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Osinbajo faults new naira notes policy

Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has faulted the implementation of the currency redesign policy of the federal government and lamented the hardship it has caused residents of the West African country. Mr Osinbajo expressed his view in Abuja Friday at a meeting with players in the financial technology (FinTech) space, his spokesperson, Laolu Akande, said in a statement. “You need cash to…

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Thieves break into Ogun new hospital, cart away items

Some thieves have broken into the newly inaugurated 100-bed Mother and Child Hospital in Iperu, Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State. DAILY POST reports that the hospital was in February commissioned by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. It was gathered that the thieves broke into the hospital and carted away electronics worth millions of naira. Operatives of the Amotekun Corps in Ogun State said they arrested three suspects in connection with the crime. The Amotekun Commandant in Ogun, David Akinremi confirmed that the suspects burgled the hospital and made away with six 43-inch Hisense television sets, two 65-inch Bruhm television sets, three Bruhm fridges, one Midea refrigerator and three Lontor rechargeable standing fans, all valued at N3 million. Akinremi said the prime suspect, one Ogunjembola Kehinde, had led his gang to burgle the hospital and was arrested following a complaint of burglary and stealing by one Kehinde Banjoko. Banjoko was said to have reported to the Amotekun Corps that some unknown persons broke into her apartment while she went to Lagos and stole her generator, gas cylinder, standing fan, mattresses, rug and others, valued at about N500,000. “Based on actionable intelligence, the prime suspect was arrested and upon interrogation, he admitted that he committed the alleged crime with one other now at large. His admission led to the recovery of all the items from one Lawal Aliu who is the criminal receiver. “While investigation into the original complaint was still ongoing, intelligence received further revealed that the same principal suspect in this case, Ogunjembola Kehinde and his criminal gang was responsible for breaking and stealing of some electronic equipment at the newly inaugurated 100-bed Mother and Child Hospital, Iperu. “When he was confronted with this, he also admitted he committed the offence with his co-accomplice in the original case of burglary and stealing reported by Banjoko Kehinde,” Akinremi said. He added that three suspects have been arrested, while efforts are ongoing to apprehend other criminal receivers mentioned by the suspects. Read the full article

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Cashless system helps in tracking election financing— Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says a cashless policy, when effectively operated in Nigeria, can help stem the surge of illicit election financing by making it possible to track funds.

Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the vice president received a delegation of the EU Election Observation Mission led by Mr Barry Andrews.

The EU Chief Observer is also a member of the European Parliament.

“I think that what we should be looking at is to provide more infrastructures.

“ The cashless thing has been really advantageous and helps with tracking.

“That sort of infrastructure is useful for more financial inclusion and the more financial inclusion you have, the easier it is to track.

“So much money can be spent without it being tracked under the current election financing practices in the country.’’

Osinbajo acknowledged the serious difficulty in controlling election financing because of cash transactions.

According to him, there are still infrastructure issues required to be in place to ensure an efficient cashless system in the country.

“With cash transactions, it is still difficult to seriously control election financing.’’

On electoral offences, the vice president said the Electoral Offences Commission Bill was at the National Assembly.

He said he hoped that it would begin a new regime of dealing with electoral offences which would be helpful.

“By and large, one shouldn’t expect INEC to be the investigator of electoral offences.

“I think that law enforcement agencies should be responsible for arresting and prosecuting offenders, state by state.

“Electoral offences are always seen through a political prism; people will always feel that they are being prosecuted because they belong to a certain party.

“What is more important is that we have to find a system where the police could have a special unit for offences during the course of elections.

“The Federal High Courts could also have a special jurisdiction to deal with offences and not extend beyond the Federal High Courts.”

On the role of the judicial system, Osinbajo said that more attention should be paid to the monitoring of tribunals and their outcomes, calling for more scrutiny from the National Judicial Council.

He disclosed that discussions had been had in the past concerning malfeasance on the part of some judges and those found guilty should be brought to the fore.

“There should be sanctions and that way, we would be able to clean up and correct some of the problems,’’ he said.

In his remarks, Andrews said that the mission would be monitoring the elections coming up next month and hope for a peaceful and fair electoral process.

According to him, it is the 7th time the INEC is inviting the EU Mission to monitor the elections, adding that the team had been in the country since Jan 11 and will be around until the end of March, 2023.

Other members of the delegation include Ms Samuela Isopi, Ambassador, EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS and Mr Thomas Boserup, Deputy Chief Observer, EU Election Observation Mission.

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FG's Retreat: Osibajo restates need for effective synergy between fiscal and monetary policies, better foreign exchange rate

FG’s Retreat: Osibajo restates need for effective synergy between fiscal and monetary policies, better foreign exchange rate

  By Adetokunbo Fakeye Nigeria – The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has again restated the need for an effective synergy between the Fiscal and Monetary aspects of Nigeria’s economy and how to better manage the country’s foreign exchange rate. VP, according to his spokesperson, Laolu Akande spoke on Monday morning at the Buhari Administration’s Ministerial Retreat declared open by…

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Tinubu pays surprise visit to Osinbajo

Tinubu pays surprise visit to Osinbajo

The presidential candidate of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Thursday evening paid an unscheduled visit to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the latter’s Aguda House residence, Abuja. The APC flag bearer also visited President Muhammadu Buhari before proceeding to Aguda House. PREMIUM TIMES reported how Mr Tinubu defeated Mr Osinbajo and 12 others at the just…

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Nigeria’s energy infrastructure needs $1trillion investments – Osinbajo

Nigeria’s energy infrastructure needs $1trillion investments – Osinbajo

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Primate Ayodele Releases New prophecies On Buhari, Osinbajo, Confusion In Villa, Attacks

