Tag: Kashim Shettima

Tinubu, Shettima to spend ₦9.3bn on travels, food in 2026  – Budget

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Tinubu, VP to spend

President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima will spend a total of ₦9,364,349,417 on local and foreign travels, as well as food and refreshments in the 2026 fiscal year. This is according to details of the 2026 Appropriation Bill released on Thursday by the Budget Office of the Federation. Recall that President Tinubu had on December 19, 2025, presented the Budget estimate, totalling ₦58.18trillion to a joint session of the 10th National Assembly, where he said national security remained the foundation of economic growth, investment and social stability. In the…

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2027: Shettima, Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso, others to discuss way forward 

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Shettima, Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso

A citizen-led national conference aimed at addressing key challenges threatening Nigeria’s democracy is set to take place on Monday in Abuja. The 2-day event is expected to bring together prominent political figures, including: Vice-President Kashim Shettima, former military Head of State, General AbdulSalami Abubakar, {rtd), former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, and the National Chairman of the ruling All-Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Others expected to participate are: the 2023 presidential candidates of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso,…

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Shettima to represent Tinubu at 2024 CHOGM in Samoa

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Shettima to CHOGM

President Bola Tinubu has mandated Vice-President Kashim Shettima to lead Nigeria’s delegation to the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa. Senior Special Assistant to the Vice-President on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, revealed this in a statement yesterday, titled: ‘VP Shettima To Represent President Tinubu At CHOGM 2024’. According to the statement, the VP Shettima will join England’s King Charles and other world leaders from 56 member countries at the first CHOGM to be held in the Pacific small island of Apia, Samoa from October 21 to…

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ExxonMobil proposes $10bn investment in Nigeria’s Deepwater oil

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ExxonMobil proposes

U.S. oil supermajor, ExxonMobil, has proposed an investment of $10 billion in Nigeria’s deepwater oil resource development. According to the spokesman and senior special assistant to the Vice-President, Stanley Nkwocha, in a statement issued yesterday, Vice-President, Kashim Shettima “welcomed ExxonMobil’s proposed $10 billion investment in Nigeria’s deep-water oil operations, describing it as a clear testament to the administration’s economic reforms and investment-friendly policies,” said the statement. Recall that Shettima, on Wednesday, held a high-level meeting with ExxonMobil executives on the sidelines of the on-going 79th Session of the United Nations…

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VP Shettima jets to US, to represent Tinubu at UNGA-79

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Vice-President Kashim Shettima, yesterday departed Abuja, the nation’s capital, for New York, the United States, to attend the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, (UNGA). According to a statement issued by the Vice President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Stanley Nkwocha, the trip is “at the behest of President Bola Tinubu”. During the session, the Vice-President will deliver Nigeria’s national statement, participate in key meetings on the sidelines of the event, and engage in bilateral meetings. The high-level General Debate, themed: “Leaving no one behind: Acting…

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Shettima, Fashola condemn calls for parliamentary system

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Shettima Fashola

Vice-President, Kashim Shettima and former Lagos state governor, Raji Fashola, says the call for parliamentary system of Government, as championed in some quarters, may not be the way out of perceived unjust distribution of commonwealth and infrastructure in the country. Speaking at the 30th anniversary of Yusuf Olaolu Ali (SAN) Ghalib Chambers in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, they both said that only quality governance would shape the society not the system of government. However, they advised those calling for the return of the country to a parliamentary system of…

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‘?Nigeria spends $25bn on petrol importation yearly’ – Shettima

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Shettima

Vice-President, Kashim Shettima has revealed that Nigeria spends $25 billion per annum on the importation of petroleum products. Shettima made this known at the Vanguard Economic Discourse, themed: ‘Reforms in the Era of Global Economic Uncertainties: Whither Nigeria’, which held at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. He said that the importation of fuel would soon be forgotten as the Government of President Bola Tinubu is making efforts to make life comfortable for Nigerians.?Shettima, who was represented by Special Adviser on Economic Affairs, Tope Fasua, assured Nigerians that new policies…

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Tinubu subsidizes cost of 2024 hajj with N90bn – Shettima

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Vice-President, Kashim Shettima had disclised that President Bola Tinubu’s administration had subsidized the cost 2024 Hajj pilgrimage with N90 billion. Shettima made this known at the inauguration of the 2024 National Hajj operation, which was held at the Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport, Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State capital. According to him, the Government of ‘Renewed Hope’ led by Tinubu, attaches immense importance to religious pilgrimage due to the role its plays in transforming behavioral and social vices of the believers beyond performing the pilgrimage. He said: ”Due to this high regard,…

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Tinubu pledges to consider national living wage over minimum wage

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Asiwaju assures

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured the Organised Labour that their understanding, patience, commitment and support in the course of implementing his administration’s policies and programmes are not taken for granted. The President, who gave the assurance yesterday, during a colourful ceremony to mark the 2024 May Day celebration at the Eagle Square, Abuja, said it is a fundamental truth that the workers are Nigeria’s backbone, even as he acknowledged and appreciated their hard work, sacrifices, and contributions to the nation’s stability and prosperity. Speaking through Vice-President Kashim Shettima, who…

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Northeast: Group tasks Shettima, Govs, on innovation to restore region

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The North East Development Association (NEDA) has called on stakeholders in the Northeast especially Vice President Kashim Shettima, Governors and legislators to come up with sustainable innovations for the restoration of the region. The Secretary General of NEDA, Bitako Umar, made the call on behalf of the association during a news conference tagged` `Conference on Politics and Development in the Northeast Sub-region on Tuesday in Abuja. Umar said that NEDA as an advocacy and socio-cultural group serving as the mouth piece of the sub-region, met and reviewed the political trends…

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