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June 30, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Wait, what’s Oyegun subbing Osinbajo for?

John Odigie-Oyegun is the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress and under whose leadership the party became financially unstable. Earlier today, at the end of a meeting between the party`s National Working Committee (NWC) and state governors elected on the party’s platform, someone presumably asked the party chairman for comments about Ayodele Fayose‘s recent remarks... Read More
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June 29, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Bye bye #ThrowbackThursdays, hello #TaxThursdays

You may have heard that the Acting President has added another Executive order to his impressive line of business/economy-friendly executive orders today. It’s an order that accompanies the newly launched Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS). The VAIDS is a new initiative which seeks to encourage more Nigerians to declare and be more upfront... Read More
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June 29, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] 10 things to know about the Ministry of Agriculture’s Yam Export launch

We spoke about the Ministry of Agriculture’s brilliant initiative to export Nigeria’s incredible amount of yam produce (61% of the total world produce) as a means of aiding the Federal Government’s economic diversification  programme already. Never mind that Nigerians in many parts of the country cannot still afford to benefit from this abundance. The launch... Read More
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June 29, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Looks like Professor Osinbajo has a new style (PHOTOS)

It’s not that we are not here for the switch up. We are! It’s just that for an Acting President who we have become accustomed to seeing in darker tones, seeing him wearing a lot of white (the brightest there is) just begs the question: what exactly happened? It started on Sunday, the 18th of... Read More
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June 29, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] If you like pounded yam, you better read this

Or  Yam and egg. Or Yamarita. You get the drift. If you like anything that is made with yam, this message is for you. It’s from the Minister of Agriculture and Rural development who shared a “Dear Nigerians” message via his Twitter. But we’ll do all we can to break it down for you. So... Read More
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June 24, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Even if it’s the last thing you read, you mustn’t miss this speech by Osinbajo

Like you, we often find it impossible to explain what it is exactly about Professor Osinbajo that makes him seem so dependable. It could be anything from the way he chooses to approach any issue first by dialogue to the fact that you can be sure he won’t be found throwing shades at his absent principal... Read More
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June 24, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] One photo from Osinbajo’s consultations says (almost) everything about Nigeria right now

It is so interesting, all these unexpected extras we are learning about Nigeria from the recent ethnic agitations and the consequent consultations. Who’d have thought that a situation as ugly as the issuance of “quit notices” from one part of the nation to another and the fear that the hate birthed would lead us to real truths about our... Read More
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June 22, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Aso Rock wants You to WiN 2.5 billion yearly for your small businesses and start-ups

In a series of tweets posted earlier, the Federal Ministry of Finance finally announced the fate of the GEJ-administration initiative, YouWiN while also promising NGN 2.5 billion yearly in equity investments for start-ups ad small and medium scale businesses. 1/ Announcement: @YouWiNConnectNg Funding for SMEs. — Federal Ministry of Finance (@FinMinNigeria) June 22, 2017 2/... Read More
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June 21, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] 4 important points Osinbajo made today during his meeting with governors

Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, concluded his consultative sessions in relation to recent ethnic agitations today with a meeting with State Governors. Over the course of one week, the Acting President has met with traditional rulers from the North and the South East in a series of consultations on the issue of ethnic agitations, between the... Read More
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June 21, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Is this why the Minister of Communications has been AWOL?

Quick question: did you know that Nigeria has a Minister of Communications? You probably did not and that’s okay. Sometimes we forget too. Nigeria has a Minister of Communications named Adebayo Shittu. The most notable he’s been since he was appointed in 2015 was during the MTN $5.3 billion/$3.8 billion fine saga when he snubbed the House... Read More
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June 20, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] What Minister Amaechi was actually doing when he insulted Wike this morning (PHOTOS)

The long running battle between Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and his successor as Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike is getting tiring. There’s only so much anyone can find funny when two old men decide to make a nasty feud into a national affair. The latest in their verbal assaults on each other was reported this... Read More
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June 20, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Osinbajo is currently meeting with Northern leaders (WATCH)

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, as part of efforts to restore peace after the series of threats from Northern and South Eastern groups to Nigeria’s unity, is now meeting with Northern leaders in Aso Rock. Acting President @ProfOsinbajo meeting Northern Traditional Rulers at the State House, this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/am7iVHeRkD — Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) June 20, 2017... Read More
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June 19, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] The Federal Government is opening something new in Owerri

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), a regulatory arm of the Ministry of Environment is currently opening up a new zonal office in Owerri, Imo. The agency, headed by Dr Chidi Anukam, is charged with the responsibility of ensuring the protection and development of the environment, biodiversity conservation and sustainable development of Nigeria’s... Read More
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June 19, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] 10 things Aso Rock wants you to know about the 2017 Budget

When the Federal Government started to take this digital communications business very seriously, we did not take them too seriously. We were plagued by the peculiar Nigerianess that takes one to new heights of cynicism. For that, we apologise. Like who knew the day would come for us to have access to several Medium accounts... Read More
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June 16, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Lai Mohammed is back home in Kwara (PHOTOS)

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture has spent the whole of today visiting with one of the traditional leaders in Kwara State. The Minister who incidentally hails from Kwara may have embarked on this trip in connection with his role as culture minister. Just yesterday, he declared an exhibition of repatriated Nigerian... Read More
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June 16, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] What unemployment? N-Power portal is apparently popping

The Federal Government’s Social Investment Programme, N-Power, has the ambitious goal to hire 350,000 unemployed graduates. The process for application is done through a portal which was first opened on the 11th of June, 2016. At that time, 35 million applicants got on the portal within 36 hours. 400,000 applicants got successful last year during... Read More
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June 16, 2017

Dear Lai Mohammed, can you please introduce us to your weed supplier?

