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Vice President Kashim Shettima has reiterated President Bola Tinubu’s directive to the Armed Forces to review security operations in the fight against terrorist groups across the country. This, according to him, includes the deployment of advanced military hardware and surveillance equipment to eliminate terrorist groups across the country. In his …

Vice-President Kashim Shettima says President Bola Tinubu remains committed to diversifying the Nigerian economy. Shettima said this on Thursday when he received a delegation from the Nigerian Economic Society (NES) led by its President, Prof. Adeola Adenikinju, on a courtesy visit at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Vice-President described Tinubu …

THE Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has felicitated Vice President Kashim Shettima, on the occasion of his 59th birthday. Akpabio in a congratulatory message personally signed by him and issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Eseme Eyiboh described Shettima as a stabiliser in President Bola Tinubu’s administration. …

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has expressed deep condolences to Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, over the passing of their respective parents. Newsextra24 reports that Ododo lost his father, Alhaji Ahmed  Ododo, who died on Monday at the age of …

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has given an insight into the reasons for the declaration of the ‘State of Emergency on Agriculture’ by the President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Shettima spoke at a session on: Country Perspectives: Government-led Strategies and Regional Framework’, at the ongoing UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4) in Addis …

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to transforming Nigeria’s education sector through strategic support and reforms. He gave the assurance on Friday during a courtesy visit by the management of the University of Ibadan (UI), led by its Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kayode Adebowale, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. …

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed London with the remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died on Sunday at a London Clinic for his burial. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of The Vice-President, Stanley Nkwocha, made this known in a statement. In the statement …

Vice-President Kashim Shettima will on Saturday depart Abuja for the city of Sao Tome, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice-President, made this known in a statement on Friday …

Vice President Kashim Shettima has restated Nigeria’s unwavering commitment to a comprehensive ban on nuclear testing, stressing that the nation is more focused on tackling poverty and climate change than pursuing nuclear weapons. Shettima made the declaration on Monday while receiving the Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation …

The federal government is currently in discussions with private investors to secure nearly $60 million in funding to electrify the Onne Port in Rivers State and transform it into Nigeria’s first green port. Vice President Kashim Shettima disclosed this during the ‘Decarbonising Infrastructure in Nigeria Summit’ held at the Presidential …