International
MALI CRISIS: Osinbajo heads to Ghana
In a bid to restore peace in Mali, Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has departed Abuja on Tuesday to participate in an Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Mr Osinbajo will be representing the president, Muhammadu Buhari, a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande revealed.
“The Accra meeting will form part of several efforts by leaders in the sub region to resolve Mali’s political crisis,” Mr Akande said.
Read also: Osinbajo charges Europe to make COVID-19 vaccine available to Africa
He noted that the Vice-President will also be meeting Nigerians residents in the country to discuss their wellbeing.
“Accompanying the Vice President is the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb Zubairu Dada.
“Prof Osinbajo is expected back in Abuja today at the end of his engagements in Ghana.”
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...