The Lagos State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially presented party flags to all its Chairmanship and Vice Chairmanship candidates ahead of the July 12 Local Government Elections across the state. The party also expressed strong confidence in winning all elective positions in the 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local...
The attention of Osun State Government has been drawn to a conspiracy currently being illegally hatched between the offices of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and that of the AccountantGeneral of the Federation on the issue of allocations to Local Governments in Osun state as the planned action is deliberately aimed at...
Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba SAN has called on President Bola Tinubu to initiate moves to grant local governments legislative and political autonomy. While speaking on Politics Today on Channels Television on Friday night, Agbakoba emphasized the need for constitutional amendments to ensure local governments’ political autonomy.He praised President Tinubu...
Cross River Assembly suspends Bekwarra council chairman over misconduct and corruption The Cross River House of Assembly has suspended, Theresa Ushie, Chairman of the Bekwarra Local Government Council, for three months over allegations of misconduct and corruption.The decision passed by the House followed the resolution passed by the Bekwarra Local Government Council Legislative Assembly, on...
The Federal Government is insisting that no state government has a right to control or manage statutory allocations to local governments, whether by way of disbursement or spending under any guise. It says all the 36 states must comply with a previous judgment of the Supreme Court on the matter. It wants the apex court...
Local Government Digest has been reliably informed that Senator Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke, the governor of Osun State accompanied his brother Dr Deji Adeleke to visit President Bola Tinubu to discuss the issue of the Osun local government funds, the stoppage of which has caused work to stop on government construction sites across the state. A...
Local Government Digest has been reliably informed that Senator Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke, the governor of Osun State accompanied his brother Dr Deji Adeleke to visit President Bola Tinubu to discuss the issue of the Osun local government funds, the stoppage of which has caused work to stop on government construction sites across the state. A...
Kunle Adegoke, K-RAD, the leading aspirant for the 2026 Osun State governorship race, under the All Progressive Congress (APC),extends warm Democracy Day greetings to Nigerians. As we commemorate 26 years of uninterrupted democracy, K-RAD emphasizes the need to eschew vices that hinder national development, such as violence, greed, and electoral malpractices. In his message, K-RAD...
Following the total absence of human presence, official and unofficial activities at the 30 local government secretariats and Modakeke Area Office in Osun State, weeds have taken over premises of the structures, findings by THE POINT have revealed. In many of the secretariats visited, the buildings housing different offices and halls looked unkempt as cobwebs...
Out of the 470 aspirants screened between April 29 and May 3 at the party’s secretariat in Ogba, 432 were cleared to contest, while 38 others — including Abdul-Ganiyu — were disqualified or withdrew voluntarily. Abdul-Ganiyu Obasa, son of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has been asked to step...