Vice President Kashim Shettima was among those who attended the funeral prayer (Jana’izah) for Hajiya Hadiza Attahiru Jega, the wife of former INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, yesterday. See photos below:
Vice President Kashim Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima has assured Nigerians of better days ahead under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying the present difficulties are only temporary. He restated the administration’s commitment to peace, economic recovery and long-term prosperity, noting that the path to national renewal often demands...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima will, on Tuesday, April 7, perform the formal flag off the first University Innovation Pods (UNIPOD) in Africa at the University of Lagos. UNIPOD, an initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Federal Government of Nigeria, aims to reconfigure...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima has formally launched the Office of the Vice President-Generation Unlimited (OVP-GenU) Secretariat to coordinate the implementation of activities of the programme across the country. The GenU Nigeria initiative is a UNICEF-led Public-Private-Youth Partnership (PPYP) @UNICEF programme designed to connect 20 million Nigerian youths to...
Vice President, Kashim Shettima, Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum and governors of Kwara, Lagos, Taraba, Kogi, and Akwa Ibom States attended the book launch and 60th birthday celebration of veteran journalist and Director of News at TVC, Babajide Otitoju. The event, held on Monday at the NAF Conference...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has commiserated with former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, over the death of his mother, late Hajiya Fatima Umma. The Vice President who paid the El-Rufai family at their Abuja residence called for collective effort in uniting the nation aside political differences. Senator...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has implored the Nigerian media to be partners in progress with the government by utilising their platforms to strengthen the nation’s democracy through constructive journalism and critical thinking. He observed that a society is destroyed not by the absence of ideas but by the...
Federal government on Monday launched the “Cross-Border Digital Payments and Identity in Nigeria under the AfCFTA” report, urging stakeholders to unlock trade opportunities for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to access the $3.5 trillion African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) market. The high-level report, hosted by the Office...
President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima are set to lead the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention, a crucial event that will shape the party’s future direction and potentially decide Tinubu’s bid for re-election in 2027. Below are pictures from the convention:
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has applauded the Gates Foundation for sustaining investments and humanitarian aid in Nigeria, saying the Foundation remains the nation’s strategic partner in the drive to change the Nigerian narrative. Accordingly, he pledged support for the Foundation’s request to deepen and broaden its partnership with...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday departed Lagos for Abuja after marking the Eid-el-Fitri, following his historic state visit to the United Kingdom. Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, announced this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement said his (Tinubu’s) plane left the Presidential Wing of the Murtala...
Nigeria and Switzerland have agreed to actively strengthen their bilateral relations, focusing on a multi-faceted approach that spans trade, economic cooperation, skills acquisition, migration, security and cultural exchange. This was the outcome of the meeting between Vice President Kashim Shettima and the Vice President of Switzerland, Mr. Ignazio Cassis,...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima has said the end to insecurity in Nigeria is in sight, as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is working hard to ensure that peace is sustained in all parts of the country. He prayed for more unity, progress and peaceful coexistence under the Tinubu administration,...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima has assured Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri and his teeming supporters that they were not joining the All Progressives Congress (APC) as strangers but as partners on a shared mission to build a Nigeria that works. He said the governor’s entry into the...
Vice President Kashim Shettima, Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, joined thousands of muslim faithful to observe the Eid prayers at Ramat Square, Maiduguri. The two prayers were observed peacefully at the main Eid ground and other prayer grounds across the state under tight security, marking the end of the...
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday visited victims of the recent multiple bomb explosions in Maiduguri, Borno State, who are currently receiving treatment at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH). The Vice President, accompanied by the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Hajiya Zubaida Umar, toured...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday said he would address tariffs on newspaper and broadcasting materials to empower the media industry to discharge its constitutional role effectively. President Tinubu gave the promise at the State House, where he hosted the leadership of the Nigerian media, comprising members of the...
His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, was joined by Vice President Kashim Shettima as he hosted Media Executives, the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria, and the Guild of Editors to an Interfaith Breaking of Fast, marking both Ramadan and Lent, at the State House Banquet Hall in the...
Nigeria Police Council on Monday unanimously ratified the appointment of Olatunji Disu as the Inspector-General of Police, paving the way for his swearing-in by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday. A statement by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said the ceremony would take place during the Federal Executive Council meeting, scheduled...