Tag: Oby Ezekwesili
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Abike Dabiri replies Oby Ezekwesili, says she doesn’t cows to bullying
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairman of the Nigerians In Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), stated on Twitter that she is not a public figure that cows to bullying’. She made this known in response to former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, who cautioned her for calling a Twitter troll ”Ode”. Dabiri had earlier replied to a Twitter troll who…
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2023 Elections: Oby Ezekwesili announces preferred candidate
A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has chosen her preferred candidate among the three leading contestants in next year’s general elections in the country. Ezekwesili ranked Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) higher than other leading presidential candidates for the 2023 election.
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June 12: Soyinka, Tinubu, Atiku, Obi, Utomi, Agbakoba, Falana, Sani, Ezekwesili to pay tributes to Abiola on Sunday
Pro-democracy activists across Nigeria will on Sunday pay tributes to the widely acclaimed June 12 1993 winner presidential election, Chief Moshood Abiola by activists in the mould of Prof Wole Soyinka, Olisa Agbakoba, Bola Tinubu, Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar, Femi Falana and other critical stakeholders. TheNewsGuru .com, (TNG) reports this was contained in a statement…
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Reflect on how relevant your actions are in a troubled democracy – Oby Ezekwesili tells NBA
“I shall no longer participate. NBA owes citizens like #DeborahSamuel #EuniceOlawale #BridgetAgbaheme the judicial activism to enforce Justice,” says former education minister and former World Bank executive, Oby Ezekwesili
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Buhari’s government not interested in children’s education – Ezekwesili
Former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili on Friday said the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government is not interested in the education of schoolchildren. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Ezekwesili is speaking on the sidelines of the seventh year anniversary of the kidnap of over 276 girls from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok…
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Ex-Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili bags international appointment
International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, (IBFD) has appointed Dr Oby Ezekwesili to its board of trustees. The appointment took effect from 1 April. IBFD is the world’s foremost authority on cross-border taxation and offers high quality information and education on International Tax As member of the Board of Trustees, Ezekwesili will contribute to the oversight…
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Ezekwesili urges Fatoyinbo to respond to rape allegation
Former minister of education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili has urged Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) to respond to rape allegation leveled against him by Busola, wife of Timi Dakolo. TheNewsGuru recalls that the mother of three in an interview on YNaija TV revealed that as a teenager in the Divine Delight Club,…
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Ezekwesili garners 7,223 votes despite withdrawing ambition
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared President Muhammadu Buhari winner of Saturday’s presidential election. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, while announcing the results early on Wednesday in Abuja said Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 15,191,847 votes to defeat his main challenger, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)…
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Ezekwesili resigns membership of ACPN few days after dumping presidential ambition
Former presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, Oby Ezekwesili has officially resigned from the party. Recall that the former minister made headlines last week when she officially dumped her presidential aspirants to allow for a coalition of third force against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and major opposition, Peoples Democratic…
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2019: Ezekwesili talks rough, says Buhari is Nigeria’s ‘most nepotistic, partisan leader ever’
A former minister of Education Obiageli Ezekwesili on Monday accused President Muhammadu Buhari of paying lip service to the fight agaist corruption. Ezekwesili, who is the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) said this Monday while delivering a speech titled, ‘To those who say we cannot win: Unveiling the Oby Ezekwesili…