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Kashim Shettima
September 9, 2016

You have never visited Chibok | Gov. Shettima blasts BBOG protesters

Borno state Governor, Kashim Shettima has said the Bring back our girls group (BBOG ) has never taken out time to visit Chibok community. Shettima stated this when Minister of women Affairs, Aisha Jumai Alhassan paid him a courtesy visit at the government house Maiduguri on Friday. Shettima said the protests could be seen as politically... Read More
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September 5, 2016

Konduga IDPs return home after 3 years

Internally Displaced Persons from Konduga Local Government Area of Borno, on Monday returned home after about three years of being displaced. The evacuation was witnessed by Governor Kashim Shettima at a ceremony in Maiduguri. Shettima urged the IDPs to be law abiding while at home, stating that the government had drawn up plans to support them.... Read More
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August 23, 2016

Borno governor gives timeline for IDPs to return home

All Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) will return home latest May 29 next year, Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima said on Tuesday. Shettima said this while speaking to State House Correspondents after a meeting with the United States Secretary of State, John Kerry alongside some Northern governors at the Presidential Villa. He revealed that the population... Read More
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August 22, 2016

YNaija Editorial: The humanitarian crisis in the North-east

A major plank of the Buhari administration was the pledge to end the insurgency in the North-east. It met on the ground a war against Boko Haram that had been badly handled and allowed to metastasize, leaving tens of thousands dead and millions displaced. While the moves to improve security and defeat the insurgents have... Read More
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August 15, 2016

As an award winner in polio eradication, recent discovery is embarrassing – Shettima

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima on Sunday said the fresh cases of poliomyelitis outbreak recorded in his state are embarrassing to him. The Governor said the Boko Haram insurgency was to be blamed, stating that the insurgency has made some villages inaccessible for polio vaccination. Shettima reportedly said this in Mainok village in the Kaga Local Government... Read More
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July 22, 2016

Army recruits 250 civilian JTF members

The Nigerian Army has recruited 250 ex-members of the youth vigilante, Civilian-JTF, who had been supporting the Nigerian military in the fight against Boko Haram, having concluded their military training. The newly recruits paid a courtesy visit to Borno state governor Kashim Shettima at the Government House in Maiduguri. They appreciated Mr. Shettima for helping... Read More
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June 13, 2016

Sam Omatseye: Go forth and give

by Sam Omatseye Three men have shown us the different shades of love. One shows it genuinely, the other as a show man and the third in dubious colour. I am referring to Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man; Mohammed Ndinmi, Africa’s 39th richest person; and Ali Modu Sheriff, the most prominent African politician whose image... Read More
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September 12, 2015

The North has become a laughing stock – Gov Shettima

Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shetima, has called on fellow northern governors to do everything within their power to change the fortune of their region. Shettima said it was time to change the north, by fighting against poverty, terrorism, division, unemployment and intolerance among the people. He stated this on Friday, during a meeting of... Read More
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September 12, 2015

The North has become a laughing stock – Gov Shettima

Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shetima, has called on fellow northern governors to do everything within their power to change the fortune of their region. Shettima said it was time to change the north, by fighting against poverty, terrorism, division, unemployment and intolerance among the people. He stated this on Friday, during a meeting of... Read More
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September 12, 2015

The North has become a laughing stock – Gov Shettima

Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shetima, has called on fellow northern governors to do everything within their power to change the fortune of their region. Shettima said it was time to change the north, by fighting against poverty, terrorism, division, unemployment and intolerance among the people. He stated this on Friday, during a meeting of... Read More
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September 10, 2015

These are the 128 Boko Haram suspects released yesterday (PHOTOS)

128 suspected Boko Haram members were released to the Borno state government on Wednesday, September 9. The detainees, who had been in the custody of the Nigerian Army, were released after it was ascertained that they had no ties with Boko Haram insurgents. They were released by the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai,... Read More
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September 10, 2015

These are the 128 Boko Haram suspects released yesterday (PHOTOS)

128 suspected Boko Haram members were released to the Borno state government on Wednesday, September 9. The detainees, who had been in the custody of the Nigerian Army, were released after it was ascertained that they had no ties with Boko Haram insurgents. They were released by the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai,... Read More
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September 10, 2015

These are the 128 Boko Haram suspects released yesterday (PHOTOS)

128 suspected Boko Haram members were released to the Borno state government on Wednesday, September 9. The detainees, who had been in the custody of the Nigerian Army, were released after it was ascertained that they had no ties with Boko Haram insurgents. They were released by the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai,... Read More
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August 18, 2015

Tinubu pays condolence visit to Borno governor, Kashim Shettima (PHOTOS)

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, paid a condolence visit to the governor of of Borno state, Kashim Shettima on Monday, August 17. Tinubu was accompanied by some APC chieftains including Bisi Akande and Gombe state governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, to commiserate with Shettima over the recent death of his deputy Alhaji Zannah... Read More
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March 11, 2015

