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Aso Rock Is Empty, Oby Ezekwesili Declares

May 1, 2021 7:44 am

A former Minister of Education and social critic, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has declared that there is no one in charge as the President of Nigeria at the moment.

According to the former minister, two things must be done and urgently too, to determine whether Buhari is permanently incapable of discharging the functions of his office and secondly to determine an agreement for Nigeria’s future.

The 2019 presidential candidate and Bring Back Our Girls frontline campaigner said Nigeria must launch a process to determine Buhari’s capability to lead the country and convene a citizens-centered Sovereign National Conference where the future …

Remembrance Day: Oby Ezekwesili, Fani-Kayode Send Message

January 15, 2020 2:12 pm

A former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili has insisted that Nigeria lacks ‘shared humanity’.

Ezekwesili said this while felicitating with fallen soldiers in celebration of Armed Forces Remembrance Day.

Every January 15th, Nigeria marks the Armed Forces Remembrance Day, a day set aside to appreciate and celebrate fallen heroes and men and women in the military, who work round the clock to keep the nation safe.

Ezekwesil in her message on her official Twitter page wrote: “I was four when that brutal war started in 1967 and the suffering forced me to grow up overnight, seeing children like me die

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Ezekwesili wins Forbes Woman Africa Social Influencer Award

March 26, 2019 10:57 am

A former Nigeria education minister Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili has been announced as Forbes Woman Africa Social Influencer at the prestigious Forbes Woman Africa Awards inaugural gala dinner held this March in Durban, South Africa.

A former vice-president for Africa of the World Bank, co-founder of Transparency International, and anti-corruption activist, the award celebrates her efforts in launching the viral #BringBackOurGirls campaign on social media.