While he denies engaging in partisan politics his growing power has unsettled Vice-President Kashim Shettima who harbours his own ambition...
Close aides suggest Tinubu may replace Vice-President Kashim Shettima with an influential northerner like Kwankwaso if the region proves difficult to secure...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima from Borno State in the north has been trying to broker a compromise but some of Tinubu's allies regard this as disloyal and want him to be dropped as running mate in 2027...
He was chief of staff to Vice-President Kashim Shettima when he was governor of Borno State in the early 2010s (AC Vol 65 No 16 Days of rage protests test Tinubu's economic plans)...
Over $15m was spent on a new mansion for the Vice President Kashim Shettima while Abacha's consigliere and now Tinubu confidant Gilbert Chagoury has been awarded a $13bn contract without any competitive bidding to build a superhighway from Lagos to Calabar (AC Vol 65 No 8 Abacha consigliere in storm over $11 billion superhighway linking Lagos and Calabar)...
Lavish spending on presidential jets and a multi-million dollar residence for Vice-President Kashim Shettima all stoke up popular anger...
Kyari is a former chief of staff to Vice-President Kashim Shettima who we hear is running the agricultural ministry by proxy...
Vice President Kashim Shettima got his say over at least one cabinet pick: Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Abubakar Kyari a former senator and his former chief of staff...
The challengers whose case will be heard in the Federal High Court on 26 May claim that Tinubu has submitted false information about his citizenship and date of birth and that his running mate Kashim Shettima broke the electoral rules by being nominated as both a vice-presidential and a senatorial candidate...
Tinubu and his running mate Kashim Shettima the former governor of Borno state released their own statement on 12 February recommending that both sets of notes be allowed to circulate for another year...
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The zoning principle is also roiling Tinubu's campaign after he picked his running mate: Kashim Shettima a Muslim and a former governor of Borno State which has been blighted by the Boko Haram insurgency...