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The Federal Government has established a 10-member committee tasked with enforcing the Supreme Court’s ruling on July 11, 2024, which granted financial autonomy to Local Governments...
The Osun State House of Assembly has passed to law the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (Amendment 1) Bill, 2024, along with the Osun State Local...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticized the federal government for what it describes as an attempt to create unnecessary bureaucracy through the recent Supreme Court...
A former National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC) at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Festus Okoye, has asserted that...
A former governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi has condemned the recent verdict granting financial autonomy to local governments in the federation. He opined that local government...
The Kaduna State House of Assembly has revoked the laws that established the Zaria Metropolitan Authority, Kafanchan Municipal Authority, and the Kaduna Capital Territory Authority. Naija...
The Osun State House of Assembly has initiated the process of amending the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission and Local Government Creation (OSSIEC) and Administration Law....
The recent ruling by the Supreme Court regarding Local Government autonomy has been embraced by the Governors elected under the banner of the Peoples Democratic Party...
The Senate has passed the first reading of a proposed Bill that aims to create a federal agency responsible for overseeing local government elections. Naija News...
In spite of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on local government autonomy, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has instructed the 357 members of the transition...
Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State has expressed his strong support for the Supreme Court’s ruling on local government autonomy, aligning it with his administration’s goals...
Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has said that the state and local government tiers of government are inseparable and one cannot be taken from...
Senator representing Kogi West, Sunday Karimi, has opined that the battle for local government autonomy is not over. Naija News recalls that the Supreme Court had...
The Oyo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated Governor Seyi Makinde for condemning the Supreme Court’s judgement on local government autonomy. Recall...
State governors will be meeting next week to deliberate on the recent ruling of the Supreme Court over Local Government Autonomy, says the chairman of the...
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, has asserted that Thursday’s Supreme Court judgment on Local Government Council Autonomy means that the Federation Account Allocation Committee will...
Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Chidi Odinkalu, has expressed skepticism about the impact of the recent Supreme Court ruling on local government allocation....
Kaduna North House of Representatives member, Bello El-Rufai has said his father cum former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, was the first governor in Northern...
Leadership of the National Assembly has affirmed the legislative arm would proceed to give constitutional backing to the ruling of the Supreme Court on local government...
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has advised state governors to respect the Supreme Court’s judgement that granted autonomy to the 774 local government areas in Nigeria....