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VP Shettima commends Tinubu, says President will fix the economy
Senator Kashim Shettima, the Vice President of Nigeria, on Saturday, said President Bola Tinubu is competent and working hard to fix the nation’s economy.
Speaking during the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) Townhall Meeting held at the Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja, Shettima said Nigeria’s economic problem was a global phenomenon with most countries worldwide facing one economic problem or the other.
Shettima therefore urged citizens to support the economic reforms initiated by the President and declared Tinubu as robustly imbued with the capacity to fix the Nigerian economy, based on his antecedents.
He declared that the economic turbulence Nigeria is going through was not peculiar to the country but a global phenomenon and frowned at those who mocked the president for his misstep during the June 12 anniversary.
While acknowledging that Nigerians have the right to ask questions about Tinubu’s conditions, Shettima condemned what he described as a mischievous fixation on the president’s health status.
He argued that the late presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States, and Mwai Kibaki of Kenya fixed their countries’ economies despite their health challenges.
Commenting on Nigeria’s economy, he said: “Yes, our economy is going through turbulence, but is it confined to Nigeria alone?“Let’s talk about the global picture. Is any economy immune from the challenges of the times?
He described President Tinubu as a man of ideas imbued with capacity who should be allowed to turn the nation around for the bette.
He said- “I can tell you, with all sense of confidence that the president we have now is a man of ideas, who is robustly imbued with the capacity.
“We have never had it so good in terms of leadership. President Tinubu means well for the nation. And most importantly, he is inbued with the skills set to drive change and, in this countr.”
Two Nigerian-born scientists—Adesola Adegoke, a researcher at Arizona State University (ASU), and Seunnla Adelusi, a PhD candidate at the Université de Sherbrooke, Canada—have been named among the 20 global winners of the Digital GreenTalents Award 2025.
These two Nigerians were announced among the winners during a virtual ceremony held on 25 November. In a statement following the virtual announcement ceremony, the organisers said the 20 awardees for this year joined from different time zones, including “very early morning in Canada and evening hours in the Philippines.”
The digital Green Talent Award is an annual initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) that recognises outstanding young researchers whose work advances sustainability through digital innovation.
Each year, 20 scientists are selected from a competitive global pool for their cutting-edge ideas at the intersection of digitalisation and environmental sustainability.
Alex Otti, the Abia State Governor, on Sunday paid a visit to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, at the Sokoto Correctional Centre.
The governor was accompanied by officials of the Sokoto State Government during the closed-door visit.
Nnamdi Kanu was recently moved to Sokoto after he was convicted on terrorism-related charges and handed a life sentence by a Federal High Court in Abuja.
Governor Otti had earlier promised to pursue every lawful and political avenue to ensure that Kanu gets justice. Sunday’s visit is seen as part of ongoing efforts by the Abia State Government regarding his case.
Details of the meeting were not made public as of the time of this report.
Armed terrorists have abducted a bride-to-be, her bridesmaid, and eight other residents from Chacho village in Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State
The Sokoto abduction occurred around 1:30 a.m., according to residents, when the attackers stormed the village. Most of the victims were women, with only one man also taken.
One resident sustained injuries and is receiving medical treatment. Villagers told reporters that the bride was preparing for her wedding scheduled for later that morning when the raid struck, plunging the community into shock and mourning.
A community member described the attack as “tragic,” noting the delay in security response. “Security operatives were alerted immediately, but they only arrived about an hour after the bandits had fled,” he said, expressing frustration.
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