The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC says it is too late for any candidate to withdraw from elections. This was disclosed by the Commission’s Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi. He said this while reacting to the withdrawal of the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, Oby Ezekwesili. The INEC…
Ezekwezili Condemns Confirmation of Obanikoro
Oby Ezekwesili, former minister of Education has criticized today’s nomination and confirmation of Musiliu Obanikoro, a former lawmaker, as a Minister. While describing the nomination by the Senate as morally repugnant, Ezekwesili also described the senators who approved the confirmation as shameless fellows. “So despite Ekitigate, our Senate confirmed the morally repugnant nomination of Obanikoro…
Ezekwesili Donates Award Money to Chibok Girls Campaign
Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education has donated her $10,000 Swedish C-10 prize money to the #BringBackOurGirls campaign. Ezekwesili is one of ten recipients of the C-10 Award. The C-10 is an award given by the Queen of Sweden to reward people in the world who advocate for child rights. The former minister, who…
Church Members Donate N20 million To Pastor Bakare
Members of the Latter Rain Assembly, LRA, Ogba, Lagos have donated the sum of N20 million to Tunde Bakare, founder and general overseer of the church as a gift to mark his 60th birthday. Presenting a cheque of the money to Bakare during his birthday thanksgiving service at the church headquarter in Lagos on Tuesday, members…
Ezekwesili Calls On US to help rescue Chibok Girls
Oby Ezekwesili, former Nigerian minister of Education has called on the United States government and the world at large to try their possible best to assist Nigeria to rescue the abducted Chibok girls. Speaking today at an event organized by the Public Affairs Section of the United States Consulate General in Lagos to commemorate this…
SSS Detains Ezekwesili
The Department of State Security has detained Oby Ezekwesili, former Minister of Education on Monday morning. The former Minister disclosed this on her twitter handle. Ezekwesili was on her way to London, UK to appear on a BBC-hard-talk program billed for tomorrow before her passport was withheld by the DSS. Apparently ruffled by the development,…
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