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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Borno Governor Kashim Shettima was clearly warned in a letter from the security services that it was unsafe for the girls to sit their examinations in Chibok Okonjo-Iweala insists (AC Vol 55 No 5 A sage from Zamfara)...
Boko Haram killed more than 100 people in attacks last month in Borno where Governor Kashim Shettima said the militia was better armed than the army...
Borno Governor Kashim Shettima is a key figure in the APC...