Yemi Osinbajo

As Tinubu tries to recover ground the technocratic Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo a former protégé of Tinubu's like most politicians from the south-west is also a contender but may have to mend some fences in the party and with Buhari if he is to consolidate his claim...

As Buhari's second term hits its mid-point in June jockeying for the succession within the governing All Progressives' Congress will intensify with three candidates from the south-west in the frame: Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo Ekiti State governor and chairman of the Governors' Forum Kayode Fayemi and former governor of Lagos State Bola Tinubu...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo remains publicly optimistic that the Nigeria Economic Sustainability Plan (NESP) he champions will speed Nigeria's return from recession to growth...

August 2018: Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo during President Muhammadu Buhari's medical leave in London orders the 'immediate overhaul' of SARS after a succession of well documented reports of abuses...

Now the race for the APC presidential nomination looks more open with several candidates from the South-West near the top of the list: Tinubu Fayemi Works and Housing Minister Babatunde Fashola and Vice-President 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...