Govs Makes U-turn Over Supreme Court Ruling On LG Autonomy, Reveals Next Action Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, has said that state governors will meet Thursday night to review the judgment of the Supreme Court that granted financial autonomy to local government. Soludo, who spoke to State House correspondents after meeting with President Bola Tinubu, said even though he had not seen the judgement, it was “great”. He said, “That’s great. I mean, the Supreme Court is the final authority and I am a democrat. I believe in the rule of law. And once the Supreme Court has spoken,…
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BREAKING: Fresh Trouble Hits El-Rufai The immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has come under criticism over his attempts to taunt the administration of Governor Uba Sani over alleged indiscriminate waste disposal in the state. Recall that an X user with the handle @IU_Wakilii [Imran U. Wakili Oluwa Femi] had shared pictures of Mr Sani and heaps of refuse dumps in a location assumed to be within the state. In the post, the user had said: “They thought we were kidding when we said that in just a few months, Governor Uba Sani had changed Kaduna completely.This is…
After Collapsed, Judge Remands ex- Minister In Kuje Prison A federal high court in Abuja has remanded Saleh Mamman, a former minister of power, in the Kuje correctional facility pending the hearing of his bail application. On Thursday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Mamman on a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering up to N33,804,830,503. The former minister pleaded not guilty to the charge. After the plea, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, counsel to the EFCC, sought the date for the commencement of the trial. Femi Ate, counsel to the former minister, told the court that his client had submitted…
BREAKING: Fire Burns Down Abuja Fuel Station An Abuja fuel station along the Kubwa expressway near the Public Service Institute of Nigeria was gutted by fire on Thursday evening. DAILY POST learnt that the fire began when a tanker began discharging fuel at about 4:30 pm. Commuters and passersby were thrown into confusion as the heat of the flame could be felt up to a kilometre from the station. Emergency responders and firefighters were present at the scene, battling the flame, while security personnel cordoned off the area, with traffic restricted to the speed lane of the 10-lane expressway. At…
Couple Sell Son, Travel Abroad Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Couple Sell Son, Travel Abroad The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested a couple (name withheld), over an alleged attempt to sell their two-year-old son to travel to Canada. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lagos. Mr Hundeyin said that the couple, aged 28 and 22, were arrested on Tuesday, while attempting to sell the boy off. The spokesperson said that on Tuesday, at about 2.45 p.m., the Isolo Divisional Police Officer, DPO, received information…
BREAKING: Money Laundering: Nigerian Minister Collapses In Court Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Nigerian Minister Collapses In Court Mr Saleh Mamman, former Minister of Power under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, collapsed outside the courtroom on Thursday at a Federal High Court, Abuja, due to ill health. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mamman, whose plea was fixed for Thursday morning, collapsed outside the courtroom before the case was called. The former minister’s counsel, Femi Ate, SAN, told Justice James Omotosho shortly when he was called to take his plea. Upon resumed hearing, the ex-minister walked into the courtroom…
Nigerian Governors To Return LG Funds Collected The Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability Project, SERAP, has called on Nigeria’s governors and the FCT minister to return local government council funds they have collected, or face legal action. This call is coming after the Supreme Court declared unlawful, the use of the funds meant for local governments by Nigeria’s 36 governors. Ibom Focus reports that the Supreme Court had barred the 36 governors of the federation from further retaining or utilizing funds that are meant for the 774 Local Government Areas, LGAs, in the country. In a statement by its Deputy Director,…
BREAKING: Labour Arrive Aso Rock For Meeting With President Tinubu Representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have arrived at the State House in Abuja for a meeting with President Bola Tinubu. The meeting comes amid the ongoing negotiations in the country between organised labour and the Nigerian government on a new national minimum wage. Ibom Focus on Wednesday reported that the Nigerian government was reportedly on the verge of reaching an agreement with the labour unions on a new national minimum wage as President Tinubu invited the representatives of organised labour to a…
Israel Orders Palestinians To Leave Gaza City The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has ordered the remaining residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south, towards Deir al-Balah, as the military intensifies its operations in the area. This comes after Israeli forces raided a UN refugee agency compound, alleging it was being used by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad fighters, RT reports. The IDF has issued several evacuation warnings in recent days, with estimates suggesting around 200,000 Palestinians remain in the northern part of the enclave. Leaflets dropped by Israeli planes have urged residents to leave, designating two “safe routes”…
BREAKING: Supreme Court Bars Govs From Dissolving Local Government Councils, Appointing Caretakers The Supreme Court has barred all state governors in Nigeria from dissolving democratically elected Local Government (LG) councils in the country. This is contained in a landmark judgement delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim on Thursday in which he described the agelong practice by governors as a violation of the 1999 Constitution. The apex court also ruled that the Nigerian Government must pay funds allocated to Local Governments directly to the respective Local Government Areas, which are managed by democratically elected officials. The court also declared that it is…