EXCLUSIVE: Supreme Court Ruling: LG Allocation Will Still Go Back To Governors The LG Allocation Will Still Go Back To Governors Chidi Odinkalu, a Professor of Practice in International Human Rights Law at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, has said that local government allocation will still go back to state governors. Odinkalu stated this while commenting on the Supreme Court judgement on Channels TV’s Politics Today Thursday night. The Supreme Court had on Thursday delivered judgment in the suit instituted by the Federal Government against the 36 state governors on local government autonomy. But reacting to the judgment, Odinkalu…
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BREAKING: Hundreds Of Terrorists, Others Escape As Jail Break Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Hundreds Of Terrorists, Others Escape As Jail Break A curfew has been imposed in the restive Tillaberi region of Niger Republic after a mass prison break at the high-security Koutoukale prison, approximately 50 kilometres northwest of the capital, Niamey. The incident occurred on Thursday, according to the interior ministry. This is not the first attempted jailbreak at the facility, with two previous attempts in 2016 and 2019 being thwarted. The escape has raised concerns about the ability of Niger’s military to contain jihadist threats in…
Keke Rider Commits Sui¢ide After Tricycle Seizure By Authorities A tricyclist in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State has tragically taken his own life following unsuccessful attempts to recover his seized tricycle from government agents. According to The PUNCH, the unidentified man was intercepted by officials while en route to a destination within the state. Allegedly, the officers seized his tricycle and transported it to their office near Jubilee Estate along the Ikorodu-Sagamu Expressway. Despite persistent efforts by the tricyclist to retrieve his vehicle, his endeavoUrs proved futile. Frustrated by the situation, the man apparently sought to protest the seizure.…
How I Convinced My Wife To Sell Our Baby To Raise Money To Travel Out — Husband A 28-year-old man, yesterday, narrated how he convinced his wife to sell their two-year-old baby to raise money for him to travel out of the country. The father of one, a labourer, identified as Uchenna Eziekwe and his wife, Chineye (22), were arrested while enquiring how to sell their baby boy at the Isolo General Hospital, Lagos. Explaining how they were arrested, a spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hudenyin, revealed that the arrest was effected on July 9, 2024. He…
INEC To Conduct LGA Elections Information reaching Ibom Focus says that INEC To Conduct LGA Elections A leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Ayirimi Emami says following the judgment of the Supreme Court on local government autonomy, it is expected that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will soon begin to conduct elections at the third tier of government. This is just as the Warri Kingdom chief averred that with the granting of financial autonomy to local government councils, the challenge of insecurity in the country will abate. Chief Emami made the remarks while addressing a…
DSS Storms Suspected Terrorist’s Residence, Seizes Arms, Dollars, Others Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday executed a raid at the home of a suspected terrorist in the Gbeganu area, a suburb of Minna in Niger State. The operation, carried out during daylight hours, alarmed local residents. Sources close to the DSS operation revealed this was the third raid in under four years in the neighbouring areas of Nkangbe and Gbeganu, both situated in the Bosso Local Government Area. The suspect in question is believed to have been storing weapons for a terrorist organisation, though specific details…
Biden Introduces Zelensky As Putin US President Joe Biden, under intense scrutiny over his fitness to serve, accidentally introduced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as Russian strongman Vladimir Putin at a NATO ceremony before correcting himself. “Now I want to hand it over to the president of Ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination. Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin,” Biden said on Wedneday. Biden quickly corrected himself, saying, “I’m so focused on beating President Putin, we’ve got to worry about it.” AFP
El-Rufai’s Son Lands In Big Trouble For Attacking Tinubu Information reaching Ibom Focus says that El-Rufai’s Son Lands In Big Trouble For Attacking Tinubu A Northern group, Arewa Progressive Forum for Good Governance (APFGG), has declared that the son of former Kaduna State Governor, Bashir el-Rufai and his fellow co-travelers cannot stop Northerners from re-electing President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Bashir el-Rufai, via a post on his Social Media handle, predicted that Tinubu could be voted out of office in 2027 for ”non-performance”. In a statement signed by Malam Ibrahim Musa Bichi, the Chairman of APFGG, the group described Bashir…
LG Autonomy: Tension Grips 21 State Governors Over Supreme Court Judgement There is panic in at least 21 states of the federation following the Supreme Court judgement which stopped allocation to non-democratically elected local government chairmen. Ibom Focus reported that the judgement delivered by the apex court on Thursday gave victory to the third tier of government, bringing to an end years of struggle for local government autonomy. In the landmark judgment, the Supreme Court endorsed full autonomy for the 774 local governments in the country to put to an end the gross abuse of their affairs by some of…
Kingibe Makes U-turn, Praises FCT Minister, Wike Amidst hardship, Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Heebah Kingibe has praised the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike for a job well done for the roads construction. But while at it, Kingibe express worries over the well-being of the citizens saying that the citizens will have to feed, have access to basic amenities before they could use good roads. “Roads can’t be used by dead people “ Responding to the fire incident in Karu market in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, while interacting with journalists on Thursday, Kingibe said she is…