The All Progressives Congress Kebbi State Chapter has suspended the Chairman of Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area, Alhaji Dahiru Nayaya Ambursa, from the party with immediate effect. The suspension was announced in a letter signed by the Kebbi Central Zonal Vice Chairman of APC, Kebbi Central, Abubakar Bello. “We are writing to formally notif...
Mr. Tunde Azeez Disco has stepped down as the Executive Chairman of Agege Local Government in Lagos State, citing persistent health challenges as the reason for his resignation. The former chairman submitted his resignation letter to the Agege Local Government Legislative Arm, reports The Guardian. He noted that his health status had significa...
•Kano State House of Assembly The Kano State House of Assembly has suspended the chairman of Rano Local Government, Muhammad Nazir Yau, for three months to allow for investigation into allegations of misconduct, abuse of office and misappropriation of funds levelled against him by his councillors. The suspension followed submission of an inter...
•Governor Bago of Niger State The Chairman of Chanchaga Local Government Council (LGC), Niger State, Alhaji Aminu Yakubu Ladan has been suspended by the legislative council over alleged misappropriation and mismanagement of public funds. The suspension of Hon. Aminu Yakubu Ladan is coming days after he took the state government and the Niger S...
•Franklin Nwadialo Anambra State government has washed its hands off the case of the newly elected chairman of Ogbaru LGA, Franklin Nwadialo, arrested in Texas, United States (US), for allegedly running a $3.3 million romance scam. The state government said it cannot speak for him as he’s not a government appointee, reports The Nation. The [&h...
•Late Oladotun Chairman of Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, Hon. Oladotun Olakanle, is dead. Olakanle, popularly known as Tant’olorun, died four years after his predecessor, Babatunde Oke, passed away while in office in August, 2020, reports Daily Trust. Olakanle, then Vice Chairman, stepped in after he was swor...
•Bandits The Chairman of Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Alhaji Sharifu Kamarawa today, has told Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, that some communities in the council are still under the control of bandits. Receiving the minister at the local government secretariat, he said the bandits led by Kachalla Bello Tur...
•Lagos Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa An advocacy group, the Lagos People’s Assembly, today called on the Lagos State House of Assembly not to take any action capable of undermining local government autonomy. The group, in a peaceful protest to the Lagos Assembly, said that the practice of lawmakers querying and sanctioning Local Government administ...
•Emmanuel Ajah The chairman of Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Chief Emmanuel Ajah, today, banned media coverage, cultural display, musical entertainment, and all forms of public gatherings in Ihie Autonomous Community for five days. According to a statement he signed and made available to the press, the restrictions, which will aff...

