Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Thursday, kicked against Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s decision to constitute transition committees for the 18 local government areas and 33 local council development areas in the state. The Ondo State PDP chapter faulted the development. A statement on Thursday by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ebenezer Adeniyan, said the transition committees would be in charge of affairs of the LGs and LCDAs until the state LG poll is held. The statement partly, “The transition committees are to oversee the affairs of the LGs and LCDAs in the state until the local government…
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Barring last minute change of decision, the Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Lt. Col. Nurudeen Yusuf, will be appointed the next Elemona of Ilemona in Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State. Yusuf, if appointed, will succeed his father and late monarch, Oba Yusuf Omokanye Oyekanmi, who died in May, at the age of 95. Findings by Daily Trust Wednesday night revealed that the process of his announcement is only waiting to be ratified by the state government. Senior palace sources and top stakeholders in Oyun who confirmed his selection to our correspondent said the community is very…
Samuel Adesola, Abuja Supreme Court, on Thursday, granted local government councils the long-sought autonomy, barring state Governors from withholding LG funds. The apex court gave this verdict while delivering judgment in the suit instituted by the Federal Government against the 36 state Governors on local government autonomy. In the suit, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), sought full autonomy and direct fund allocation to the 774 local government councilsbin the country. Federal Government, in the suit predicated on 27 grounds, accused the state Governors of gross misconduct and abuse of power. Federal Government…
By Abdul Jelil A lot has been said and much more is being said about the Federal High Court judgement as regards to the PDP and its governorship candidate, Dr Asue Ighodalo in the primaries that produced him in February. Three party members petitioned the court for themselves and on behalf of 378 other delegates, aggrieved that they were denied participation in the primaries. They argued that their exclusion ran contrary to the electoral law and the party’s constitution. The court granted that they ought to have been delegates at the primaries. Depending on which divide one stands, there is…
Hunger: How we plan to massively crash food prices in 180 days- FG Federal Government says its strategic measures aimed at tackling high food prices nationwide will drastically reduce the cost of the commodities in the next 180 days. FG said the measures which include the suspension of duties, tariffs, and taxes for the importation of certain food commodities through land and sea borders, as well as the importation of 500,000 metric tonnes of wheat and maize, would effectively address the rise in food prices. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, who disclosed this on his official X…
United States Agency for International Development and the Federal Ministry of Power, on Wednesday, signed a memorandum of understanding. The MoU is aimed at securing Nigeria’s commitment to electricity sector reforms, market transparency, liquidity, and expanding access to affordable power. It was signed by USAID/Nigeria Mission Director, Melissa Jones, and the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Power, Mahmuda Mamman, to support the implementation of an N115.2bn US government grant-funded technical assistance programme intended to support power sector development and reforms in Nigeria. Both parties announced this in a statement issued in Abuja by Nigeria’s Ministry of Power. More than 85…
Thirty three months after his demise, the remains of the late Senate President, Dr. Joseph Wayas, arrived in Nigeria for burial. on November 30, 2021,Wayas, who served as Nigeria’s Senate President between October 1, 1979 and December 31,1983, died in a London hospital, aged 80. His wife too died 12 days later. But while his wife had since been buried, the politician’s corpse had remained in a morgue in London, a development which sparked controversies. Some persons, who had earlier given up that the late octogenarian’s body had since been secretly interred in London, were surprised to see the remains…
Supreme Court will today deliver judgment on the suit the Federal Government filed to secure full autonomy for the 774 local government areas in the country. The apex court had conveyed to the Federal Government the judgement date through the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, but state Governors were informed through their respective attorneys-general. Recall that a seven-man panel of the court, led by Justice Garba Lawal, had on June 13, reserved judgment on the matter, after all the parties adopted their final briefs of argument. But the states, in separate preliminary objections they…
An official at the Revenue Collection Agency in Edo State has revealed how the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Asue Ighodalo, stopped the state’s revenue Agency from harassing small business owners in the state. The official, who pleaded anonymity, said by so doing, Ighodalo had exhibited his love for the downtrodden. He explained that the PDP governorship flagbearer had asked officials of the Agency to desist from harassing micro, small and medium scale business owners across the state. According to the revenue agency official, the guber candidate who was touched by the plight of traders who had…
Bashir El-Rufai, son of the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai said nobody is too big to be voted out of power by the people. Bashir, in a post on his X handle on Wednesday, warned that an upset could happen in the 2027 general elections without any consequences. He said that people should forget all the intimidations flying up and down, saying they should be patient. Bashir said that even the IMF and the World Bank will not save the “people” when the time comes, adding that, even “Political strategist una. That one na for Lagos.” He said,…