The federal government has set up a 10-member committee to enforce the Supreme Court judgment delivered on July 11, 2024 granting financial autonomy to Local Governments in Nigeria. Director, Information & Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation OSGF, Segun Imohiosen disclosed this today in Abuja...
•Ozekhome The Supreme Court judgement today, July 11, 2024, directing the Federal Government to pay allocations due to Local Government Areas directly to their account thereby abolishing the old practices of State-Local Government Joint Account,is timely and courageous. What the judgement has done is more like interpreting section 162 of the C...
The Peoples Democratic Party, yesterday, approached the Court of Appeal in Abuja to challenge the judgment of the Federal High Court nullifying its February 22 governorship primary in Edo State, which produced Asue Igbodalo as the party’s flag-bearer for the September 21 governorship election. The appellant, in an appeal hinged on 25 grounds, ...
•Governor Aiyedatiwa The Ondo State Government says necessary legal action will be taken on the judgment nullifying the creation of the 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state. The government’s reaction is contained in a statement by the Attorney General of Ondo State, Mr Kayode Ajulo SAN, made available to newsmen today in [&h...
•Nnamdi Kanu and his lawyers American Military Veterans of Igbo Descent (AVID) in United States, and a British businessman, Barry Sutton, have written letters to Justice Binta Nyako, urging her to obey the Supreme Court judgment in the case Nnamdi Kanu. In the letters made available to our correspondent, AVID in calling for the release [&helli...
•Protesting women Following the arrest of women who protested against the Supreme Court verdict that affirmed the election of Abdullahi Sule the Governor of Nasarawa State, a Magistrate Court 3 sitting in Lafia the Nasarawa State capital today reviewed the stiff bail condition of the 38 women who were arrested by the Nigeria Police in [&hellip...
•Governor Ahmadu Fintiri (L) and Senator Aishatu Dahiru (R) The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the appeal by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, Aisha Dahiru, popularly called Binani, against the governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri. The tribunal and Court of Appeal had dismissed Binani’s petition c...
The Police Command in Nasarawa says it has arrested 38 protesters in Lafia for alleged public disturbance over the recent Supreme Court judgment which upheld the election of Gov. Abdullahi Sule of the state. The suspects were immediately charged to court and remanded at the Lafia Custodial Centre, reports NAN. They were charged before the [&he...
Uneasy calm has greeted Nasarawa following the Supreme Court judgment today that upheld the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressive Congress APC. Protest characterised the outcome of the judgement as some residents not satisfied with the judgement took to the streets protesting against what they claimed to be rob of democrac...
A protest has erupted in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, following the Supreme Court’s judgment affirming the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule. The Lafia-Jos Road has been completely blocked as the supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) burn tires in front of the state secretariat of the party, thus barricading the road. The pr...
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