By Sani Dikko I know the pains and challenges of leadership. A leader who is genuinely concerned about the peace and welfare of his people, but faced with seemingly intractable problems on this path, agonizes every day and night pondering a solution. But I also absolutely believe that positively deploying the potency of past experiences […]

Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has said that until the Governor of Borno State Mr Kashim Shettima confesses his role in the abduction of the Chibok girls and tells Nigerians why he and others started Boko Haram his tears will flow. Fani-Kayode on his Twitter handle said The Gov. of Borno wept about the plight of his […]

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday met with the Borno State Governor, Ibrahim Shettima and elders from the state at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, as the governor broke down in tears recounting the resurgence of Boko Haram activities in the state.

MAIDUGURI—IN an effort to reassure over 57,000 residents, displaced persons from three local government areas, among others, Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, weekend spent the night in Monguno town where Boko Haram insurgents were repelled by the Nigerian military after attempt last week to take over the town.

Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno has called for a collective support to the military to enhance successful campaign against Boko Haram insurgents. Shettima made the appeal while addressing the extraordinary security meeting organised for various stakeholders on Monday-night in Maiduguri. Shettima alongside other participants held a closed door meeting into the middle of the night, […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, and his Borno State counterpart, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday, continued their reconciliatory efforts to pacify aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Southwest over the outcome of the recent party primaries, with a call on aspirants from Lagos and Ogun States to unite and work for the party’s victory at all levels during the 2019 elections.

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode and his counterpart in Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima on Tuesday met with aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Southwest over outcome of the primaries of the party to elect candidates for the 2019 general elections.

It is obvious from the pattern of deleterious comments from certain quarters since the successful public presentation of ‘My Transition Hours’, a book by Dr. Goodluck Jonathan that a comprehensive plan to discredit the book is afoot.

Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, yesterday accused former President Goodluck Jonathan of cleverly omitting in his book, an investigative report on the April 14, 2014, Chibok abduction submitted to him in June by the presidential facts-finding committee constituted in May.

Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno on Thursday said biometric exercise had assisted the state government to uncover 12,000 ghost workers on its payroll and save N500 million monthly.