Tag: Yemi Osibanjo

Twitter Removes Osinbajo’s Post For Copyright Violation Of Beyonce’s Song

17Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Twitter Removes Osinbajo’s Post For Copyright Violation Of Beyonce’s Song

Twitter has withheld a tweet by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo for copyright violation. On March 8, the vice-president posted a video in commemoration of International Women’s Day. Beyonce’s song ‘Run the World’ was used as the video’s audio. Quoting the tweet that same day, a Twitter user @olayknowless, had asked Beyonce to report Osinbajo’s account for violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). “Ma’am @Beyonce, Nigeria’s current Vice President who has never properly done his job has used your song without permission, ask Jack your good friend to take care of his account In accordance with DMCA violation penalties,” the user wrote. The microblogging site took down the tweet afterwards, though the exact day this was done is not known. “This tweet has been withhel...

You Can’t Make Changes Without Joining Politics – Osinbajo To Nigerian Youths

21Oct

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Youths

You Can’t Make Changes Without Joining Politics – Osinbajo To Nigerian Youths

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has said young Nigerians need to get involved in politics in order to make a change in the nation. Osinbajo said the only way Nigeria can be transformed is largely dependent on the actions and decisions of those who occupy public offices hence the reason young people in Nigeria must get involved in politics. The Vice President said this on Wednesday at a virtual forum where he interacted with Nigerian Fellows of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. According to the VP, “You need to go the extra length if you are not already involved, get involved in politics while a lot can be achieved in civil society, the government still holds the ace in terms of capacity and resources to bring social goods to the largest numbers.” Recal...

Osinbajo Calls on Media to fight Fake News

9Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Press Statement, Security, Terrorism

Osinbajo Calls on Media to fight Fake News

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has called on the media to join the fight against fake news. Osinbajo noted that the systemic rot engendered by secrecy and opacity in governance was no longer the main threat to a normal functioning Nigeria, but the proliferation of fake news. The Vice-President spoke yesterday at the presentation of a book, titled: The Making of the Nigerian Flagship: the Story of The Guardian, in Lagos. In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice-President, Laolu Akande, Prof. Osinbajo suggested that the media should approach the fight against fake news by realizing the import of their power as the gatekeepers of facts. The statement reads: “Even as we strive to make governance more transpare...

President Buhari Presides Over Security Meeting

30Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Breaking News, News, Nigeria

President Buhari Presides Over Security Meeting

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over a security meeting inside the Executive Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja. The meeting is holding just before the President’s scheduled travel to London, the United Kingdom (UK) for a routine medical check up. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr. Boss Mustapha; Minister of Defense Major-General, Bashir Salihi Magashi (Rtd); Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major-General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), have joined the meeting. Also taking part in the meeting are the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor; Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Awwal Zub...