The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) has welcomed the recent Supreme Court ruling that grants autonomy to local government areas, a decision described as a significant relief...
In a decisive ruling, the Supreme Court has clarified that local government areas headed by Caretaker Committee Chairmen will no longer receive funds from the Federation...
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has ruled in favor of direct federal allocations to local government councils (LGAs), a move hailed as a significant step towards...
Bello El-Rufai, House of Representatives member for Kaduna North, praised his father, former Governor Nasir El-Rufai, as the first in Northern Nigeria to champion full autonomy...
Following a landmark judgment by the Supreme Court, tension has risen in at least 21 states across Nigeria. The court’s ruling halted allocations to non-democratically elected...
James Ibori, former governor of Delta State, has expressed strong disapproval of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the financial autonomy of Nigeria’s 774 Local Government...
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, announced that state governors will convene Thursday night to discuss the recent Supreme Court ruling granting financial autonomy to local...
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has ruled that governors across the country are no longer authorized to dissolve democratically elected Local Government (LG) councils. The ruling,...
In a landmark ruling on Thursday, the Supreme Court declared that it is unconstitutional for state governors to withhold funds intended for Local Government (LG) administrations....
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to suspend allocations to states operating under a Transition Implementation Committee (TIC) instead of elected local...