The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed satisfaction with the recent Supreme Court judgment that granted financial autonomy to the 774 local government areas in the country. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Publicity and Advocacy for NEF, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, on Friday in Abuja....
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The Chairman, Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Rivers State, Mr Alex Agwanwor, has described the Supreme Court decision granting financial autonomy to local government councils as a good omen. Agwanwor made the statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Thursday. He...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said the Supreme Court judgment granting financial autonomy to the Local Government would revitalise governance at the grassroots. NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, said this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. Reacting to the apex court judgment granting financial autonomy...
Sen. Godswill Akpabio, President of the Senate, Alhaji Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Mr Lateef Fagbemi, Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, have applauded the Supreme Court judgment granting autonomy to local governments in the country. The legislators and the...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuemeka Soludo has said the Supreme Court judgment affirming constitutional rights of local governments is good for democracy. Soludo said this while addressing State House correspondents after a visit to President Bola Tinubu on Thursday. “Supreme Court is the final authority and, as a democrat, I...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in Nasarawa State, has commended the landmark judgment delivered by the Supreme Court granting financial autonomy to the 774 Local Government Councils in the country. Nasarawa State chairman of NULGE, Comdr. Adamu Sharhabilu, gave the...
The National Councilors Forum of Nigeria, has commended the Federal Government and the Supreme Court for the judgement affirming the financial autonomy of Local Governments. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the apex court had on Thursday held that the 20.6 per cent of the federation...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and a former deputy governor of Benue State, Chief Stephen Lawani has Supreme Court’s ruling on autonomy for Local Government Councils would require something additional to make that tier of government functional and relevant. Lawani said in a...
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Lagos State, has said there is no more excuse for non-performance by local government chairmen with the Supreme Court’s ruling on local government autonomy. The State IPAC Chairperson, Mrs Temilola Akinade, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
Supreme Court on Thursday held that henceforth, all Local Government Area allocations should be paid directly into their accounts. Justice Emmanuel Agim, who led a seven-member panel of Justices of the apex court, gave the order while delivering judgment in a suit filed by the federal government against the...
The Supreme Court will deliver judgment on the suit seeking full autonomy for the 774 local governments in the country on Thursday, July 11. The notices on the development have being sent to all the lawyers in the suit. The Federal Government instituted the suit against all the...
U.S. President, Joe Biden said on Monday the Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity set a “dangerous precedent” that could turn presidents into kings and called on the American people to “dissent” by rejecting Donald Trump in November’s election. In clear, measured remarks from the White House, Biden...
The Supreme Court on Friday discharged and acquitted a Nigerian Army Sergeant, Akawu Bala from death sentence imposed on him by the General Court Martial of the Nigerian Army. Justice Helen Ogunwumiju while delivering judgment in an appeal filled at the Supreme Court on March 16, 2017 by...
The Supreme Court on Thursday, reserved judgment in a suit filed by the Federal Government against the governors of the 36 states of the federation over alleged misconduct in the administration of Local Government Areas. Justice Garba Lawal, who led a seven-member panel of Justices of the apex...
Supreme Court on Thursday fixed June 13 to hear a suit filled by the Federal Government against the 36 state governors over alleged misconduct in the handling of local government affairs. Justice Garba Lawal fixed the date while ruling in an application for abridgment of time argued by Lateef...
The Federal Government has dragged the 36 state governors to the Supreme Court over alleged misconduct in the handling of local government affairs The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Lateef Fagbemi,instituted the action against the governors to seek full autonomy for local governments as the third...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Supreme Court of Nigeria, Abuja has reserved judgment till June 7, 2024 the final forfeiture suit of N1,222,384,857.84 (One Billion, Two Hundred and Twenty Two Million, Three Hundred and Eighty Four Thousand, Eight Hundred and Fifty Seven Naira, Eighty Four Kobo) brought...
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the order barring the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, Murtala Ajaka, from inspecting election materials used in the November 2023 election in Kogi. The apex court in a unanimous decision upheld the order of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja...
A lawyer, Emmanuel Ekpenyong, has dragged the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) to Supreme Court over alleged failure to promulgate an order to bring Part 1 of the Foreign Judgment Reciprocal Enforcement Act, 1990 into operation since its enactment in 1960 to commence on Feb. 1, 1961. Ekpenyong,...
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the judgment of the Court of Appeal Lagos nullifying the takeover of the landed property of Suru Worldwide Ventures Nigeria Limited by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Justice Emmanuel Agim in his judgment dismissed the appeal brought to it by...