Yemi Osinbajo

The modest impact so far of stimulus and related policy measures championed by the finance ministry Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo's Nigeria Economic Sustainability Plan (NESP) is accompanied by fears over fast-rising public debt and fiscal deficits...

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo who chairs the government's Economic Sustainability Committee launched the country's 'Bounce Back' plan in June for a post-pandemic economic reset...

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo had earlier suggested that mini-refineries should be licensed but that might have been stymied by the power of the fuel import lobby...

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and several of the country's most senior ministers recommended hard-hitting reforms to rein in the sprawling and notoriously unaccountable state oil company earlier this year – only for the measures to be shelved Africa Confidential can reveal...

They include: Atiku Bagudu the Kebbi State governor who has been working closely with Kayode Fayemi Chairman of the Governor's Forum and Governor of Ekiti State; Rauf Aregbesola Minister of Interior; Babatunde Fashola Minister for Works and Housing; and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo...

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo's Economic Sustainability Committee has launched an ambitious 'Bounce Back' post-pandemic recovery plan involving the cultivation of 20 000-100 000 hectares of farmland in each of the 36 states the building of 300 000 houses a year and the installation of solar power in 5 million households...

Although there are sharp differences between Emefiele and Doyin Salami who leads the President's Economic Advisory Council and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo the crashing oil prices and revenue crunch are driving more cooperation...

The frontrunners from the south-west are: Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; national leader of the APC Bola Tinubu; Chairman of the governors' forum Kayode Fayemi; and as a long shot Buhari's running mate of a decade ago Reverend Tunde Bakare...

DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SECURITY YUSUF BICHI Kano-born Bichi was appointed Director General of the Department of State Security in September 2018 replacing Matthew Seiyefa from the South-South who had been appointed by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo while President Muhammadu Buhari was on leave in London...

The working assumption is that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo wants to run for the top job in 2023 and his opponents want to stop him early...