Yemi Osinbajo

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...

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo: leading the economic management team Osinbajo steered the development of the market-oriented Medium-Term Economic Recovery programme which summed up the government's public policy including an incremental sale of state assets in the oil and gas sector and streamlining state bureaucracy with a view to moving up the World Bank's Doing Business league table...

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo heads the economic team having led the work on the government's recovery and growth plan which set the policy framework...

In response the government led by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo produced its National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) which aimed to modernise and rationalise the cattle-breeding business...

He remains a leading contender alongside Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to succeed Buhari in 2023 (AC Vol 59 No 25 Election bored game)...

Buhari's Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has attempted to contain the problem by promoting 'artisanal refining' effectively legitimising bunkering gangs by giving them equipment to make their refining operations safer and less polluting...

Onnoghen was confirmed as Chief Justice two years ago by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo while Buhari was out of the country receiving medical treatment...

Most of the heavy lifting for the main candidates is being done by their running mates: Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and Peter Obi a former governor of Anambra State who many think will be key players in the 2023 elections...

Apathy factorBuhari's deputy Yemi Osinbajo points out that following a vigorous contest between two candidates in 2015 with distinct political regional religious career and generational identities the turnout in Lagos the commercial capital had been barely 20%...