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Court Strikes out Suit Against Lagos’ LG Elections

Ihesiulo Grace 29 October 2021 0

Peter Fowoyo A Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Friday dismissed a suit filed against the recent held election into 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state, for lacking in merit. Justice Akintayo Aluko, in a judgment to the suit filed by the

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Local Govt reforms key to tackling insecurity, infrastructure challenges – Reps

Ihesiulo Grace 9 April 2021 0

Tom Okpe, Abuja Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Ahmed Wase has revealed that security and infrastructure challenges facing the country can only be solved through the installation of functional and viral working local government systems. Wase made this revelation in Abuja on Thursday while declaring to open a leadership training programme for some elected local

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Bala blames COVID- 19 pandemic for non- conduct of LG election

Ihesiulo Grace 17 May 2020 0

Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has attributed the inability of his administration to conduct the local government election as promised, to the coronavirus pandemic. Bala stated this on Sunday during the swearing-in ceremony of four caretaker committee chairmen of Darazo, Kirfi, Tafawa Balewa and Ningi Local Government Areas of the state. He said his […]

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Local governments must be ready for accountability, if granted autonomy – Awotokun

Ihesiulo Grace 21 November 2019 0

The President of Chartered Institute of Local Government and Public Administration of Nigeria , Prof Kunle Awotokun said local governments must be ready for accountability, if granted autonomy. Speaking during their 12th Annual Conference themed : “Local government autonomy as the bedrock of rural development.” Prof. Awotokun said State Governments have abused

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FAAC: FG, states, LGAs share N788.1bn in October

Ihesiulo Grace 29 November 2018 0

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has distributed a total of N788.139 billion to the Federal Government, State Governments and Local Government Councils for the month of October, 2018. The communiqué issued by the Technical Sub -Committee FAAC at the end of the special session held in Kaduna, after the 2018 National Council on Finance […]

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Why Obasa deserves to return as Speaker of Lagos Assembly – Abiola

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2018 0

Not a few people were surprised, when young Hon. Gbenga Abiola was appointed as the Sole Administrator of Agege Local Government in 2016 by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, based on the recommendations of the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa.   Having served his time out and […]

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FAAC declines by N20bn as FG, States, LGAs share N635bn for Jan

Ihesiulo Grace 23 February 2018 0

*NEITI: 3 tiers of govt shared N6.41trn in 2017 The Federation Account Allocation Committee ( FAAC) has distributed N635.554billion to the Federal Government, 36 States and Local Government Areas as allocation for January 2018. The development showed a decline of about N20billion as the three tiers of government shared N655billion in December 2017. The FAAC […]

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PDP Sweeps Ekiti LG Polls

Ihesiulo Grace 24 December 2017 0

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has won in all the 16 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Ekiti State in Saturday’s election into Chairmanship and Councillorship seats keenly contested for by five political parties in the state. The parties included Action Democratic Party, (ADP), National Democratic Liberty Party, (NDLP), Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), People’s Party

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2015 governorship election violence: 900 displaced Peremabiri residents return home

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2017 0

No fewer than 900 residents of Peremabiri Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, who fled after the 2015 governorship election violence in the state have returned home. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the displaced persons returned to the community on Monday in more than 10 passenger-boats to the […]

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EDSG plans job centre in every LGA, to retrain job seekers

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2017 0

The Edo State Government is to establish a job centre in each of the 18 local government areas of the state and equip job seekers with new skills required for the jobs being created in the state. The Commissioner for Wealth Creation, Cooperatives and Employment, Hon. Emmanuel Usoh, said this at Government House in Benin […]

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PDP records big win in Delta as over 5000 APC members join their fold

Ihesiulo Grace 16 October 2017 0

….Okowa says no discrimination against decampees Ahead of the 2018 Local Government Elections and the 2019 general elections, over 5,000 All Peoples Congress [APC] members at the weekend in Orogun, Ughelli North Local Government Area and home of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa assuring

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We will not accept Gombe LG poll result – opposition parties’

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2017 0

Prominent opposition political parties in Gombe state, led by the All Progressives Congress (APC) said it will reject whatever is the outcome of Saturday’s Local Government election in the state for what they described, mess of the exercise. A statement signed by APC Caretaker committee chairman Hon. Idi Barde Gubana, on behalf of other political […]