The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has commended Nigeria’s Supreme Court for its landmark ruling affirming the legitimacy and…
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Elder statesman and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Robert Clarke, says “jittery” governors and their predecessors challenging the legality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are not treading the correct grounds.
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the victory of Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November…
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the re-election of Douye Diri as the Governor of Bayelsa State. In its judgment,…
President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the 23rd and second female Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), in…
The Supreme Court has reserved judgement in the Kogi governorship election appeal filed by Murtala Ajaka of the Social Democratic…
“Our people don’t know how much states expend in bailing out local governments, and that’s the issue there.”
“An election was conducted, and the declaration was made on October 25, 2021, by the Returning Officer at the Birnin-Gwari Local Government Chamber,” Nagwari stated. “Despite a court order served to the State Independent Electoral Commission (SIECOM) on January 12, 2022, to issue a certificate of return to the winner, the order was not obeyed.”
The Supreme Court has barred governors from dissolving democratically elected Local Government (LG) councils in the country. The apex court,…
Justice Agim directed that allocations from the Federation Account should be paid directly to local government councils, bypassing state government coffers. He pointed out that the governors’ retention of these funds has hindered the local government’s activities.