Governors from the 36 States of the Federation under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors Forum have scheduled a crucial meeting next week to review the judgment of the Supreme Court that granted autonomy to local government councils in the country. Addressing State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chairman...
•Prof Odinkalu Professor of Practice in International Human Rights Law at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, Chidi Odinkalu, has said that local government allocation will still go back to state governors. Odinkalu stated this while commenting on the Supreme Court judgement on Channels TV last night. The Supreme Court had yesterday deliv...
•Some governors Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State says governors will review the Supreme Court verdict that granted financial autonomy to local government councils. Soludo spoke yesterday after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja and described the verdict by the apex court as “great”, reports Channels TV. “T...
•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...
•Supreme Court of Nigeria The Supreme Court has held that it is illegal for governors to dissolve democratically elected Local Governments. It orders the federal government to henceforth withhold allocations to Local Governments governed by unelected officials appointed by the governor. The Frontier had earlier reported that the apex court als...
The Supreme Court, today, has declared that it is unconstitutional for state governors to hold onto funds meant for Local Government (LG) administrations. In its lead judgement read by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the apex court observed that the refusal of state government on financial autonomy for local governments has gone on for over two decades...
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 […]
•Donald Trump The US Supreme Court is expected to rule today on the most highly anticipated decision of its term — a ruling “for the ages” on whether Donald Trump, as a former president, is immune from prosecution. Even if the ruling is likely to reject Trump’s claim he should enjoy absolute immunity, the decision […]
The Supreme Court has discharged and acquitted a Sergeant, Akawu Bala, who has been on death row for over 12 years. Bala, who has been in Kaduna prison, was sentenced to death for murder by the General Court Martial of the Nigerian Army, reports Vanguard. He was accused by the Nigerian Army of shooting one […]
•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...
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