Tag: Kashim Shettima
Insurgency: Senate recommends removal of Service Chiefs
The Senate has recommended that President Muhammadu Buhari remove the Service Chiefs and replace them with people with fresh ideas and solutions. The lawmakers are also asking President Buhari to restructure and remodel the entire security architecture and investigate allegations of widespread corruption and leakages within the security architecture. The lawmakers made this recommendation at ...Insurgency: The President needs to know the truth, some elements are trying to frustrate efforts in the N/East – Zulum
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum believes some elements are trying to frustrate the efforts of the government in ending insurgency in the country and the President needs to know the truth. He insisted that there is sabotage in the system that will not allow the insurgency to end in the North East. He said this ...Proffer workable solution to insecurity – Lawan charges ad-hoc Committee on security challenges
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, with other senators during the inauguration of the Senate ad-hoc committee on Nigerian Security Challenges in Abuja on February 4, 2020 The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday inaugurated an ad-hoc committee of the Senate in Abuja to look into the current security architecture of the ...I am shocked by suicide of Government House Chef – Shettima
The outgoing Governor of Borno, Kashim Shettima, has expressed shock over the death of a government house steward, Mr John Achagwa, who committed suicide on Tuesday. Achagwa, a steward at the Presidential lodge of the Government House, Maiduguri, took his life by hanging himself on a tree. A statement issued by Mr Isa Gusau, Special ...Lalong is new Chairman, Northern Governors’ Forum
The Northern Governors’ Forum on Friday elected Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau as its new Chairman. Gov. Kassim Shettima of Borno who is the outgoing chairman of the forum disclosed this at the end of a meeting in Kaduna. He said the forum has the confidence that Lalong would continue to build on the achievements ...NASS: Former 9th Assembly APC Governors Have Endorsed Lawan, Gbajabiamila’s Candidature – Shettima
Sen. Ahmed Lawan Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno says former governors in the ninth National Assembly have endorsed the candidature of Sen. Ahmed Lawan for the seat of Senate President. Shettima, who confirmed this development when he fielded questions from newsmen in N’Djamena, Chad, said the affected senators-elect had also endorsed Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila for ...Three Killed As Suspected Militants Attack Gov. Shettima’s Convoy
Borno state governor, Kashim Shettima Some unidentified gunmen suspected to be Islamist militants attacked the convoy of Borno state governor, Kashim Shettima on Tuesday on his way from the state capital Maiduguri to the market town of Gamboru for a rally ahead of the presidential election, killing at least three people, official sources ...Without Sustained Humanitarian Support in the North East Food Insecurity May Rise to 2.7 Million People Within the Next Six Months FAO
Food insecurity in North-East has reduced from 2.6 million persons affected by insurgency in the region to 1.7 million persons in Oct. 2018. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Representative in Nigeria, Suffyan Koroma, disclosed this while inaugurating distribution of planting materials for dry season farming at a farm centre, in Maiduguri. Koroma ...Joint Humanitarian Fund: UN, Private Sector Inaugurate Fund Address Crisis in North-east
The United Nations and Nigeria’s business leaders have launched the first-ever joint Humanitarian Fund to address the crisis in north-eastern part of the country. The Nigeria Humanitarian Fund – Private Sector Initiative (NHF-PSI) inaugurated on Thursday in Lagos seeks to raise awareness and support from business leaders who play an important role in ...Bill Gates, Dangote partner 6 governors to fund immunisation
Bill Gates and Aliko Dangote on Wednesday signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with six northern state governors on improved access to immunisation in Nigeria. The governors are Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto; Kashim Shettima, Borno; Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano; Muhammed Abubakar, Bauchi, and Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, while Yobe Gov. Ibrahim Geidam was represented by ...
Police foil another suicide bomb attempt in Borno, kill three bombers
Police foil another suicide bomb attempt in Borno, kill three bombers
Qatar Airways makes history, completes first longest non-stop flight of 16 hours from Doha to New ...
Confusion in Gambia, Jammeh stays put, Barrow to be sworn in at Gambia embassy in Senegal