Nigeria: Osinbajo Denies 2023 Presidential Ambition

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Nigeria: Osinbajo Denies 2023 Presidential Ambition

[Daily Trust] Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described as a distraction, the speculations that he will contest the 2023 presidential election.

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