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...
The disillusioned are roundly rejecting the PDP and APC candidates Abubakar and Tinubu – and their running mates Ifeanyi Okowa and Kashim Shettima – because they are mainstream politicians loyal to the political class that is lambasted for corrupt dealings and failing to deliver basic security to the people let alone high-quality education and health care...
On 10 July Tinubu named Kashim Shettima a Muslim senator and former governor of Borno State in the north-east as his running mate...
A former college professor who began his career as a commercial lorry driver Zulum was the hand-picked successor to Kashim Shettima...
Four days earlier fighters from several armed vehicles attacked the convoy of Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima...
Outgoing governor Kashim Shettima has anointed state commissioner for reconstruction rehabilitation and resettlement Babagana Umara Zulum as his successor (AC Vol 58 No 16 Letting a crisis go to waste)...
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto; the President of the Senate Abubakar Bukola Saraki; and the Governor of Borno State Kashim Shettima are among the more ambitious hopefuls making overtures to Buhari but wary as rivals put their campaigns into gear and gather momentum...
Although supporters of Kashim Shettima Borno State Governor since 2011 say his apparent lack of ambition combined with the role he has helped play in stabilising the north-east may leave him well placed if higher-profile players cancel one another out...
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