Former local government chairmen in Rivers State are escalating tensions with Governor Siminalayi Fubara following a Supreme Court ruling that bans the use of caretaker committees...
In response to the recent landmark Supreme Court judgment granting autonomy to local governments across Nigeria, all 401 caretaker chairmen and members overseeing Osun State’s 62...
In a sweeping judgment that has sent panic across 19 states in Nigeria, the Supreme Court has ruled to enforce financial autonomy for local governments, potentially...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has labeled the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on financial autonomy for local government councils as a distraction from pressing issues such...
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...
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,...