Ezekwesili

Ezekwesili

September 8, 2019

Oby Ezekwesili gave a masterclass on using public forums to force vital conversations.

Two weeks ago, rumours began to surface that black South African citizens were grouping to stage attacks on African immigrants resident in the country. The rumours suggested that long held, stereotypical sentiments that Nigerian immigrants were usurping citizens and stealing their healthcare and social privileges and engaging in criminal acts. On Monday, September 2nd, South... Read More

Ezekwesili

September 2, 2019

Ezekwesili, others bag Weizsäcker fellowship in Germany

A prominent Nigerian, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, has been awarded a Richard von Weizsäcker Fellowship at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin from September 2019 to February 2020. Others who bagged the fellowship are an international mediator from South Africa, Brian Currin; former Irish ambassador, David Donoghue; and former Mayor of the city of Wroclaw, Rafał Dutkiewicz. Among... Read More

January 25, 2019

The Late 5: TraderMoni is vote buying, says Transparency International; Buhari suspends Onnoghen, swears in Tanko Mohammed as Acting CJN | Other top stories

Here are the top stories that drove conversation today: Buhari signs executive order allowing private companies build federal roads President Buhari on Friday signed an executive order allowing private companies build federal roads in the country. The Executive Order 007 2019 is on Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme. Ohaneze endorses Atiku,... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

Awassam Bassey, CJN Onnoghen, coalition, Ezekwesili, Osita Okechukwu, TraderMoni, Transparency International, VON

January 25, 2019

The Big 5: Vote for Buhari, get 2023 presidency, Amaechi tells Ndigbo; INEC rejects Ezekwesili’s withdrawal from presidential race | Other top stories

Here are the top stories you should be monitoring today: INEC rejects Ezekwesili’s withdrawal from presidential race The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the withdrawal of the presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Obi Ezekwesili, from the February 16, 2019 presidential election. Ezekwezili on Thursday revealed that she was... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

Amaechi, Buhari, Ezekwesili, INEC, minimum wage, Ndigbo, NECA

January 10, 2019

The Late 5: Ganduje drags Kwankwaso to EFCC for alleged corruption, diversion of govt. fund; I will defeat APC, PDP – Moghalu | Other top stories

Here are the top stories that drove conversations today. Ganduje drags Kwankwaso to EFCC for alleged corruption, diversion of govt. fund While inaugurating 12 campaign committees for his second term bid in Kano, incumbent governor of the state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has said his administration is probing his predecessor, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso over multi-billion naira... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

ADamu Adamu, Buhari, Ezekwesili, Garba Shehu, Lagos State Police Command

October 1, 2018

Opinion: To beat Buhari in 2019, we’ll have to make a hard choice that changes everything

The gang up to unseat President Muhammadu Buhari has become intense and national – cutting across tribes, religions, regions, and parties. Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Musa Kwankwanso, Bukola Saraki, Kingsley Moghalu, Omoyele Sowore, Fela Durotoye, Ibrahim Dankwambo, Donald Duke, and so on are playing in the field. The likes of Olusegun Obasanjo, Obiageli Ezekwesili, Aisha Yesufu... Read More

Buhari, Ezekwesili, Nduka Odo, opinion

Ezekwesili

January 6, 2018

[The Activism Blog] Oby Ezekwesili is campaigning against PDP & APC in 2019, and that is only the beginning

Former World Bank vice president and co-founder of the Bring Back Our Girls Group(BBOG) Dr Mrs Oby Ezekwesili took to Twitter on the 4th of January 2018 to vent her anger against the two leading political parties in the country, the PDP and the APC. In a series of tweets, she promised to embark on... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

APC, Ezekwesili, PDP

February 23, 2017

Opinion: Nigeria- strong individuals, weak institutions and a broken society.

