Our reporter/ In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday barred governors from dissolving democratically elected Local Government (LG) councils in the country. The apex court said doing so,…
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Our reporter/ The Supreme Court, on Thursday, granted financial autonomy to Local Government Areas and declared that it is unconstitutional for state governors to hold onto funds meant for Local…
Read More Supreme Court grants autonomy to LGAS, says it’s unconstitutional for govs to hold funds
Our reporter/ The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the suit of the Federal Government against the 36 state governors seeking full autonomy for the 774 local governments in the…
Read More Supreme court reserves judgment in FG suit on LG autonomy
The Federal Government has instituted a legal action against the governors of the 36 states of the federation at the Supreme Court over alleged misconduct in the administration of Local…
Read More FG drags 36 governors to supreme court over LGAs autonomy
Our reporter/ The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the five years sentence of former House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan, for receiving a bribe of $500,000 from businessman Femi Otedola.…
Read More Supreme court dismiss Farouk Lawan’s appeal, upholds five-year jail term
