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Follow the links to read up the stories on YNaija: Governor Ambode’s megacity plan has too many potholes GandujeGate: A test of President Buhari’s anti-corruption war Oby Ezekwesili’s presidential bid is a game changer – Oluremi Sonaiya
Former KOWA Party (KP) Presidential candidate, Oluremi Sonaiya has thrown her support behind the #Hope2019 campaign of Obiageli ‘Oby’ Ezekwesili. According to Sonaiya, Ezekwesili’s foray into politics is one of the best things that has happened to Nigeria owing to her pedigree. “When a person like Oby throws in her hat into this whole contest, for me,... Read More
Follow the links to read the stories and analyses on YNaija: Just In: Fayose arrives EFCC office in company of Governor Wike (PHOTOS) 2019 is not a race for Vice President, #BuhariComeAndDebate now – Oby Ezekwesili challenges #APCPDP
Presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Obiageli ‘Oby’ Ezekwesili has reacted to the World Bank report which ranked Nigeria 152nd out 157 countries captured in its maiden Human Development Index (HDI). According to media reports, the President of the global organization, Dr. Jim Yong Kim urged Nigeria and other African countries... Read More
In a statement reminiscent of Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka’s “five fingers of a leprous hand” description of parties in the pseudo-political era of Sani Abacha, former World Bank Vice President for Africa and Presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Obiageli ‘Oby’ Ezekwesili has labeled the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and... Read More
These are the stories that drove conversation today. Former Minister of Education, co-convener of Bring Back Our Girls Movement (BBOG) and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Oby Ezekwesili has announced that she is indeed running for President of the Republic of Nigeria. Ezekwesili will also become the first female presidential candidate. Wife of Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha Buhari expressed... Read More
Activities gearing up to the 2019 elections have intensified in the past few weeks, with the various political parties opening the window for the purchase of forms for expression of interest and nomination for various elective positions.
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 issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today: 1.... Read More
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 issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Today’s edition was influenced by a... Read More
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Jos to assess the level of security in the state following killings over the weekend that claimed over 80 persons. According to a tweet on the verified account of the Presidency, he was meeting with stakeholder groups & security chiefs.... Read More
RCM TAKES REGIONAL LAUNCH TO SOUTH WEST, HOLDS RALLY IN IBADAN Following the huge success recorded at North East, North Central, North west, South South and South East, the Red Card Movement Nigeria (RCM) has advanced to South West as regional launch holds in Ibadan, Oyo state capital. The movement which has taken its revolt... Read More
For four years since 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped in a federal government secondary school in Chibok, Borno by Boko Haram terrorists, a group of concerned Nigerians have gathered under the aegis of the #BringBackOurGirls group to force pressure on the government and its officials to do right by the citizens they serve. The #BBOG movement... Read More
Following its huge success recorded at North East regional launch in Gombe, the Red Card Movement Nigeria (RCM) has stormed Kano in style. RCM has taken its revolt against bad governance and abysmal leadership across the streets of Nigeria, in its well-coordinated campaign against leadership failure and bad governance. The call has always been a... Read More
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. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More
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. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More
The scuffle with the Nigeria Police on Tuesday afternoon did not permit Dr Oby Ezekwesili to read the “special press statement” which, amongst other things, asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019. By the time she came around to read it, the rebuke of Buhari would not be the issue to require... Read More
In 2015, Nigerians were eventually presented with a formidable alternative to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and without haste, latched onto it.
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. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More
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. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More
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. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More
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. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More
During the course of the week, Governor el Rufai was in the news again for proposing to sack 22,000 primry school teachers who had failed the Kaduna state Competency Test. First there was a protest then the teachers filed a legal suit against the Governor. He retaliated by releasing some answer scripts to the court... Read More
BBOG activist, Oby Ezekwesili has served President Buhari another dose of bitter truth: his administration is just as bad as that of Jonathan. You will recall that in the early days of the Chibok Girls kidnap, then President Goodluck Jonathan spent some time dilly-dallying, calling the kidnap something orchestrated by his detractors. Also, many felt... Read More
Good evening. Here are the top 5 stories that drove conversation today: The presidency postponed today’s Federal Executive Council meeting till tomorrow Thursday for a “special session” where the council will discuss 2018 Appropriation Bill. This matters because the Federal Government had promised to deliver the 2018 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly before the... Read More
If you’ve been on social media a while, you’d notice that Nigeria’s political scene is divided into two groups: supporters of APC and supporters of PDP. As far as Buhari’s administration is concerned, the latter group make up the opposition. When Jonathan was President, it was the former. These two groups of people tend to... Read More
Former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili has said the controversial reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina is “a controversy too many” for President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. In a series of tweets on Wednesday, the former minister said the controversy was a “mess”. “There is no redeeming prospect in the colossal mess made by officials of the FG in the... Read More
President Buhari’s government has gradually lost the goodwill he came into office with in 2015. One of the reasons for this is that the anti-corruption crusade which he promised to lead has been exposed as a sham. Whilst the president went after his opponents with vigour, he has applied kid gloves to his corrupt friends,... Read More
Obiageli Ezekwesili, Former Vice-President of the World Bank’s Africa division has been appointed as one of the Democracy Ambassadors of the International Institute for Electoral Assistance (International IDEA). This is ahead of its Global State of Democracy publication, to be launched in November 2017. Others are Titi Anggraini, Executive Director, Perludem-Association for Election and Democracy; Kofi Annan, Former Secretary-General of... Read More
Good morning. Here are the top 5 stories you should be monitoring today: Plateau state has been experiencing a series of attacks lately and President Muhammadu Buhari has had enough. With at least 20 people massacred in a fresh attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen yesterday, President Buhari has described the attacks as “madness” and says... Read More
Like clockwork, the Federal Government got into some hot water today after the President of the World Bank revealed that President Buhari had asked him to focus on Northern Nigeria. The FG came forward to clarify Buhari’s objective, with its usual divisive lingo -“let ethnic warrior sheathe their swords“. Oby Ezekwesili, BBOG activist, whom the... Read More
