{"id":70372,"date":"2025-07-12T09:19:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T09:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70372"},"modified":"2025-07-12T09:19:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T09:19:20","slug":"shettima-to-represent-tinubu-at-sao-tomes-50th-independence-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/12\/shettima-to-represent-tinubu-at-sao-tomes-50th-independence-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Shettima to Represent Tinubu at S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9\u2019s 50th Independence Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kashim Shettima will represent President Bola Tinubu at the 50th Independence Day celebration of the Democratic Republic of S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement from the Presidency on Friday, Shettima will depart Abuja on Saturday, July 12, for S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9, the capital of the island nation, to join other African and global leaders at the grand finale of activities marking the country\u2019s Golden Jubilee.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration will feature official speeches, military parades, cultural performances, and traditional dances, showcasing the nation\u2019s rich heritage and unity.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria and S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe maintain a strong bilateral relationship, especially in joint resource development in the Gulf of Guinea, under the Nigeria-S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe Joint Development Authority.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria has also extended technical and humanitarian assistance to the island nation, including support during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>President Tinubu, who recently attended the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is expected back in the country soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; By Huldah Shado Vice President Kashim Shettima will represent President Bola Tinubu at the 50th Independence Day celebration of the Democratic Republic of S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe. According to a statement from the Presidency on Friday, Shettima will depart Abuja on Saturday, July 12, for S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9, the capital of the island nation, to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":70373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70374,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70372\/revisions\/70374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}