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[The Presidential Blog] Did Osinbajo really send this man to throw shade at Buhari?
Premium Times has just reported that the Vice President decried the enormous amount of money Nigerians spend on medical tourism in other countries at the commencement of a two-day national health…
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[The Presidential Blog] Osinbajo is in Taraba to commission new projects
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo is in Taraba today, commissioning State projects alongside the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan. The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande revealed that the two…
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[The Presidential Blog] Garba Shehu didn’t just start hurting the Presidency | here are 3 other instances
This rat story should not even have come as a surprise to anyone. Here on the Presidential Blog, we have often wondered about how Mr Garba Shehu came to be…
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[The Presidential Blog] What’s this we hear about Buhari remixing Jay Z’s 4:44?
Well, of course it's not true and if you believed that, it's your fault. First, no one can actually remix a whole album (or can they?). And really, you thought…
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[The Presidential Blog] All hail Muhammadu Buhari, the “Receiver-in-Chief”
President Muhammadu Buhari has decided that his new assignment is to "receive" one visitor after the other. This he has done occasionally since stepping out of the country for over…
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[The Presidential Blog] These 5 things will happen if Buhari resigns
President Muhammadu Buhari has been ill for at least 4 of the past 8 months. His latest sickness has taken him out of Nigeria on a medical vacation for 94…
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[The Presidential Blog] Someone lied about Buhari promising to resign if his health doesn’t get better
By "someone", we mean none of the several media aides that work for President Muhammadu Buhari who is currently in the 13th week of his second medical vacation during the…
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[The Presidential Blog] Our diagnosis of President Buhari’s “immobile” left hand came up inconclusive
On Friday, the Archbishop of Cantebury, Justin Welby met with President Buhari in his London (medical) vacation home. It's the second time that the clergyman has paid the Nigerian President…
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[The Presidential Blog] Osinbajo charges military to embrace technology in the fight against insurgency
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has advised the military elite to embrace hi-tech methods in the fight against Boko Haram. Osinbajo gave the charge at the Silver Jubilee and graduation of…
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[The Presidential Blog] Read all about Aisha Buhari’s commitment to breastfeeding
While Nigerians have begun betting on how soon President Buhari will return to the country, his wife, Aisha Buhari is betting on something entirely different -Nigeria's commitment to "advancing breastfeeding…
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A thread on what Professor Osinbajo has been up to today and one response that shows how Nigerians miss the point
Acting President, Professor Osinbajo is currently speaking alongside former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon on the importance of ensuring unity in diversity. His media aide, Laolu Akande is on Twitter…
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Is Lai Mohammed really interested in the creative industry or are we just playing here?
"This is totally unacceptable! This Administration is determined to fight this scourge, and the good news is that we have the backing of Mr. President!" Minister Lai Mohammed scowled as he…
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[The Presidential Blog] Bayo Omoboriowo is posting about Buhari again | You know what that means right?
We found a corollary between our President's presence and his personal photographer's activities. It's proven. When President Buhari took his first medical leave in January, we only became certain he…
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[The Presidential Blog] It’s official! The Presidency, as a unit, is confused
Earlier today, we reported that the Acting President was going to swear-in two new ministers-designate - Stephen Ocheni and Suleiman Hassan - only for President Buhari's spokesperson, Garba Shehu to…
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[The Presidential Blog] Professor Osinbajo to swear in new ministers tomorrow
Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo is reportedly going to swear in two ministerial nominees, Stephen Ocheni and Suleiman Hassan tomorrow. The ministers-designate were appointed to take over the Labour and Environment…
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[The Presidential Blog] When you try to get the Acting President’s attention on an off day
 We don't know what was happening when this photo was taken. Still, we aren't entirely sure all those men in babariga didn't just drag Professor Osinbajo out on an…
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[The Presidential Blog] Wait, EFCC is letting their brilliant handler go?
By now, there's no denying how much we admire the @officialefcc account - the sheer genius of the human who handles the account judging from the beautifully hilarious tweets that they have…
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[The Presidential Blog] See why Professor Osinbajo and his wife were up at midnight
Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, the wife of the Acting President Osinbajo turns fifty today and you'll be amazed to learn that despite all that he has to manage within and outside…
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[The Presidential Blog] Hey God! Where are these details of Osinbajo’s meeting with Buhari?
Acting President made a quick dash to and from London last night for a meeting with the ailing President Muhammadu Buhari. We have seen a video of him leaving the…
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[The Presidential Blog] Decoding Aisha Buhari and Senator Shehu Sani’s animal farm banter
Everyone remembers the George Orwell's 1945 classic, Animal Farm where animals vie for superiority on "Old Major's" "Animal Farm" from which little pigs chased "Mr Jones", the farm owner. If you don't,…
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[The Presidential Blog] Professor Osinbajo hosts another Presidential Quarterly Business Forum
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is presently hosting the 4th Presidential Quarterly Business Forum at the State House in Abuja The event which forms parts of the multiple approaches being taken…
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[The Presidential Blog] Professor Osinbajo’s statement condemning the violence in Cross River
There have been reports of wanton destruction of lives and property in Cross River. This is as a result of communal issues between majorly, two communities in the Yala Local…
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[The Presidential Blog] Does the Acting President need to take some time off to mourn?
Until Professor Yemi Osinbajo's condolence message to Alhaji Maitama Sule's family, we didn't think there was any vacuum for genuineness in all the commiseration and condolence messages that go around…
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[The Presidential Blog] Can we all calm down now? The head of government is back
Yesterday, Senators flexed some three-weeks-of-recess worth of muscle when they tried to make Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki Acting President. The Senator from Abia who initiated the hustle claimed that…
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If yesterday’s attempt to ‘steal’ his government didn’t wake Buhari from the ‘dead’, what else will?
You may have heard that a certain President - not Buhari nor Osinbajo - almost entered the Villa yesterday. Despite the attempt by a number of lawmakers to move Zuma to…
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[The Presidential Blog] Professor Osinbajo in Addis Ababa for the AU summit
The Acting President is currently in Ethiopia attending the 29th Ordinary Session of the African Union. According to an official statement from the Office of the Acting President, Professor Osinbajo.…
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[The Presidential Blog] Love it! We are here for this VAIDS explainer video
Not every time "Where is Buhari?" or critical analysis of what the Federal Government does. Sometimes, we just like to smile knowing the government sometimes will go to lengths in order to make…
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[The Presidential Blog] This is Daniel. He returned excess N-Power stipends. Be like Daniel
Usually, it's new drama, new drama but with the FG's N-Power scheme, it's mostly been new day, same drama. Especially as regards N-Power payments wrongly credited to members of the…
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How is Melania Trump’s cyber-bullying campaign doing these modern day presidential times?
Donald Trump has gone and told another unnecessary lie. He claims his use of social media is "modern day presidential" - prompting us here to respond the only way we knew how…
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[The Presidential Blog] We are constrained to ask Garba Shehu one question and one question only
Dear good sir, do you have any idea how much the £ is to a Naira? Having read Mr Garba Shehu's latest gaffe of a press statement, there's no way…
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