By Ogundana Michael Rotimi Last Saturday, we woke up to the news that Audu Maikori, the CEO of Chocolate City Entertainment, was arrested in Lagos; by a team of policemen attached to the Inspector-General Monitoring And Intelligence Team and was immediately transferred to the Force Headquarters in Abuja. His arrest, however, was not disconnected from... Read More

Audu Maikori, el rufai, Ezekwesili, nigeria, opinion

February 7, 2017

The Thread: Why saying “I told you so” about people’s electoral choices is stupid

One of the fallouts of 2Baba’s call for a national protest was it drove a conversation on social media about people’s electoral choices. Blame was flung in different directions: at those who ran the PR campaign for the current president, at the ones who were ‘gullible enough’ to believe the PR ‘whitewashing’, at those who... Read More

bUHARI PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, Electoral choices, Ezekwesili, nigeria, The Thread, Twitter fights, Voting

December 16, 2016

Today’s Noisemakers: Zahra Buhari, Dokun Olumofin, @UcheIsClown and others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. They range from the awesome and brilliant to the OMG, he didn’t. We have made it our job to take down the names of... Read More

Dokun Olumofin, Ezekwesili, nigeria, noisemakers, twitter., UcheIsClown, Zahra Buhari

October 23, 2016

“We are not only good in the kitchen…” | See the top 10 quotes from the past week

From the Chibok girls to the MTV Africa Music Awards, we’ve been your eyes and ears all week; listening closely to every word uttered or posted by any and everybody. All in all, it has not been the most dramatic week, not in Nigeria, at least. Sure, Donald Trump spoke gain; Nigerian ministers and Judges... Read More

#BBOG, adichie, Akwa Ibom, Buhari, Ekiti, Ezekwesili, Fayose, nigeria, Obanikoro, Top 10 quotes

October 14, 2016

YNaija Says: Shame on you, Obasanjo, for saying Chibok girls were gone forever

For a woman who has been front and center of the agitation to bring back the Chibok girls, it is ironic that the biggest breakthrough in that agitation so far happened when she was in far away California. It was 4am there when news of the release of 21 out of 218 girls got to... Read More

#BBOG, #BringBackOurGirls, Ezekwesili, falana, femi falana, odumakin

October 4, 2016

The YNaija Tracklist: ‘Even if the government is selling NLNG on credit, I am not interested in buying’ | I was promised $1000 – Arrested drug trafficker | General Electric plans N46.8bn investment in Nigeria

From the papers this morning – a Tracklist. ‘Even if the government is selling NLNG on credit, I am not interested in buying’ | Dangote – YNaija Army arrests suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Borno – YNaija Army kills 5 kidnappers in Bauchi – YNaija I was promised $1000 – Arrested drug trafficker – YNaija Gunmen kill policeman two... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

cocaine, Dangote, Drugs, Ezekwesili, nlng, nnpc, The YNaija Tracklist

September 15, 2016

Opinion: President Buhari’s ‘change begins with me’ campaign and his insensitivity to Nigerians

by Richard Romanus It is no longer news that, Nigeria Economy is on life support struggling between life and death. From the market women to the taxi drivers, husbands to breadwinners of families, writers to readers among others, the bad shape of the nation’s economy seems to be the reigning song on every lip. Sadly,... Read More

APC, Buhari, Change, economy, Ezekwesili, FG

August 23, 2016

The YNaija Tracklist: 8 people killed for blasphemy in Zamfara | ‘Buhari’ dog owner is now in prison | 1,500 drunk Americans wash up in Canada | More

From the papers- a tracklist 8 people killed in Zamfara for blasphemy against Islam- YNaija Good news as no reported fatality in Kano University building collapse- YNaija Lagos prophet chains 28 sick people in his apartment- Punch Terrorist group, Boko Haram strike in Borno, rapes women- YNaija The man who named his dog Buhari is... Read More

Buhari, dog owner, Ezekwesili, fatal, islam, kano, nigeria, noko haram, police, Religion, violence, Zamfara

BBOG with President Buhari

‘Chibok girls’ plight worsens with every passing hour’ – BBOG

The Bring Back Our Girls campaigners, on Friday, disclosed that after more than a year of their first meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, the president hasn’t fulfilled any of their demands. In a statement jointly signed by Oby Ezekwesili and Aisha Yesufu, the BBOG group said it is very disappointing that the President hasn’t fulfilled any of... Read More

#BBOG, a year, Buhari, Ezekwesili, FG, Meeting, NHRC, president

Ezekwesili, Abati, Timi Dakolo join LEPAN to demand reduction in Age of Candidacy to contest Political Offices in Nigeria

Former Vice president of the World Bank, Obiageli Ezekwesili; former presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati; and soul singer Timi Dakolo were among hundreds of Nigerians who threw their weight on Wednesday behind a pledge to reduce the age of eligibility to run for public offices in Nigeria. The signing of the pledge was the high point... Read More

advocay, Ezekwesili, government, LEPAN, mobilization, policy, Timi Dakolo

Ezekwesili asks important questions about the identity of Serah Luka

Oby Ezekwesili, former Minister of Education and a leading voice in the BringBacKOurGirls campaign, has questioned the identity of Sarah Luka, the reported second Chibok school girl to be found. While celebrating the release of the girl, Ezekwesili, through a series of tweets, called on the army to verify and identify the girl correctly, noting... Read More

