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Press Release: VP Osinbajo To Speak At Harvard As US Ivy School Starts Business Lecture Titled “Africa Rising”
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on the invitation of Harvard University, Boston, United States, would be delivering the inaugural, keynote lecture on “Africa Rising” at Harvard Business School on Tuesday, January 16, 2018. In extending its invitation to the Vice President, the university noted that it deeply admired the immense progress that Nigeria has made […]
Press Release: President Buhari Calls For Restraint in Benue, Assures of Government’s Commitment To Resolve Crisis
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja called on the government and people of Benue State to exercise restraint following the recent attacks on some communities, assuring that all the perpetrators of violence in the state will be made to face the wrath of the law. Receiving a delegation of political leaders, traditional rulers and elders […]
Press Statement: Reports That Vice President Ignored Benue Governor’s Letter on Benue Attacks are Absolutely False
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, was shocked by a news report ostensibly quoting the Benue State Governor Sam Ortom as saying that the VP was warned of the savage and inhumane killings by alleged herdsmen in Logo and Guma local government areas which took place on the 1st of January 2018. Although the Vice President, […]
Factsheet: Federal Response to the Attacks and Killings by Herdsmen in Benue and other States.
Background Insinuations and allegations that the attacks and killings are happening because President Buhari is Fulani are both unkind and incorrect. These attacks long predated the Buhari Government. In 2013 no fewer than nine cases of herdsmen attacks were recorded in Benue State alone, with more than 190 people killed. In 2014 there were no […]
Press Release: President Buhari Appoints Substantive DG For NIA
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a substantive Director General for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The new Director General is Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, a retired career Foreign Service officer, who till his appointment served as Senior Special Assistant to the President (SSAP) on Foreign Affairs/International Relations. Abubakar had extensive experience working with […]
VP Osinbajo’s Address at the Southwest Regional Summit in Oshogbo, Osun State
I am greatly honored to have been given an opportunity to say a few words here today. And I do not say this merely for correctness. Only a fool will reject an opportunity to speak to the future and the coming generation. I decided, as soon as I was told about this summit, that I […]
Remarks by VP Osinbajo at Interdenominational Service for 2018 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, at the National Christian Center, Abuja
7 January 2018 I am especially honoured to be here to join family and friends of our departed heroes to mark this day when we remember the incredible sacrifices they made on the field of battle. Every one of the men and women of our armed forces killed in battle took a decision that they […]
Speech: President Buhari at the Launch of new Locomotives and Coaches for the Kaduna-Abuja Train Service – January 4, 2018
You may recall that I commissioned and flagged off the Abuja-Kaduna train service for both Passenger & Freight in July, 2016 which was Nigeria’s first ever Standard Gauge train service. I am glad that this service has become very useful to commuters and has since become the preferred mode of transport for the journey between […]
Speech: President Buhari at the Commissioning of the Kaduna Inland Dry Port – January 4, 2018
I am delighted to be here for the commissioning of yet another important transport infrastructure – the Kaduna Inland Dry Port which is the first proper Inland Dry Port to be completed among the seven earmarked for various parts of the country. 2. The hinterland business community has waited for too long for such facility […]
Press Release: President Buhari commiserates with Benue Governor over deadly attacks; directs halt to killings
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State over the reported killings, injury of several persons and wanton destruction of property in Guma and Logo Local Government Areas of the state in the New Year. While expressing immense sadness at the “wicked and callous” attacks on even innocent children, the President […]
Statement on the Jan 2, 2018 Fire Incident that Shut Down Pipeline Supplying Gas to Power Stations
Regrettably, after a sustained period of increasing production and distribution of power since September 2017 to date, the Nigerian Gas Processing and Transportation Company Ltd (NGPTC) has reported a fire incident on its Escravos Lagos Pipeline System near Okada, Edo State on Tuesday, 2nd January, 2018. The incident requires a shutdown of the pipeline supplying […]
New Year Address by President Buhari – Jan 1, 2018
I join my fellow citizens this morning to welcome and celebrate the New Year 2018. This year promises to be pivotal in our quest for CHANGE. Unfortunately, I am saddened to acknowledge that for many this Christmas and New Year holidays have been anything but merry and happy. Instead of showing love, companionship and charity, […]
