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Kogi, Bayelsa guber: ACPN drags INEC to Supreme Court over exclusion
The national leadership of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to the Supreme Court over unlawful exclusion from the November 16, 2019, Kogi and Bayelsa states governorship elections.
Ekiti council poll: 12 political parties task SIEC on transparency
Twelve political parties under the banner of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) have expressed readiness to take part in the December 7 local government elections in Ekiti State.
Xenophobia: African politicians responsible for youths’ miserable situation – Oby Ezekwesili
A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has berated African politicians, saying they are responsible for the “miserable situation that is not worthy of the young people that hold them responsible for their fate.”
ACPN: Those calling for sack of Abba Kyari are enemies of the president
The Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) has said that those calling for the sack of the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, are those who do not mean well for the President, saying they were political jobbers within the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Oby Ezekwesili: Nigeria’s economy a disaster under President Buhari
Former Presidential Candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) in the 2019 elections, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, has blasted the performance of the Buhari Administration, especially in terms of economic and social growth.
ACPN congratulates President Buhari, wants government of national unity
The Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari “on his well deserved victory at the just concluded presidential election”, urging him to form a Government of National Unity.
Oby Ezekwesili garners 7,223 votes despite withdrawing from presidential race
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared President Muhammadu Buhari winner of Saturday’s presidential election.
Red Card Movement: We didn’t endorse Atiku Abubakar
The Red Card Movement, a socio-organisation co-founded by a former presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has described as untrue, claims that it had endorsed a former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the forthcoming general elections.
ACPN rejects Oby Ezekwesili’s explanation on campaign funds
The Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) has said it is still not satisfied with the account rendered by its former presidential candidate Oby Ezekwesili on donations received during her short-lived presidential campaign.
Oby Ezekwesili: We raised N48.9 million, $17,645, £200 for my campaign
Former presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has retired her campaign funds, accounting for “every penny” spent.
Oby Ezekwesili: ACPN leaders were desperate for money
A former presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, has revealed that she withdrew from the race because of the desperation of the leadership of the party to get money from her foreign contacts.
Oby Ezekwesili: I’m dedicated to public accountability
A former presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr Oby Ezekwesili, has restated her commitment to “absolute dedication to public accountability”.
Oby Ezekwesili apologises, explains why she withdrew from presidential run
Former presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) Dr Oby Ezekwesili on Monday in Abuja gave reasons why she suddenly withdrew from 2019 presidential race.
Oby Ezekwesili: Justice Onnoghen’s suspension unconstitutional
Former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, has declared the move by President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, as an unconstitutional action.
Election: INEC’s decision on Oby Ezekwesili in order – analyst
A Political Scientist, Prof. Femi Otubanjo, says the position of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Dr Oby Ezekwesili’s decision to withdraw from the 2019 presidential race is in order.
Don: Oby Ezekwesili’s withdrawal from presidential race ’embarrassing, suspicious’
A professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Jonah Onuoha, has described the withdrawal of Oby Ezekwesili from the presidential race at the eleventh hour as “embarrassing and suspicious”.
Akin Oyebode lauds Oby Ezekwesili’s withdrawal from presidential race
Prof. Akin Oyebode of International Law and Jurisprudence, on Friday lauded Dr Oby Ezekwesili’s withdrawal from the presidential race in the 2019 elections.
Oby Ezekwesili: How ACPN leaders pushed me out of presidential race
Oby Ezekwesili has dismissed allegation by the leadership of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) that she her presidential ambition was to use the party’s platform to negotiate a ministerial position in the next political dispensation.
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