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2023: Tinubu picks former Borno governor as running mate, jets to Daura to inform Buhari
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2023: Tinubu picks former Borno governor as running mate, jets to Daura to inform Buhari

By Charly Agwam   The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has confirmed the nomination of Borno Central Senator and former governor of Borno State, Kashim Shetima, as his running mate for 2023 presidential election. Tinubu confirmed this on Sunday while speaking with journalists shortly after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the latter’s residence in Daura, Katsina State He was accompanied to Daura by Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari, after landing at the Umaru Musa Yar’adua Airport in Katsina. Shettima, a former governor of Borno State, was, however, absent during the announcement. Meanwhile, his running mate, shortly before the announcement by Tinubu in Daura, Alhaji Ibrahim Masari, who was earlier...
Corps member donates allowances for Tinubu’s presidential ambition
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Corps member donates allowances for Tinubu’s presidential ambition

Corps member donates allowances for Tinubu’s presidential ambition Agency Report Musa Darazo, a National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC) member posted to Gombe state, has pledged to donate his monthly allowances for the purchase of a presidential expression of interest, and nomination form for Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu. It could be recalled that the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed the cost of its presidential expression of interest and nomination forms at N100 million. The party NEC had explained that the expression of interest form was N30 million while the nomination form costs N70 million. Speaking with newsmen in Bauchi on Friday, the Batch A stream II corps member, with NYSC call up number NYSC/80B/2022/060482 and s...