Nigeria, Sept. 28 -- Recently, Mr Kashim Shettima, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria addressed the United Nations General Assembly. It was a speech that was eagerly anticipated, not just because the VP has a way with words and is well regarded as a Bibliophile, the speech came on the back of his impressive presentation last year. Beyond that is the momentousness of the occasion, being the 80th Anniversary of the United Nations, and different developments within Nigeria and the world at large in the last year that had to be addressed.

Speaking on behalf of President Bola Tinubu at the 79th United Nations General Assembly in September 2024, Nigeria's Vice President took a cue from Nigeria's 25-year unbroken democratic run i...