KOGI Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has apologised to former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, following a heated exchange between her [Ezekwesili] and Ebonyi North Senator, Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, during a Senate committee hearing. The confrontation occurred on Tuesday during a session of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions, …
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Ex-Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili Reacts To Purchase Of New SUVs For Lawmakers
FORMER Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has berated the plans to purchase exotic vehicles for the lawmakers of the 10th National Assembly. Newsextra24 reports that the House of Representatives has also concluded plans to share brand new official vehicles to members amidst the hardship going on in the country. In a statement …
Read More »Oby Ezekwesili At 60: An Attestation
Obiageli (Oby) Ezekwesili is like a daughter to me. Even when she was a minister, I treated her the same way I treated my biological daughters. She was a dynamic young woman, who is competent, reliable, and very enterprising. As she, therefore, clocks 60 today, I cannot but thank God …
Read More »Ezekwesili Knocks NIDCOM Boss Over ‘Messy’ Twitter Comment
Former Minister of Information, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, on Tuesday knocked the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, over a Twitter reply by the NIDCOM boss. Dabiri-Erewa had called a tweep ‘Ode’ (a Yoruba word for foolish person) while responding to the tweep’s comments about her. Ezekwesili, who …
Read More »Atiku, Obi, Tinubu: Oby Ezekwesili Reveals Preferred Candidate
A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has ranked Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) higher than other leading presidential candidates for the 2023 election. Ezekwesili disclosed this while fielding questions on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics. Her comment is coming on the heels of recent massive rallies held by …
Read More »How Emefiele Handed CBN Control To Buhari Seven Years Ago, Ezekwesili Alleges
How Emefiele Handed CBN Control To Buhari Seven Years Ago, Ezekwesili Alleges Oby Ezekwesili, Nigeria’s former Minister of Education has alleged that the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, handed over the apex bank’s control to the President Muhammadu Buhari since the latter assumed office. According to Exekwesili, the …
Read More »#BringBackOurGirls Group Protests In Abuja
The #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) movement today in Abuja undertook a peaceful protest to demand the release of the remaining 113 Chibok school girls, and to condemn last week’s gruesome killings and abduction by Boko Haram terrorists of oil exploration workers and lecturers of the University of Maiduguri. The demonstration began at the …
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