraft pilot or to be an engineer, somebody somewhere has to give you an opportunity and I think that all of you that are here today are the beneficiaries of the opportunities that you have somehow received.

“And this is why this event is so important. I think that it is one way we have to remind ourselves that we are bound as individuals to give opportunities to everyone.”

Osinbajo urged Niger Delta militants to lay down their arms and embrace peace, saying the region was also losing in the bombing of oil installations. “The fact that you did so well was a tremendous opportunity for other people,”he said.

“We all have the responsibility to ensure that the future of the country is one that is secure. That cannot happen under the atmosphere of conflict. There is no point blowing up pipelines. If they are blown, who are the losers at the end of the day? All of us, even the up-and-coming ones.”

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