•ADC logo and INEC chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu A fresh leadership crisis has hit the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) refused to recognise the party’s newly constituted caretaker committee, while state chairmen denounced the David Mark-led group as an illegitimate coalition attempting t...
•Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo The crisis in the Edo State local government councils took a different dimension yesterday. Several persons were wounded as gunmen allegedly invaded the Uhunmwode Local Government Council headquarters in Egor, reports Channels TV. The chairman of the council, Kenneth Adodo, alleged that the people involved ...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of individuals to the governing councils of some federal universities and tertiary institutions across the country. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, in Abuja today. See the full list below: Nigerian Mari...
•Governor Fubara Former Local Government Chairmen in Rivers State have accused Governor Siminalyi Fubara of supporting illegality by continuing to support the illegal Caretaker Committee Chairmen’s stay in office despite a Supreme Court judgement nullifying them. In a press briefing in Port Harcourt yesterday, the former chairmen called on the...
•Wike and Governor Fubara The Speaker Martins Amaewhule-led House of Assembly in Rivers State loyal to FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has called on the police to arrest persons parading themselves as the caretaker committee chairmen of the 23 local government areas in the state. The lawmakers further asked the police to immediately withdraw their ...
•Governor Ademola Adeleke Four hundred and one chairmen and members of caretaker committees running Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas in Osun State have all resigned their positions. Those that resigned include; 69 caretaker chairmen and 332 caretaker members drawn from each of the 332 wards in the state. Letters of re...
The House of Representatives Committee on FCT Area Council and Ancillary Matters is set to grill the six Area Council Chairmen of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on their expenditure from Tuesday next week. The chairmen would face the House Committee after failing to show up for several invitations, reports Vanguard. Chairman of the Commit...
•Council chairmen take oath of office Adamawa State today, Monday, July 15, inaugurated the newly elected chairmen for its 21 local government areas. The chairmen were declared winners yesterday, July 14, following the statewide council election held on Saturday, July 13, reports The Nation. In line with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) pre-...
•Caretaker committee chairman The two caretaker committee chairmen of Obio-Akpo, Chijioke Ihunwo, and Ogu-Bolu, Evans Bipi, have appointed 219 political aides for their different councils. While Bipi in a statement appointed 119 aides and committee members, Ihunwo gave appointments to 100 people in Obio-Akpor. Bipi said the aides would be swor...
The Kogi State House of Assembly has extended the tenure of the Local Government Transition Committee Chairmen by another six months. This was part of the resolution of the state legislature during the house plenary today, reports Channels TV. The extension of the tenure of the Transition Committee Chairmen is sequel to a letter to […]
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