The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the re-election of Sen. Douye Diri as the governor of Bayelsa. The apex court in a judgment, dismissed the appeal brought before it by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC, Timipre Sylvia and his party. The lead judgment delivered by...
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday, affirmed the re-election of Hope Uzodimma of Imo in the Nov. 11, 2023 governorship election. A five-member panel of the apex court, in a lead judgment delivered by Justice Mohammed Idris, dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship...
There was commotion at the Supreme Court on Friday as the apex court delivers judgment in the governorship election disputes in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the court had fixed today, Aug. 23 for the final judgment of the Nov. 11, 2023...
Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in the last Kogi State Governorship election, Alhaji Muritala Yakubu Ajaka, has urged his supportersand lovers of democracy to come enmasse to the Supreme Court as it sets to deliver judgment in the appeal he filed before the apex court. In a...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has warned against undermining the Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy. The ICPC Chairman, Dr Musa Aliyu, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Aliyu spoke on the sidelines of...
Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Thursday, retired as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), with a call for measures to be put in place to reduce the burden on the Supreme Court. He explained that there are too many cases before the apex court which ought to have terminated at...
The Federal Government has inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial Committee to enforce the Supreme Court judgment granting financial autonomy to Local Governments in Nigeria. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, inaugurated the committee on Tuesday in Abuja. The SGF said the primary goal of the committee...
The Supreme Court, on Monday, reserved judgment in the appeal filed by Timipre Sylva, the All Progressives Congress (APC)”s candidate in the Nov. 11 governorship election in Bayelsa. The five-member justices, headed by Justice Garba Lawal, adjourned the judgment to a date that would be communicated to parties after...
The Supreme Court on Monday, reserved judgment in the appeal filed against the tribunal and Appeal Court judgements by Murtala Ajaka, candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the Kogi governorship election. Earlier, the apex court declined a request by Ajaka’s counsel for the constitution of a full...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is reviewing the various concerns about the Supreme Court judgment that granted fiscal autonomy to Local Governments (LGs) in the country. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said this during a news conference on Sunday in Abuja. Ologunagba was...
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has commended President Bola Tinubu for the bold step taken to ensure Local Government financial autonomy. The union, however said that funding of basic education, including teachers’ salary should be handled by state governments, financial autonomy of the councils, notwithstanding. The National...
Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN, the nation’s attorney general, became born again after having previously supported the Nigerian governors in their quest to deny local governments (LGs) financial autonomy. Insofar as the brief is good, lawyers, you know, can represent anybody, even terrorists, bandits, rapists, and killers. By...
Ten out of the 13 governors elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have so far arrived the Enugu State Government House for the party’s Governors Forum meeting on Wednesday. The governors were Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Umo Eno of Akwa-Ibom, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta,...
A pan-African students’ movement, Progressive Students’ Movement (PSM), on Monday, urged the National Assembly to enact a law that would stop governors from conducting local government elections. President of PSM, Bestman Okereafor, said in a statement in Enugu that it was imperative to make the financial autonomy granted...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The recent landmark judgment delivered by the Supreme Court granting financial autonomy to the 774 Local Government Councils in the country, will enhance development at the grassroots. National President of Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Aminu Muazu-Maifata, stated this at a...
Chairman-Elect, Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Benin branch, Mr Idemudia Iredia-Osifo, has said that the Supreme Court judgment that granted financial autonomy to local government may experience hitches if not well regulated. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the apex court had, in a landmark judgment,...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja The Tinubu Stakeholders Forum (TSF), has said the Supreme Court decision affirming the autonomy of local governments is a monumental step towards reinforcing grassroots development. In a statement signed by its Chairman Ahmad Sajoh and Secretary Josiah Afolabi, the group wholeheartedly applauded the Supreme Court’s landmark...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja- A non governmental organisation, YADEI Initiative has described the by Supreme Court Ruling on local government autonomy in Nigeria as a step towards the freedom of democracy in Nigeria. Coordinator/Research and Team Leader of the NGO, Comrade Inyanda Emmanuel, in a press release issued...
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....
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...