The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has fixed April 14, 2026, for its National Convention as part of activities to renew the party’s leadership structures nationwide. This was disclosed in the official schedule of activities for the conduct of the party’s 2026 congresses and National Convention released late yesterday, reports The Nation. Ac...
•Vote casting Exactly one year after a landmark Supreme Court ruling on local government autonomy in Nigeria, 7,060,195 registered voters in Lagos State, Nigeria’s economic nerve centre and revenue powerhouse, head to the polls today, Saturday, July 12, 2025, to elect their preferred representatives into chairmanship, vice-chairmanship and cou...
•Sole Administrator for Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-ete Ibas (retd.) The Rivers State Sole Administrator Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.) came under scathing criticisms yesterday following the sacking of the 23 local government caretakers and the head of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission. The caretakers were replaced with...
•Tinubu in meeting with governors on Tuesday State governors have launched a fresh push against the planned disbursement of federal allocation to the local government councils in a renewed bid to delay the implementation of the Supreme Court verdict on LGA autonomy. Some of the governors, during a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the [&he...
•Soludo Anambra State governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has declared that absolute autonomy for local government areas in Nigeria is an impossibility, arguing that it would lead to chaos. His remarks came after he signed into law the recently passed Local Government Administration Law in Awka, reports Vanguard. Governor Soludo contended tha...
•New Naira notes At yesterday’s meeting of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) in Abuja, a total sum of N1.358 trillion was shared among the Federal Government, State Governments, and Local Government Councils in Nigeria. This allocation, which came from the July 2024 Federation Accounts Revenue, is aimed at promoting equ...
•Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal office, on Tuesday reportedly invited some officials of Ogun State government in connection with an ongoing investigation. The Head, Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the development to newsmen yesterday in a telephone chat, r...
•Zacheous Michael (with mic) Unknown gunmen have reportedly kidnapped the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Zacheous Michael. The Police Public Relations Officer, William Ayah who confirmed the incident, said the caretaker chairman and some of his aides were abducted on Friday night along Kabba/Oke...
•Governor Aiyedatiwa Human rights lawyer, Tope Temokun, has instituted a suit before an the Ondo State High Court to compel the state Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) to conduct elections into the Local Government Areas in the state. Defendants in the suit are ODIEC, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa and Attorney-General of the state, reports ...
•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...
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