Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for Dallas, United States of America, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa. A statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha said the Vice President would join other political and business leaders…
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has assured that the success and positive impact of the newly established National Philanthropic Office (NPO) is guaranteed under the Tinubu administration. According to him, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been a firm believer in giving back to society and as such, his enduring spirit of bettering the lot…
Vice President Kashim Shettima commissioned the multi-million-naira redesigned Kano Governor’s Office complex at the Government House in Kano on Wednesday. The edifice included a redesigned council chamber, an executive conference hall, and a VIP lounge with state-of-the-art office facilities. The complex was constructed by the first Military Administrator of the state, the late Commissioner of…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said Nigeria’s huge potentials in digital technology, the outsourcing industry and the clean energy sector will continue to incentivize investments in its energy transition plan and agenda to diversify the economy. A statement signed by Stanley Nkwocha, media aide to the Vice President said Shettima stated this on Monday when…
China reiterates commitment to fund Port Harcourt-Maiduguri, Abuja-Kano rails The Chinese government, on Wednesday, expressed its commitment to refinance and complete the Abuja-Kano and Port- Port-Harcourt-Maiduguri railway projects. A statement signed by the VP’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, on Wednesday, said: “President of Peoples Republic of China, Xi Jinping, pledged…
The Federal Government has said the financial worth of direct economic damage in Nigeria caused by floods in 2022 is $7bn. On Tuesday, the government also said over 600 lives were lost as a result of the disaster. It described the situation as the worst effect of climate change in Nigeria. Vice President Kashim Shettima…
The Federal Government said it has mobilised more than half a billion dollars for an innovative, profitable, equitable and sustainable food system transformation initiative. Olusola Abiola, Director, Information, Office of the Vice President, in a statement, said that Vice President Kashim Shettima made this known while chairing a high-level meeting on the first day of…
The National Economic Council comprising 36 state governors and Vice President Kashim Shettima has concluded a plan for state governments to implement cash transfer programmes using state-generated social registers. It said states-generated social registers would better reflect the number of vulnerable Nigerians to be reached with such cash transfer or palliative scheme. This came on…
The Federal Government under President Bola Tinubu will creat enabling environment that guranteed easy access to single-digit loans for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Vice President Kashim Shettima, has said. The Vice President disclosed this in a statement issued by the Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola, on Tuesday. In commemoration…
By Yusuf Issa An-Nuphawi
