Tag: LG
Supreme Court reserves judgement on LG autonomy suit
The Supreme Court has reserved judgement in a suit filed by the Federal Government against the 36 state governors over alleged misconduct in the...
Police arrest Zamfara lawmaker, ex-LG chairman for banditry
The operatives of the Zamfara State Police Command have arrested a member of the State House of Assembly and a former local government chairman,...
LG autonomy: S’Court hears FG’s suit against governors June 13
The Supreme Court has fixed June 13, 2024, to hear a suit filed by the Federal Government against the 36 state governors over alleged...
FG drags govs to court over misconduct in LG affairs, seeks...
The Federal Government has dragged the 36 state governors to the Supreme Court over misconduct in the affairs of the Local Government Areas in...
PDP sweeps Oyo LG election
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the chairmanship seats in all the 33 Local Governments in Oyo State following Saturday’s election in the...
Governor: It’s impossible to hijack LG funds under my watch
Abia State Governor Alex Otti has declared that Local Government funds cannot be hijacked under his watch.
Otti said this during the monthly media parley...
N1.9bn fraud: Lagos residents protest, demand LG chairman’s suspension
The residents of Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Area in Lagos State have staged a protest at the State House of Assembly complex over...
Group plans protest over Jonathan’s interference in Bayelsa LG politics
A group, the Ogbia Development and Progressives Congress (ODPC), has concluded plans to stage a protest against former President Goodluck Jonathan to express their...
Fraud: Benue Assembly approves 3 LG chairmen’s sack
The Benue State House of Assembly has approved the sack of three local government caretaker committee chairmen in the state over alleged financial misconduct.
The...
Oyebanji: I didn’t ask Ekiti LG chairmen to send N1m as...
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has denied directing local government chairmen to deduct N1 million out of the money approved for Christmas celebration in...
