Yemi Osinbajo

Although Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo's plans for the Delta set out during Buhari's most recent medical leave earned widespread praise progress seems to be stalled (AC Vol 58 No 10 Bitter pills for the politicians & Vol 58 No 14 Polarisation politics)...

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo then confirmed that he had conducted due diligence and signed off on some of the contracts Kachikwu had questioned during Buhari's medical leave...

That is unfair according to a senior security official in Abuja who said that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo had begun preliminary talks with south-eastern activists but that these had been put on hold by President Buhari's policy team in Aso Rock...

Whoever leads the Nigerian delegation to this year's United Nations General Assembly – President Muhammadu Buhari or his deputy Yemi Osinbajo – security concerns national and regional will top the agenda...

Politicians journalists and activists heaped lavish praise on Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo who steered the ship during Buhari's first stint of medical leave in January-March...

Although intensive negotiations and dealmaking by Deputy Oil Minister Emmanuel Kachikwu and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo have damped down militant attacks in the Niger Delta there are questions about the sustainability of this reduction...

In Nigeria Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo are pushing the merits of their medium-term recovery programme (AC Vol 58 No 11 A date with destiny)...

During Buhari's absence almost all governors and ranking politicians from the north with varying degrees of subtlety have offered their services to the Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo should the dreadful day arrive and his elevation require the appointment of a new deputy...

So when the Presidency referred to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo becoming coordinator of the government rather than Acting President as agreed with the National Assembly as stipulated by the constitution some detect an attempt to downplay the role...

Although there are doubts about the views of other presidential advisors on Magu's qualities Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo endorsed his candidacy for the EFCC job...