Shettima needs to answer for Chibok grils abduction – Fani-Kayode insists

by Ranti Joseph The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organization insists that Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State is culpable in the April 2014 abduction of over 200 girls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, by Boko Haram insurgents. The Director of Media and Publicity of the campaign organization, Femi Fani-Kayode on Tuesday alleged that Shettima,... Read More
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February 16, 2015

Borno literally stood up for Gen. Buhari today (See Photos)

 by Anike Jacobs The presidential candidate of the  All Progressive Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari today shut down Maiduguri, Borno state. Recall that the Borno State Government, Kashim Shettima, declared today a work-free day for  his visit to the state to enable the people of the state welcome Buhari for his campaign rally. The public... Read More
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January 27, 2015

Doyin Okupe, the APC helper – 7 important things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

by Kolapo Olapoju   1. Nobody wants Patience Jonathan in Bayelsa. Apparently, many people don’t want the First Lady, Patience Jonathan, to visit Bayelsa state. Joining the list of people against Mama Peace’s visit, is former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dan Etete, who says he would lead the battle to stop the First Lady, from meddling... Read More
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January 26, 2015

“Stay and fight” – Borno Governor wants residents to engage Boko Haram

by Panshak Ibrahim The governor of Borno state, Kashim Shettima, has advised residents of the state, to stay and fight the Boko Haram insurgents, rather than flee when they attack. After the curfew imposed in Maiduguri over the weekend, was lifted on Monday, January 26, Shettima, while speaking on BBC radio’s Hausa-language, explained that the prior... Read More
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January 15, 2015

BREAKING: Finally, Pres. Jonathan visits Maiduguri

by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan has just arrived in Maidugiri, the Borno State capital. Maiduguri has been a hotbed of violence with the Boko Haram Islamic militants carrying out deadly attacks which has claimed the lives of thousand of people. Accompanying the president is the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Vice Marshall Alex Badeh... Read More
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November 25, 2014

Bomb blast update: 54 victims admitted, 20 discharged from Borno hospital

by Isi Esene   Following the twin explosion which occured at a crowded market on Tuesday, the Borno State government has disclosed the number and condition of the casualties involved. According to Dr. Salisu Kwaya Bura, the Executive Secretary, Hospital Management Board, 54 victims were admitted at the State Specialist Hospital, 14 were critically injured,... Read More
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November 7, 2014

This is poverty alleviation in #Borno, Governor Shettima-style (LOOK)

by Kolapo Olapoju Going by Governor Shettima’s example, poverty is not only alleviated by building infrastructures, creating employment, ensuring citizenry’s welfare, and other similar nation building activities. Apparently, poverty can be somewhat reduced by “just sharing money to people”. The President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, once said, “To end extreme poverty, the vast... Read More
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November 7, 2014

42 Boko Haram suspects released by the Army

by James Sambo Forty two Boko Haram suspects have been freed by the authorities of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri. The suspects were each given N100,000 by the Army, and released on Thursday, 6 November, to the Governor of Borno, Kashim Shettima. Three of the released suspects are from Chad, Burkina Faso... Read More
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October 19, 2014

Borno schools to reopen next month after 7-month closure

by Akan Ido Following a seven month break, the Borno State government has announced plans to reopen public schools in November. This decision was made public today in Maiduguri, the state capital, by Mohammed Dongel, Chairman, Committee on the Resuscitation of Primary School Education. Dongel said, “We hope to reopen all public schools by the first... Read More
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September 18, 2014

We are on course to win – Borno governor, Shettima, says the end is nigh for #BokoHaram

by James Sambo Despite the lingering threat of insurgents in Nigeria, Borno state governor, Kashim Shettima, has expressed optimism that the Nigerian military will soon put an end to Boko Haram in the country. Speaking on Thursday, at the launch of the new 64-page e-passport in Maiduguri, Shettima said that the recent victory by the military... Read More
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September 5, 2014

Finally he speaks! The full text of Borno governor, Kashim Shettima’s speech

Fellow, and dear citizens of Borno State, In recent days and weeks, we have come under renewed and augmented attacks, waged against all of us, by an armed minority that seeks to impose on us, a doctrine that is completely at variance with the religion of Islam which they claim to promote; a doctrine that... Read More
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July 22, 2014

We wait: Jonathan meets parents of #ChibokGirls behind closed doors

President Goodluck Jonathan is currently in a meeting with parents of the schoolgirls abducted from Chibok, Borno State on April 14 2014. The meeting is being held behind closed doors  inside the the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja including 51 escaped girls, parents of escaped girls,  parents of girls still in captivity and community leaders... Read More
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June 2, 2014

Tight security: Shettima attends Emir’s burial with over 100 soldiers

by Oge Okonkwo Following the attack and killing of the Emir of Gwoza, Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, left Maiduguri, the state capital, amid tight security, to attend the monarch’s burial yesterday. Shettima was accompanied by a combined force of about 150 soldiers of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Maiduguri; the police special squad and the... Read More
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