Nigeria Breaking News
Vice President Kashim Shettima will, on Saturday, May 3, depart Abuja for Libreville, Gabon, to represent Nigeria at the inauguration of the country’s president-elect, Brice Nguema. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Shettima will attend the event at the instance of President Bola Tinubu. The spokesperson of the vice president, Mr Stanley Nkwocha, …
The Borno State House of Assembly (BOSHA) presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan on Thursday passed a vote of confidence in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Vice, Senator Kashim Shettima, on the presidential ‘Renewed Hope’ initiative aimed at tackling security challenges in parts of the North East and the country as …
The vice president, Kashim Shettima, has departed Abuja for Dakar, Senegal, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the country’s 65th Independence Day Anniversary celebrations. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications in the Office of the Vice-President, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. The News …
As hunger persists due to Nigeria’s lingering economic hardship, Vice President Kashim Shettima urged the private sector to upscale investments in the country’s food system on Friday. Shettima, the Chairman of the Presidential Food Systems Coordinating Unit (PFSC), made the call in a special address titled ‘Food Systems Transformation’ at the ‘Strategic Workshop on Agriculture …
THE Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima has commiserated with the people and government of Enugu State over the fuel tanker fire, which claimed lives following an accident in the state. While reacting to the unfortunate incident, the Vice President said, it’s time to put an end to avoidable tanker accidents and explosions. The fuel tanker …
Vice President Kashim Shettima has launched ‘Grand Challenges Nigeria’ (GCNg), a national innovation programme aimed at revolutionizing Nigeria’s healthcare landscape through locally developed solutions. The initiative, which is part of the global Grand Challenges network, will focus on maternal and child health challenges in the first phase. Launching the initiative on Monday at the Presidential …
President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima, in their first 100 days in office, hold the record of the most travelled presidency since 1999. The President’s first trip abroad was to France to participate in the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact. Next was attending the ECOWAS summit in Guinea Bissau, then the …