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The Presidential Blog
August 24, 2017

[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 dialogue organised by the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism, PTCIJ, the Project for Advocacy in Child and Family Health, PACFaH, and the Project Pink... Read More
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August 24, 2017

[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 were received by the State governor, Darius Ishaku. They went on to commission a water expansion project in Jalingo as well as a 5-hectare ‘Greenhouse’ producing vegetables... Read More
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August 23, 2017

[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 the spokesperson for Nigeria’s number one citizen. Scratch that, we have often wondered about how anyone on President Buhari’s media team, as presently constituted, came... Read More
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August 10, 2017

[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 days (and at least 20 hours) with no return date in sight. While the country has been run in his absence by Professor Osinbajo, many... Read More
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August 10, 2017

[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 first two years of his tenure. By “someone” we also do not mean the Minister Lai nor do we mean Mr Laolu Akande. Like some... Read More
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August 7, 2017

[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 a visit this year. The first visit was under similar circumstances on the 9th of March while the President was in the UK for his... Read More
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August 5, 2017

[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 133 military and para-military participants of the Course 25 of the National Defence College (NDC) in Abuja. In his message titled: The Battle Has Changed,... Read More
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August 2, 2017

[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 to another level”. We are just as lost as this irate commenter: Where is your husband Ma? — Last Chance (@Princetobtob) August 2, 2017 So... Read More
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August 2, 2017

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 updating us on his activities: AgP Osinbajo speaking this morning @ Institute for Security Studies seminar themed: Unity in Diversity. With him is General Gowon... Read More
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August 1, 2017

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 “unveiled” this administration’s plans to tackle piracy in the entertainment industry.  An exasperated Mohammed as he spoke about how much of “monstrous disincentive” piracy has been... Read More
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July 26, 2017

[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 was coming back return when we found that Bayo Omoboriowo was in the same town he as scheduled to land in. And we weren’t wrong. We wrote... Read More
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July 25, 2017

[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 debunk the report as false via his Twitter handle. So, a little misunderstanding right? We immediately reported the story since we had published the earlier... Read More
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July 25, 2017

[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 ministries. [Read also: The Presidency has finally announced the names of new ministerial nominees] This comes in four months after the Presidency finally found replacements for the... Read More
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July 24, 2017

[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 created so far. We’ve shared our favourite tweets from the handle on more than one occasion. Take this simple conversation for instance: @officialEFCC do you... Read More
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July 15, 2017

[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 Aso Rock, Professor Yemi Osinbajo still made time to spend some time with his wife at midnight. Sharing this photo on Instagram, Mrs Osinbajo thanked... Read More
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July 12, 2017

[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 Abuja House in London where President Buhari is supposedly recuperating. https://instagram.com/p/BWcE7LRhrKu/ We have also seen that the Acting President is truly back in Nigeria as... Read More
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July 11, 2017

[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, well, the best we can do to bring you up to speed is to say George Orwell used his story as a parable for the... Read More
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July 11, 2017

[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 by the Office of the Acting President to encourage a stable and diversified economy in Nigeria was launch during the last quarter of 2016 when... Read More
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July 7, 2017

[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 Government Area of the State – the Wanikade and the Wanihem communities. The Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has stepped in to condemn the violence that... Read More
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July 7, 2017

[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 the Nigerian media once a VIP passes on. The Acting President was one of the first people to express sorrow at the passing of the... Read More
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July 5, 2017

[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 “the acting president [Professor Yemi Osinbajo] is the person who is at the head of government now, but we have a serious problem in Nigeria today.... Read More
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July 5, 2017

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 allow for a Bukola Saraki Acting Presidency, the Senate President held back and shut it down. “I simply want to bring to the attention of... Read More
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July 3, 2017

[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. He will be representing Nigeria alongside other Heads of States & Governments from all over the continent and “other invited global & continental leaders”. The 29th session is... Read More
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July 3, 2017

[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 sure everyone understands what’s going on. [Have you seen this: The “Be. Like. Daniel” story] This time, it’s about the newly launched VAIDS campaign which gives... Read More
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July 3, 2017

[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 public who are not or are no longer entitled to them. During the weekend, Professor Osinbajo shared a short story about one Daniel Joshua from Taraba. A... Read More
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July 3, 2017

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 – with all the loud laughter in the world. Truth is that the only thing modern-day (jury’s still out on “presidential”) about Donald Trump’s use... Read More
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June 30, 2017

[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 that question was not going to come up. Someone had warned us not to read it. That Mr Shehu’s statement, in the grand scheme of things, and more... Read More
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