Tag: Local government
INEC: We’ve no power to conduct LG election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has no constitutional power to conduct Local Government elections except in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
INEC...
Fubara orders audit of Rivers LG accounts
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has directed the state Auditor General to audit the accounts of the 23 Local Government Areas for the past...
Fubara: No constitutional provisions for LG chairmen’s tenure extension
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara says there is no provision for tenure elongation for elected Local Government chairmen in the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as Amended).
Fubara made this...
Police seal Rivers LG secretariats over crisis
Police operatives have taken over all 23 Local Government Secretariats and some critical government infrastructure in Rivers State.
The police said the action was to...
LG crisis: 2 security operatives killed in Rivers
Two security operatives have been confirmed dead in a crisis that broke out over the Local Government administration in Rivers State.
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi...
Rivers LG chairmen tackle Fubara as gov orders administrators’ takeover
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has directed Heads of Administration in the 23 Local Government Areas of the state to assume leadership of the...
ALGON seeks 4-year tenure for LG officials
The Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) has called for the adoption of a unified four-year tenure for elected local government officials in the...
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...
Zamfara Assembly extends LG administrators’ tenure for 6 months
The Zamfara State House of Assembly has extended the tenure of 14 Local Government Council Interim Administrators for another six months.
This was contained in...
Abiodun: I’ve never tampered with local government funds
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has declared that his administration has never tampered with local government funds in the state.
Abiodun stressed that he often...
