Some citizens of Abuja's Federal Capital Territory (FCT) marched to the Minister's office in Area 11 to protest a Federal High Court decision that gave incumbent area council chairmen a one-year tenure extension.Protesters held placards and blocked the building's entrance on Friday, increasing tension in the vicinity.They also blocked the Gwagwalada-Giri Expressway and lit a bonfire on it, rendering the road unusable to cars.The demonstrators want the six elected ch...

Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, said he is hopeful that he would reclaim his mandate in court.Speaking through his lawyer, Atiku asserted that the May 29 swearing-in was only a ceremony that did not in any way tie the hands of the court.He added that he was not worried that the “President-elect”, Bola Tinubu, would be sworn in on May 29, before the conclusion of petitions seeki...

One of Peter Obi staunch supporters and former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has asked the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to desist from claiming that he was the Head of Economic Management Team during former President Olusegun Obasanjo's administration.Atiku was Vice President while Ezekwesili served in different capacities during Obasanjo's administration between 1999 and 2007, including being a Minister of Solid M...