Kashim Shettima

Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Thursday, called on Nigerians to rally around President Bola Tinubu as he works to address the country’s socio-political, economic, and security challenges. Shettima spoke in Abuja on Thursday at…

Vice President Kashim Shettima has called for a significant shift from dependence on oil to other critical sectors with attractive investment returns in Nigeria. He identified agriculture, manufacturing, renewable energy and digital…

Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has disclosed that his principal, President Bola Tinubu, subsidised the 2024 Hajj with N90 billion. He stated this when he represented Tinubu to flag off the inaugural airlift of the 2024 Hajj…

Vice President Kashim Shettima is optimistic that the nation’s currency – the naira – will continue to appreciate against the dollar. The nation’s currency exchanges (as of now) for around N1,200 to a dollar at the parallel market…

The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, on Monday, inaugurated the Light-up Nigeria programme in the South-East, aimed at accelerating power supply to industrial clusters in the region. Inaugurating the project at the old…

Vice-President Kashim Shettima says those criticising the federal government’s decision to relocate the headquarters of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), and some offices of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to Lagos are…

Vice President Kashim Shettima visited Bende, Abia State, on Friday, reiterating the Federal Government's commitment to addressing the security challenges in the South-East. He acknowledged the devastating impact of recent attacks on…

Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, said on Tuesday that he supported the adoption of non-kinetic mechanisms to tackle insecurity in Nigeria’s South East. “The approach is the most beautiful I have seen so far. We need to…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio, to use his leadership position “to promptly reject the plan by the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, to spend N15 billion for…

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja has struck out the suit filed by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) accusing Vice-President Kashim Shettima of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of double nomination in the…

Vice President Kashim Shettima says Nigeria did not apply for membership of BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Shettima spoke hours after the economic bloc said it is admitting six new members – Argentina, Egypt,…

The Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima, claims that President Bola Tinubu's economic reforms and diplomatic alliances aim to entice partnerships and investments to Nigeria while supporting global and regional collaboration.…

Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday, announced plans by the Federal Government to urgently ensure access to single-digit loans for Nigerian small businesses. A statement by the Director Information, Office of the Vice…

Richard Montgomery, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, the United Kingdom's (UK) decision to limit international students' ability to bring dependents with them beginning in 2024 is not intended to harm Nigerians but rather to…

Kashim Shettima, vice president, has apologised to the Muslim community for his remark regarding the choice of leaders for the 10th Assembly. Shettima had stated, "Under the current dispensation, the worst incompetent Southern…