Laolu Akande
13 Apr
No fewer than 2 million vulnerable Nigerians have been impacted by projects implemented under the Federal Government’s National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) for the year 2022, the report says.
21 Nov 2022
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, departed Nigeria for a three-day official visit to Canada. His spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement said this would be the first high-level visit by a Nigerian...
17 Sep 2022
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday departed Abuja for London, UK, to represent Nigeria at the state funeral for the late Queen Elizabeth ll.
16 Jul 2022
Nigeria's vice president Yemi Osinbajo has been hospitalised over a 'recurrent pain' in the leg, his spokesman said on Saturday. Osinbajo's media aide Laolu Akande in a tweet said doctors will issue an update on the treatment later. Akande disclosed that the pain could be attributed to an injury Osinbajo sustained while playing squash. "VP…
6 Jun 2022
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described the gruesome murder of parishioners at the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Sunday as an unspeakable evil.
28 Apr 2022
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed delight with Nigerian physicians in the Diaspora over their contributions to healthcare at home.
21 Mar 2022
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the private sector is expected to invest N298 trillion or about 86 per cent of the projected investments in the National Development Plan(NDP) 2021-2025.
27 Feb 2022
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Abuja on Sunday for Arusha, Tanzania, to attend the formal opening of the 2022 Judicial Year of the African Court for Human and Peoples’ Rights.
12 Feb 2022
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for improved deployment of digital technology for mass education and healthcare
7 Feb 2022
Reports that Nigeria's vice president Yemi Osinbajo will announce his bid to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari after the convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress were false, his spokesman said on Monday. "Anyone reading the story will know it's all false and speculative snippets," Osinbajo spokesman Laolu Akande said. "Any information on activities and actions…
3 Feb 2022
Nigeria has called for greater collaboration among Africans to effectively confront challenges such as climate change, public health, local vaccine production, among others.
26 Jan 2022
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has stated that cooperatives play strategic roles in implementing government’s social investment and intervention programmes, ensuring that a large number of people have access to the them.
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