Governors are comfortable with the Supreme Court judgment that granted fiscal autonomy to local governments, according to the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Kwara, AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman. He told correspondents on Friday before a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, that the ruling has relieved the governors […]
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Senator Adedayo Adeyeye as Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). He also appointed Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho as the authority’s Managing Director. These were in a statement on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Ajuri Ngelale,.s The statement also described Adeyeye […]
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Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde presenting the staff of Office to Oba Akinloye Owolabi Olakulehin as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadan Ibadan, the largest city in Nigeria on Friday crowned Oba Akinloye Owolabi Olakulehin as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadan in a ceremony that attracted the crème de la crème of Nigerian society. A mammoth […]
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Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has approved N103.33 million for the local government retirees under thebold pension scheme. This was contained in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Local Government Staff Pension Bureau, Mr Ibrahim Akibu. He said the approval was given on July 10th, 2024, and beneficiaries are already signing the document for the […]
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President Bola Tinubu has named the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, after Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka. He announced this in a letter he wrote to the iconic figure in commemoration of his 90th birthday. “I am pleased to join admirers around the world in celebrating the 90th birthday of Nigeria’s iconic son and […]
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In an effort to enhance learning, Osun State firstlady, Mrs Titilayo Adeleke has flagged off the distribution of about 60,000 exercise books to secondary school pupils across the State. The effort which is part of the ‘Renewed Hope Inititaive Agenda’ of the wife of the President, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu is a move to ensure that […]
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A foremost human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, says the judgment of the Supreme Court did not strip state governments of their influence on local government areas. He spoke on Friday while featuring on Channels Television’s flagship programme, Sunrise Daily. The apex court on Thursday stopped state governments from controlling the federal allocations of […]
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The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State has told the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC to stop disgracing itself in the glare of the intelligent society over the Supreme Court verdict on Local Government autonomy. It accusing the opposition of deliberately feigning ignorance to enliven its raging emotional distress. Reacting to public comments […]
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Chairman, Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDHR), Osun state chapter, Comrade Emmanuel Olowu, has described the Supreme Court judgment on the Local Government’s financial autonomy as fantastic. While reacting to the judgment in an interview in Osogbo, Osun State capital, he said, if Nigerians are democratically and politically conscious they, should have been […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked the Ondo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, SAN to resign for legitimising the alleged unconstitutional appointment of caretaker committees for the state’s i8 Local Government Councils and 33 LCDAs by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. In a statement on Friday by its spokesman in the […]
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