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- 27 Aug 2013
Borno Partners 1 GAME to Address Challenges of Education
Kashim Shettima, Borno State governor, has reassured that his administration would partner with the 1 GAME campaign to address the challenges of education in Borno State. Shettima made the pledge…
- 4 Aug 2021
Abba Kyari Lied about Viral Video of Visit to His Residence- Gov. Zulum
Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, governor of Borno State, has said that Abba Kyari, the embattled super-cop lied about viral video of him and Senator Kashim Shettima, his predecessor, together at Kyari’s…
- 28 Jun 2026
NASENI Begins Nationwide Empowerment Programme, Targets Youth Job Creation
Vice President Kashim Shettima GCON, has flagged-off a nationwide community empowerment programme in science, technology, skills acquisition and renewable energy for youth and women championed by the…
- 9 Apr 2025
FG Enters Tech Partnership with Ericsson
Nigeria has reaffirmed its dedication to deepening its collaboration with Ericsson, Swedish technology firm with Vice President Kashim Shettima promising swift implementation of the Memorandum of…
- 3 Jun 2025
FG, UNICEF Partner to Train 20m Youths on Digital Skills
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday, said the Federal Government has renewed its strategic partnership with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to train and…
- 7 Jul 2025
FG Says No Going Back to Nuclear Testing
Vice President Kashim Shettima has affirmed Nigeria’s unwavering stance against nuclear weapons testing. He made this known during a meeting at the Presidential Villa with a delegation from the…
- 11 Jul 2024
FG Lauds Moniepoint’s Contributions to the Growth of the Informal Economy
Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Kashim Shettima, has restated the government’s unvarnished commitment to deepening economic and financial inclusion in line with President…
- 18 Oct 2023
FG Aims at Leveraging on Ties with China to Improve Digital Space
Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday said Nigeria would leverage its relationship with China to adopt programmes that would improve the country’s digital space, among other benefits. This is…
- 19 Nov 2024
FG to Establish National Youth Development Bank to Support Young Nigerians
Federal Government is to establish a National Youth Development Bank and a Youth Data Bank, according to President Bola Tinubu. President Bola Tinubu, represented by Kashim Shettima, his vice, ,…
- 11 Nov 2025
FG Says Digital Innovation is Nigeria’s Quickest Path to Prosperity
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that Nigeria’s quickest path to catching up with developed economies lies in digital innovation and the creation of a vibrant national tech ecosystem. Pic…
- 3 Feb 2026
FG Signs MoU with ICAN, CIBN, Others to Train 10m Nigerians in Financial Literacy
The Federal Government of Nigeria has flagged off a free nationwide training of 10 million Nigerians on financial inclusion and literacy. This is just as Vice-President Kashim Shettima has said…
- 10 Dec 2024
AMMBAN Seeks Review of 5 Percent Charge Imposed on PoS Agents
Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria (AMMBAN) has appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Office of the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, to review the five per cent…
- 25 Feb 2025
AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol Targets 50% Growth by 2030
Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has stated that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Digital Trade Protocol is set to grow intra-African trade from 18 per cent in 2022 to 50 per cent by…
- 5 Dec 2025
PEBEC Ranks NCC Among Top Five Best-Performing Government Agencies in 2025
Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has named the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) one of the top five best-performing Federal Government agencies for 2025 under the…
- 13 Oct 2017
Muhammadu Indimi Foundation Builds N600m Solar-Powered Village for IDPs
By ugo onwuaso The Muhammadu Indimi Foundation, a humanitarian organisation founded by Alhaji (Dr) Muhammadu Indimi, has announced the construction of N600m solar-powered village consisting of 100…
- 21 Mar 2025
Visa to Establish Data Centre in Nigeria to ‘Boost Digital Economy’
Visa, global payment services giant, has announced plans to establish a data centre infrastructure in Nigeria. Andrew Torre, Visa’s regional president for central and eastern Europe and…
- 27 May 2025
Nigeria Approves $500m for AfDB’s Trust Fund Replenishment over Next 15 Years
Nigeria has approved a fresh $500 million replenishment of the Nigeria Trust Fund (NTF) at the African Development Bank (AfDB), extending the facility for another 15 years. President of the AfDB, Dr.…
- 7 Jul 2024
NASENI Honoured with Distinguished Award for Engineering and Industrial Innovation @NEAPS 2024
Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has been honoured with the distinguished award for Engineering and…
- 17 Mar 2014
Bill Gates Plans to Boost Healthcare in Northeast
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has indicated plans to boost primary healthcare and agriculture in Borno State and the rest of the Northeastern states of the country, was yesterday revealed.…
- 18 Oct 2023
Polaris Bank Partners Millwater on stable Power Delivery to Industrial Clusters
Polaris Bank has expressed its commitment to partner with Millwater to deliver uninterrupted power to industrial clusters in Nigeria in order to accelerate the industrialization drive of the current…
- 3 Dec 2023
SERAP Tells Akpabio to Reject Wike’s Proposal in 2024 Budget
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Mr Godswill Akpabio, Senate president, to use his leadership position “to promptly reject the plan by Nyesom Wike, minister of the…
- 3 Dec 2023
SERAP Urges Akpabio to Reject Wike’s plan to spend N15bn on ‘a befitting residence’ for VP
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,…
- 30 Apr 2026
FG Okays 112 as Toll-Free National Emergency Response Number
National Economic Council (NEC) of Nigeria has officially approved 112 as the unified, toll-free national emergency number to streamline responses to security, medical, fire, and natural disasters.…
- 9 Aug 2024
CSR Initiative: MTN Nigeria Donates N1bn to FG on Food Support Programme
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc., has boosted the Federal Government’s Food Support Programme with N1billion donation and 4,600 digital devices. VP Shettima in a group photograph with MTN officials…
- 3 Dec 2025
NEC Endorses N100Bn Overhaul of Police and Security Training Facilities
National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the sum of N100 billion, subject to a final ratification by President Bola Tinubu, for rehabilitation of training institutions for police and other…
- 22 Dec 2014
Sheriff Opens Up on Boko Haram, Says Chad Has Solution
Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, former governor of Borno State, has opened up on what he knows about the Boko Haram insurgents currently ravaging states in the northeast and some other parts of the…
- 15 Dec 2023
Poor Data Hinders Nigeria’s Growth- Tinubu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hinted at plans by his administration to address what he termed historical inadequacies of policy making hitherto thwarted by a lack of comprehensive data in Nigeria.…
- 13 May 2025
FG Expresses Commitment to Comprehensive Tax Reforms to Enhance Economic Growth
President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his commitment in undertaking bold and comprehensive reforms to reposition the country’s fiscal architecture for resilience, inclusiveness and economic growth.…
- 22 Mar 2024
National Economic Council Endorses $617m Digital Enterprises Programme
National Economic Council (NEC) has endorsed the implementation of the $617.7 million Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (i-DICE) programme in the 36 states of the federation and the…
- 20 Oct 2024
CSCS Seeks Accelerated AI Integration to Address Rising Cybercrime
The Central Securities Clearing System PLC (CSCS) has called for the immediate integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into Nigeria’s cybersecurity framework to address escalating cybercrime.…