Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno, has commended the Federal Government for its efforts to implement the “Bama Initiative’’ aimed at rebuilding lives and infrastructure in the North-East.

By Anthony Ogbonna Governor Borno State and Chairman, Northern Governors forum, Kashim Shettima has, in this video interview with TVC, spoken on the alleged hate audio conversation between him and the Ogun state Governor, Ibukunle Amosun against Ndigbo. Talking about Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Governor Shettima said Jonathan is a good man but also an honest simpleton.

Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno on Sunday appealed to the Nigerian military to intensify efforts to end the Boko Haram insurgency that had ravaged the North East for long.

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, yesterday, ordered the arrest of hoodlums that allegedly diverted Ramadan food items meant for internally-displaced persons, IDPs, in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council and Jere council of the state.

ALHAJI Yerima Shettima is National President, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum. Shettima, a human right activist, in this interview dissects resident Muhammadu Buhari two years administration and opines that the administration is a monumental disaster. Excerpts:

KADUNA—Governor Kashim Shettima of Bornu State, yesterday, said the state would be different in the next six months when all the development projects he had put in place began to manifest.

NORTHERN Nigeria is now blest with some well-educated, patriotic, modernised and progressive-minded leaders like former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, the Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima (who has borne the main brunt of the Boko Haram insurgency), the reformist Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi and renowned human rights activist, Senator Shehu Sani.

lhaji Mohammed Indimi, a Maiduguri based billionaire and In-law to President Muhammadu Buhari has described Governor Kashim Shettima’s records of achievements in Borno as unbelievable, saying it surprises him, how the Governor has changed the faces of Maiduguri and other parts of the State despite meagre resources and management of the Boko Haram insurgency.

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state has donated 60 and 40 KVA Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) systems to Nigerian Television Authority, NTA Maiduguri Zonal Network Centre to boost its transmission across the state.

ALMOST half of the teachers of Lamisula Primary and Junior Secondary in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, were absent yesterday, when Governor Kashim Shettima paid an unscheduled visit at noon and took a roll call of the teachers.

LET me place it on record that the decision to invite Your Royal Highnesses and other stakeholders to this crucial meeting was the collective decision of all the 19 Governors under our forum and was borne out of the recognition of the fundamental – if not indispensable – position and role the traditional institution occupy in the grand scheme of things in Nigeria, particularly in the Northern region. For us in Northern Nigeria, our royal fathers are, for the most part, custodians of both our cultural and religious values, highly revered and hold their traditional offices in virtual perpetuity.

Wife of Borno State governor, Hajiya Nana Shettima, said Tuesday that managing and feeding about 1.6 million Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, has become a burden on the state government.

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State said yesterday that the state government has continued to take care of the families of Boko Haram insurgents in order to break the Boko Haram cycle of violence and secure the future of Borno State.

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has petitioned the police to unravel the origin of presidential campaign posters depicting him and Governor Rochas Okorocha as teaming together for the 2019 presidential election.