Dear Minister of Information, This should have been a friendlier piece, sir. I have been obsessing over communications ministers, press secretaries, Liaison officers and Information secretaries; basically the kind of people all over the world who do what you ought to be doing. It should have been a “who you should be following” piece. Something... Read More
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June 12, 2017

These photos from the budget-signing make it look like misogny lives in Aso Rock

After what seems like an order from Mr President-in-diaspora, Muhammadu  Buhari, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo finally got around to signing the 2017 Appropriation Bill, 11 days after the deadline he first set for signing it. But not to dampen the mood. Hoorah!!! We have a budget! Who’d have guessed – 6 months into the New Year,... Read More
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June 12, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] What Femi Adesina learnt while working for MKO Abiola

Femi Adesina, President Muhammadu Buhari’s special adviser on media and publicity has lived long years in the media industry. He has written for Vanguard Newspapers, The Sun Newspaper, and Concord Newspapers, the news outlet of Concord Press, one of Chief MKO Abiola’s many business ventures in Nigeria. Femi Adesina has also served as the president... Read More
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June 2, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Osinbajo made interesting remarks about Bakassi in Calabar

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN was in Calabar yesterday to commission the Monorail and other milestone projects. Asides meeting with kids and holding and MSME meet up, he also attended a town hall where he assured the people of Bakassi and government of Cross River that the Federal Government remains committed to addressing the plight... Read More
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June 1, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Guess what Osinbajo will be doing in Calabar today

Acting President ‘Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will visit Cross River State today to commission several milestone projects undertaken by the state government. Prof. Osinbajo will be received at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport by the Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, and then proceed to pay a courtesy visit to the Obong of Calabar,... Read More
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May 31, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] 37 hilarious tweets that will help you know all your Ministers

How on earth did we miss this??? On Democracy day, Nigerian lawyer/author/mentor and “prospective Vice-President of Nigeria” (you already know this is a funny person right?), Orji A. Uka dedicated “36 minutes and 36 tweets to appraise the Ministers”. If you took out his introductory tweet, Orji actually spent 1 hour 6 minutes posting 37... Read More
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May 30, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Osinbajo is bent on making life easier for small and medium businesses

Professor Osinbajo has been adamant about his desire to see businesses work in Nigeria – especially small and medium scale businesses. Through the Ease of Doing Business reforms, the Office of the Vice President has established MSME Clinics across the country, worked with committes to harmonise the processes of registering a new company while reducing... Read More
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May 30, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Aisha Buhari off to spend sometime with her husband in the UK

23 days after President Buhari took off for his medical follow-up to the United Kingdom, Aisha Buhari has gone to meet her husband, The Cable reports. According to a report from Mrs Buhari’s media aide, Adebisi Olumide-Ajayi, Aisha “will spend some time with her Husband, the President Muhammadu Buhari who is presently on medical vacation.”... Read More
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May 29, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] How the Osinbajos attended Democracy Day Church service [PHOTOS]

“Today marks the 2nd anniversary of our assumption of office” tweeted a presumably excited Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo early this morning, before he released his bombshell of a Democracy Day Speech via his Medium account. But before all of today’s activities, the Acting President donned a markedly different blue and grey striped Agbada to attend... Read More
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May 25, 2017

#Biafra50: This is the Osinbajo speech that everyone is talking about

Professor Osinbajo earlier today delivered the keynote address at the one-day conference organised to commemorate the 50th year of the Nigerian Civil War. The event was themed: Memory and Nation Building: 50 Years After The Acting President’s speech was titled “Greater together than apart”. He urged that while we should remain open to conversations that... Read More
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May 25, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Photos of Professor Osinbajo and Obasanjo at the #Biafra50

It’s been 50 years since the Nigerian Civil War was fought and a one day conference was organised today in Abuja for Nigerian leaders to discuss the importance of the Biafran war in Nigerian history. The even was themed “Memory and Nation Building – Biafra: 50 Years After”. The organisers of the event described it as... Read More
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May 25, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] We can’t wait to hear what Professor Osinbajo has to say about Biafra #Biafra50

Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has made a reputation for himself as a very eloquent man with no words to spare for frivolities. He says what needs to be said and hits home every single time. [Read also: We should rename Professor Osinbajo “Mr Cool Catchprase”] Take, for example, his speech yesterday admonishing Nigerians not... Read More
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May 25, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Aisha Buhari is ‘THE politician’ with this new food distribution move

Do not let anyone tell you otherwise. This woman right there is a politician. In fact, forget everything we have told you about her—from calling her a woman on fire to extolling her Snapchat(ty) values. There’s only one thing we now believe you should never forget: that Mrs Aisha Buhari, the wife of the President of... Read More
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