Tag: Yemi Osinbajo

Osinbajo accuses Supreme Court of inconsistency

Aminu Imam
Osinbajo accuses S'Court

…Glorifies form over core justice Former Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has faulted the Nigerian Supreme Court for what he described as inconsistency and excessive reliance on technicalities at the expense of substantive justice. Osinbajo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and Professor of Law, made the call on Thursday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, during the second ‘Professor Yusuf Ali Annual Lecture“, organised by the Kwara State University, (KWASU), Malete. He argued that the primary objective of any justice system should be to serve the people and uphold fairness, not…

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2023: Osinbajo, Tunde Bakare pick APC presidential nomination forms

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The Progressive Project (TPP), an umbrella body of support groups backing Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo for president, has allegedly picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) expression of interest and nomination forms for the vice-president. Kabiru Gaya, a senator from Kano, picked the forms worth N100 million for Osinbajo at the International Conference Centre, (ICC), in Abuja. The spokesman of the vice-president, Laolu Akande, confirmed the development in a series of tweets yesterday. “A passionate team of support groups and individual Nigerians from across the country have raised funds to support the…

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2023: Osinbajo camp reacts to Tinubu’s presidential ambition

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One of the groups supporting the calls for Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to contest the 2023 presidential election, the Progressive Project, (TPP), has said they remain unruffled by the decision of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to throw his hat in the ring for the 2023 presidency. The chairman of the Public Opinion Leaders Group, a unit of the TPP, one of the groups rooting for Osinbajo presidency in 2023, Shettima Umar Abba Gana, in a reaction, said it is the beauty of democracy for many aspirants to show interest in a…

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“Some people trying to turn Osinbajo against Buhari” – FG

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The Federal Government has alleged that some Nigerians are trying to incite enmity between President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. The Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo, made the allegation in a tweet in the early hours of Thursday. According to him, such people are trying to play the card that Buhari sees Osinbajo as a gentle and submissive person who can be easily manipulated to suit his own demands. But Keyamo submitted that rather, the Vice President is a loyal person who understands duty and commitment and…

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Our engagements with Nigerian youths transparent, honest – Osinbajo

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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says engagement with the Nigerian youths has to be transparent and honest in order to build a progressive society and nation. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, said the Vice President received at the Presidential Villa, the executive committee of the Young Parliamentarians Forum, led by its Chairman, Simon Elisha, on Tuesday. The V-P said that the social investment programmes were not done on the basis of sharing slots between public officials or political chieftains, but in a manner whereby Nigerians who knew no…

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Government has no business running refineries – Osinbajo

Ishaku Yohanna

The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has said that the federal government has no business running the refineries in the country. Osinbajo, who spoke at a virtual meeting organised for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Social Media bloggers and influencers at the ruling party’s Secretariat in Abuja on Monday, noted that experience has shown that refineries were better managed by the private sector hence the need for the government to restrict itself to providing the regulatory framework for such businesses to thrive. He said, “If the refinery is left in…

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Appointment of judges should be merit-based, says Osinbajo

Ishaku Yohanna

Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has again called for the reform of the appointment process for judges, saying it ought to be merit-based. Osinbajo said there was a need for those aspiring to be judges to take a mandatory test to ensure that only competent people end up on the bench. The Vice-President spoke at a webinar with the theme, “Developing an Institutional Concept of Justice in Nigeria,” organised by the law firm of Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN). Osinbajo said, “We must take a second look at the appointment of…

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