#BBOG, army, Chibok girls, Ezekwesili, list, Sarah luka, verification

YNaija Editorial: Chibok girls’ rescue vindicates Oby Ezekwesili’s unending campaign

She has been described by many as a rabble-rouser. Her repeated calls to the government to ensure the return of the 276 girls abducted from the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, by Boko Haram terrorists in April 2014 has been seen by others as an unnecessary distraction. They have accused her of wasting the nation’s... Read More

Amina Ali Nkeki, APC, chibok, Chibok girls, Ezekwesili, Nigerian troops, Oby Ezekwesili, PDP, president buhari, Sarah like

Oby Ezekwesili and Aisha Yesufu just issued another press statement meant for President Buhari

The #BringBackOurGirls campaign group has reminded the Federal Government that until the 219 Chibok schoolgirls abducted in their school in Borno state are rescued, there is no evidence of victory over the Boko Haram insurgents. The group made this known in a statement signed by two of the leaders of the campaign, Oby Ezekwesili and Aisha Yesufu,... Read More

bring back our girls, Buhari, chibok, Ezekwesili, nigeria, Yesufu

Ezekwesili slams FG over ‘Chibok girl’ found in Cameroon

Convener of the #BringBackOurGirls group, Oby Ezekwesili, on Tuesday, asked the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Shehu Garba, to check the meaning of the word ‘incompetence’ over his statement on the suicide bomber who claimed to be one the Chibok girl. It would be recalled that last week, a... Read More

Chibok girls, Ezekwesili, Garba Shehu

January 7, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Buhari doesn’t control EFCC | Nigeria needs Islamic countries | Troops allowances unpaid | More stories

EFCC is not being dictated to by Buhari – Lai Mohammed. This Day Its a lie, I never collected N1.7 billion from Dasuki for GEJ’s campaign – Fani-Kayode. Leadership Release Nnamdi Kanu, Metuh in 7 days or else… | Group fights for both men. Vanguard We have no involvement in Metuh’s arrest – FG. Leadership... Read More

army, boko haram, dasuki, Dokpesi, EFCC, Ezekwesili, metuh, tracklist

CNBC apologizes to Ezekwesili for its tweet that Oteh is the first African woman to be World Bank VP

CNBC Africa has acknowledged their mistake and apologized to the former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili on the error made on Friday stating that Arunma Oteh is World Bank first African woman VP. CNBC tweeted its apology on Saturday on its twitter handle, Ezekwesili responding to the tweet said she has since accepted their apology. “Oteh however... Read More

CNBC, Ezekwesili, Oteh, tweet

YNaija Editorial: So, what is the Jonathan government getting right?

This president’s record on security can rightly be graded negative, we are not yet winning the war against Boko Haram and we are failing on securing communities and states and building a frame of trust across the Nigeria. His federal government has also missed a huge opportunity to rally Nigerians in conduct, strategy and focus... Read More

Obasanjo will laugh hard to hear the accusation of politics – Oby Ezekwesili’s BBC Hardtalk interview in 7 quotes

by Hauwa Gambo After the drama of the State Security Service detaining former minister and World Bank Vice President, Obiageli Ezekwesili, she today made her much-talked-about interview with the BBC’s Hard Talk this evening from 9.30pm. Winning praise , via remarks tracked on social media, the former minister has been described as “restrained”, “graceful” and... Read More

#BringBackOurGirls, BBC Hard Talk, Ezekwesili, jonathan, oby, Oby Ezekwesili

February 8, 2013

This should make you CRY: The grim figures from Oby Ezekwesili’s UNN speech (LOOK)

by Gbenga Olorunpomi That ‘$67 billion’ figure prompted a lot of debate in intellectual circles as well as several attacks on her person from presidential spokesmen over the last 2 weeks. It is yet another example of how a small part of a speech can take on a seeming life of its own, overshadowing everything... Read More

67 billion, Ezekwesili, infographic, nigeria, UNN

15 49.0138 8.38624 arrow 0 arrow 0 4000 1 0 horizontal https://ynaija.com 300 0 1