The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has called on Nigerians to shun religious and ethnic division ahead of general elections in 2023. Amid the outrage triggered by the emergence of former Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima – a Muslim – as the party’s vice-presidential...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has unveiled former Borno State Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima as its vice presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections. The event, which is ongoing at the Shehu Yar’adua center in Abuja, has in attendance the party’s presidential candidate and ex-Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Tinubu Campaign Organisation (TCO) has followed the heated debate that the choice of our vice presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima has generated in the country . It restated that religion or ethnicity was far from the calculations of the All Progressives Congress and...
Mr Adeniyi Adegbomire, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ondo Central Senatorial District, says the party’s Presidential Candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, is not a religious bigot. Adegbomire, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akure on...
The Vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima has broken his silence on the controversy surrounding the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the ruling party ahead of forthcoming general elections. Shettima was recently announced as the vice-presidential candidate of the APC by the party’s flagbearer and former...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s announcement of his vice presidential candidate has put an end to weeks of speculation about his likely candidate and this means the APC team for the 2023 elections is complete, but his decision to pick former Borno State Governor...
Citizens across divides who wish Nigeria well are raising their voices against the Muslim-Muslim ticket, which Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his party, All Progressives Congress, the APC, are determined to force down the throats of Nigerians. The APC Muslim-Muslim ticket is also an affront to the Nigerian Constitution if...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in Borno Central led by Governor Babagana Zulum, on Thursday, endorsed the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Barrister Kaka Lawan, as the sole candidate to contest for the Borno Central Senatorial election come 2023. The endorsement was...
A political support group, Project 37 for Tinubu- Shettima, says it has activated campaigns in the 774 local government areas in the country. Project 37 says the move will ensure the emergence of Sen. Bola Tinubu and Sen. Kashim Shettima as president and vice president, come 2023. Project 37...
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has faulted the announcement of a Muslim-Muslim ticket by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Lawal, in a note he personally signed on Tuesday, described the decision as a “disastrous error.” Mr Tinubu on...
The Ghana chapter of the APC says Nigerians must rise above religious bigotry and have faith in Sen. Bola Tinubu’s wisdom in choosing a Muslim as a running mate. The Chairman of the chapter, Mr Oghenosa Micheletti, in his congratulatory message on Tuesday to Tinubu, APC Presidential Candidate for...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Bishop of Calabar, Anglican Communion, Professor Nneoyi Egbe has described as unjust, and wrong for a secular state such as Nigeria to allow any presidential candidate to nominate a Christian-Christian ticket or Muslim-Muslim tickets. “We absolutely do not , will not and cannot...
Enough is enough, President Buhari tells ASUU, urges lecturers to consider generational consequences
Enough is enough, President Buhari tells ASUU, urges lecturers to consider generational consequences
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to reconsider their position on the prolonged strike, expressing worry that the strike will have generational consequences on families, the educational system and future development of the country. President Buhari also said...
President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan and North East caucus of the APC has congratulated Sen. Kashim Shettima on his nomination as 2023 vice presidential candidate of the party. Shettima is running mate to APC presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu. Lawan in a statement on behalf of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has described the emergence of Senator Kashim Shettima as APC’s Vice Presidential candidate, as the wisest choice made by the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed. Zulum stated this in a statement he personally signed on Sunday...
Mr Osita Okechukwu, the Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON) has applauded Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for picking Sen. Kashim Shettima as his All Progressives Congress (APC) running mate for 2023 presidential poll. Okechukwu, also a founding member of the APC, said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. “On...
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate for 2023 poll, says he decided to pick Sen. Kashim Shettima as his running mate, because he possessed one of the best credentials for the election. Tinubu announced Shettima as his running mate in a letter personally signed on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Muslims faithful on Saturday morning defied rain shower to converged at eid-el grounds across Maiduguri Metropolis, the Borno State capital to observe the Eid-el-Kabir congregational rakaats (prayers). The Imam Idaini of Borno, Sheikh Imam Shettima Muhammad Saleh, led the two congregational rakaats (prayers) at...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, alongside Senator Kashim Shettima, Borno’s First Lady, Dr. Falmata Zulum, and other National Assembly members topped the state’s high profile delegation at the fifth anniversary of the North-East Children’s Trust, (NECT) Learning Centre, initiated by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo....
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Borno State, Hon Dr. Al-Bashir Ibrahim has said the former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima is the most suitable candidate for the position of the Vice President and running mate to whoever may emerge as the APC Presidential flag bearer...