Nigerian Vice President Kashim Shettima formally submitted President Bola Tinubu's nomination and expression of interest forms to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja on Thursday, officially launching the president's bid for a second four-year term. The ceremony, held at the Bola Tinubu International Conference Centre, drew APC governors, National Assembly leaders, and senior party officials, who collectively voiced support for Tinubu's re-election and praised his administration's economic reforms since taking office in May 2023. The APC has announced it will use a direct primary process to select its presidential candidate, though party leadership has already endorsed Tinubu, making the 2027 contest — Nigeria's next general election — a significant test of the ruling party's unity and public confidence in its reform agenda.