Primate Ayodele Releases New prophecies On Buhari, Osinbajo, Confusion In Villa, Attacks

The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Ayodele has predicted a clash between President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo. Primate Ayodele also disclosed that some of Buhari and Osinbajo’s aides will also clash. In a series of prophecies he issued in his church, the clergyman also warned Buhari to be careful with his movement from October to December this year…

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Council of State in Support of Naira Redesign Policy as meeting ends in Aso Rock

The Council of State meeting convened by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, at the Presidential Villa came to an end with most of the participants backing the Federal Government’s naira redesign policy. The meeting which had the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, former President Goodluck Jonathan, former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar and General Yakubu Gowon in attendance physically, however, advised Buhari to consider making the old naira notes available in the interim if the Central Bank of Nigeria, the policy implementer cannot readily make the new naira notes available to the citizens. Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, his counterpart, the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu including the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami took turns to reveal part of what transpired at the meeting. Ishaku said the Council of State members made it clear that the policy is accepted and has come to stay but that the resistance of the populace to its introduction was also not misplaced. According to Ishaku, the Council acknowledged that at the beginning people resist a policy even though it is good. He said the Council which only plays an advisory role observed that the problem was that of implementation, considering that the majority of Nigerians are subjected to suffering. Asked what was the major position of the President, who is at the centre of the policy, the Taraba Governor said the President directed state governments to go to their respective states to proffer solutions, by way of ensuring that they help to ease the tensions being experienced in the country. On the level of preparations for the general elections set to kick off February 25th and March 11th respectively. The AGF, Malami said the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) gave enough assurance that nothing can hinder the Commission from going ahead with the elections. He said the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba equally gave assurance that its men and officers were ready to support the Commission to see that the polls go hitch-free. The position of the Federal Government was also corroborated by Governor Sanwo-Olu who said the policy stands but that the Council agreed that there was a need for aggressive action with regard to the provision of the new currency. Read the full article

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‘It’s A Boy!” – VP Osinbajo’s Daughter Welcomes Baby Boy After 2 Years of Marriage

‘It’s A Boy!” – VP Osinbajo’s Daughter Welcomes Baby Boy After 2 Years of Marriage

Vice president, Yemi Osinbajo’s daughter, Damilola has welcomed her first child with husband after 2 years of marriage.

Recall that in March 2018, Damilola Osinbajo tied the knot with the son of Nigeria’s billionaire business Woman Hajia Bola Shagaya at the presidential villa in Abuja.

Sharing the good news about the birth of the baby boy, Professor Yemi Osinbajo mentioned that he is now a…

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Osinbajo - FCT recorded 105 cases of sexual violence in 2 months

Osinbajo – FCT recorded 105 cases of sexual violence in 2 months

Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo has said that in two months, the FCT has recorded 105 cases of sexual violence.

On Friday, he lamented that the lockdown declared to curtail the spread of COVID-19 caused what he described as a steep increase in sexual and gender-based violence.

He said that information available to him showed that 105 of such incidents were reported in the Federal Capital Territory…

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Vanguard Apologises To Osinbajo Over Defamatory Report Respite seems to have come the way of embattled Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, as Vanguard Newspapers yesterday apologised to the VP over a report the latter said is injurious to his person. In a statement published on its website on Wednesday, the newspaper also said it is retracting the entire report. In the story […] https://is.gd/ifNnhz Naija Center News

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TVC deletes poll after Nigerians rated Osinbajo ahead of Tinubu, others

Ahead of the presidential primary of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, a now-deleted poll conducted by TVC, a Nigeria-based broadcast outlet, tipped Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as the favourite for the party’s ticket.

The television station, which is reportedly owned by Tinubu, on its official handle Wednesday, conducted an APC primary-themed poll asking, “Now that Atiku has emerged as PDP presidential candidate, who should APC field as their flag bearer?”

Rotimi Amaechi, the immediate past Minister of Transportation, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, incumbent Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, and the APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu were listed.

After 1,721 people had voted, with Osinbajo leading with 43%, followed by Tinubu with 40%, Amaechi with 8%, and Lawan with 9% of the total votes cast, the tweet was deleted, Quest Times reported.

In related news, a Twitter handle “@BiggDaaddyy1” known to be a dogged follower of the Asiwaju camp, and who was simultaneously hosting a Twitter space, had to delete his poll which asked: “Refusing Bola Tinubu APC ticket is a betrayal; YES or NO?”.

A total of 1,763 people voted; 73 voted NO and only 27% voted YES.

This is not the first time the Vice President will defeat his opponents in an opinion poll, Quest Times reported.

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BREAKING: Buhari And Senates swears in Muhammad as Chief Justice Of Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore in Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).

He became the 18th Chief Justice of Nigeria at the brief ceremony.

Muhammad, who took over from the immediate past and suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria , Walter Onnoghen, was screened and cleared by the Senate last week.

Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).

He has been on acting capacity since January, 2019.

At the swearing in ceremony were the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege.

Also at the ceremony that started around 10.30am, included Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed.

President Muhammadu Buhari on the left and Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad

Others included the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, and Head of Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita.

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Tinubu not behind ‘Judas Iscariot’ poster – Media Office

Tinubu not behind ‘Judas Iscariot’ poster – Media Office

The media office of the former Lagos governor and APC presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, has distanced its principal from a poster depicting Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as the Biblical Judas Iscariot. In a statement issued Tuesday, Mr Tinubu’s media office said those behind the poster intend to provoke anger against the person and aspiration of Mr Tinubu. “This campaign has failed,” the…