The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has expressed profound concern over the recent Federal High Court ruling that restricts the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other financial institutions from releasing monthly allocations to the Rivers State Government. In a statement signed by CISLAC’s Executive Director, Comrade Auwal ...
•Supreme Court Three states of the federation, today, pulled out of the legal action before the Supreme Court that is seeking to declare the operations of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, illegal. The states; Anambra, Adamawa and Ebonyi, announced their decisions to withdraw from the matter, shortly after it was called up fo...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today asked state and local governments to immediately comply with the Supreme Court judgement, particularly relating to local government accounts and the funds given directly to them. The Senate also resolved to take immediate steps to alter sections of the Constitution to give full autonomy to local government adm...
The Supreme Court will deliver judgment on the suit seeking full autonomy for the 774 local governments in the country tomorrow, Thursday, July 11. The notices on the development have been sent to all the lawyers in the suit, reports Channels TV. The federal government instituted the suit against all the 36 states of the […]
•The 7 Supreme Court Justices A cross section of Nigerians – leaders of ethnic nationalities, religious leaders, lawyers and other groups have expressed mixed feelings over Thursday’s Supreme Court judgment which declared President Bola Tinubu winner of the election against the Presidential candidates of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Lab...

