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One of the most amazing things about Nigerian politics is how a tiny rumour develops wings and flies around the ecosystem, nestling in the minds of the people and gaining significant media mileage in no time. President Bola Tinubu had hardly been inaugurated in 2023 when rumours started gushing out that he had become estranged […]
Continue ReadingThere is a potentially disruptive speculation, a kite being flown in political conversations, which could affect the fortunes of the ruling party – the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the relationship between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima as Nigerians begin the dress rehearsal towards the 2027 general elections. It […]
Continue Reading“I Don’t Blame BAT, Whoever Knows What Shettima Did Won’t Keep Him Long, Airwaves Can’t Carry It”—Datti Baba-Ahmed The pithy and cryptic line from Datti Baba Ahmed — veteran educator, businessman and former vice principal on the Labour Party presidential ticket — captures the kind of blunt, insinuating commentary that has become his trademark. The […]
Continue ReadingSome months ago, I called Mr Kolapo Olapoju, editor of TheCable — the online newspaper I founded 11 years ago — and alerted him to the dangers ahead. I told him the next presidential election will be the dirtiest in our history. I advised him to hold regular seminars with his team so as to […]
Continue ReadingVice President Kashim Shettima has criticised the newly elected British-Nigerian UK Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, for making disparaging remarks about Nigeria. While speaking at the 10th Annual Migration Dialogue at the State House in Abuja on Monday, Shettima emphasized that migrants are a vital source of life in all societies. He said: “Kemi Badenoch, […]
Continue ReadingNigerians have started a challenge tagged the #ShettimaChallenge to recreate the outfit worn by APC Vice Presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, to the NBA conference in Lagos. Shettima arrived at the event to represent the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday August 22. He chose to forego his regular native wears for a […]
Continue ReadingIf there is any behaviour that triggers palpable indignation in me, it is the dismissal and trivialisation of requisite urgent constitutional reforms in Nigeria. And this was precisely the behavior exhibited by former Borno state governor (and now the running mate to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the presidential ticket of the All Progressive Congress, […]
Continue ReadingTwo anecdotes of the extreme reaction of scorned women will avail you if you are looking for a corollary to Nigerian Christendom’s tempestuous anger at the choice of Kashim Shettima, a Muslim and former governor of Borno State, as Vice Presidential candidate to Bola Tinubu, a Muslim presidential flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC). […]
Continue ReadingFormer Lagos State governor and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has announced Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate. He announced this while addressing journalists in Katsina State on Sunday, according to a presidential aide, Buhari Sallau. This is coming hours after Tinubu met with the Nigerian President, Muhammadu […]
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