1. Oluyemi Oluleke Osinbajo was born on 8 March 1957 and is a Nigerian lawyer, professor, and politician who served as the 14th vice president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.
32 Facts About Yemi Osinbajo
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That year, Yemi Osinbajo was appointed Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the cabinet of Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu.
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Yemi Osinbajo's tenure was marked by his rising profile, especially when he took power as acting president while Buhari was on a medical vacation in the United Kingdom.
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Yemi Osinbajo attended Igbobi College in Yaba, Lagos, from 1969 to 1975, where he won the following awards: the State Merit Award ; the School Prize for English Oratory ; Adeoba Prize for English Oratory ; Elias Prize for Best Performance in History ; School Prize for Literature ; and African Statesman Intercollegiate Best Speaker's Prize.
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From 1979 to 1980, Yemi Osinbajo served the compulsory one-year youth service as a legal officer with Bendel Development and Planning Authority, Bendel State.
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In 1997, Yemi Osinbajo became a professor of the law of evidence and was head of the Department of Public Law, University of Lagos from 1997 to 1999 until his appointment as Commissioner for Justice.
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From 1999 to 2007, Yemi Osinbajo, served in the Lagos State Cabinet of Bola Tinubu as the Honourable Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice.
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In 2007, Yemi Osinbajo was made Senior Partner at Simmons Cooper Partners, Nigeria.
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Yemi Osinbajo was third in the APC presidential primaries held in June 2022 with a total of 235 votes from the delegates.
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On 17 August 2017 VP Yemi Osinbajo described hate speech as a species of terrorism.
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Yemi Osinbajo assumed office after taking the oath of office on 29 May 2015 at the Eagle Square, Abuja.
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On 7 August 2018, Yemi Osinbajo fired the State Security Service boss, Lawal Daura for illegal invasion of National Assembly by armed and masked operatives of the department.
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In January 2019, Yemi Osinbajo criticized the fact that social media is currently "under multi-jurisdictional regulation".
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Yemi Osinbajo called for more collaboration among nations to reach a convention to regulate social media and counter hate speech.
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On 2 February 2019, Yemi Osinbajo's helicopter crashed in Kabba, Kogi State.
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Yemi Osinbajo survived, and delivered a previously scheduled campaign speech after the crash.
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On 29 May 2019, Professor Yemi Osinbajo took his oath of office to begin his second term at Eagle Square in the capital of Abuja.
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Yemi Osinbajo claimed that China and other nations were smuggling in products, including agricultural ones, undermining the Nigerian economy and threatening Nigerian agriculture.
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In October 2019, Yemi Osinbajo criticized the government's proposed social media regulations, stating he did "not think that government regulation is necessarily the way to go".
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Yemi Osinbajo stated that citizens and leaders, both political and religious, "owe a responsibility to our society and to everyone else, to ensure that we don't allow it to become an instrument" of war.
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Yemi Osinbajo warned people against using social media to spread "religious disinformation", which could lead to conflict and war.
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Yemi Osinbajo usually visited bereaved people, sending condolence messages to them, as well as attending funerals, he is lauded as the only government official to have attended the most ceremonial engagements, since Nigeria's return to democracy, than any other.
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Yemi Osinbajo's speeches are always phenomenal, it is always embedded with humor, with catchy phrases and captivating stance during the entire speech.
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Yemi Osinbajo chaired this observation group with a team consisting of experts in politics, the legal profession and media.
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On 11 July 2023, Yemi Osinbajo was appointed Global Advisor for the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet.
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Yemi Osinbajo set up a personal NFPO, Future Perspectives, which aims at equipping young people with skills of innovation, policy and project implementation to support their role as changemakers, capable of developing and implementing their own initiatives, as well as other collective efforts to transform education now and for future generations.
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Yemi Osinbajo did not disclose these violations to the electoral body or the police.
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Yemi Osinbajo was born into the family of Opeoluwa Osinbajo on 8 March 1957, Creek Hospital, Lagos.
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Yemi Osinbajo is married to Dolapo Yemi Osinbajo, a granddaughter of Obafemi Awolowo.
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Yemi Osinbajo is a member of the following professional bodies:.
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Yemi Osinbajo, is known for wearing his famous black traditional hat, in a very delicate and pristine way that stands out, and his cap has become so famous, that the style is dubbed as the "Yemi Osinbajo cap" by fashion designers.
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Yemi Osinbajo is a Senior Pastor of the Lagos Province 48 of the Redeemed Christian Church of God.