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IPAC wants state electoral commissions scrapped

NewsDeskNgJul 12, 2024July 12, 20240

The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has called for immediate scrapping of the State Independent Electoral Commissions, SIECS. Making the advocacy during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday, IPAC’s national Chairman, Yusuf Dantalle, said the SIECs have proven to be incompetent and incapable of conducting free, fair, credible,transparent, inclusive and...

Ekpa’s BRGIE claims – US to back Biafra declaration in coming months

NewsDeskNgJul 12, 2024July 12, 20240

The Simon Ekpa-led Biafra Republic Government In-Exile has claimed that the United States of America government will soon issue favorable statements backing Biafra liberation. Ekpa, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said there was a series of meetings by US congressional officers, lobbyists and BRGIE’s stakeholders. He noted...

Buni swears in two commissioners, harps on productivity

NewsDeskNgJul 12, 2024July 12, 20240

Yobe State Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni has vowed that this administration will not tolerate favouritism in appointments. Buni gave the assurance shortly after administering oaths of office and allegiance to two commissioners, the state head of service, four permanent secretaries, and 28 Special Advisers for effective service delivery in...

El-Rufai first Northern gov to attempt granting local govt autonomy

NewsDeskNgJul 12, 2024July 12, 20240

Kaduna North House of Representatives member, Bello El-Rufai has said former Governor Nasir El-Rufai was the first governor in Northern Nigeria who attempted to grant local government full autonomy. Bello said history will vindicate El-Rufai for his effort. Posting on X, he said: “Mal. @elrufai was the first Governor in...

Niger CP calls for aggressive action against illegal miners to forestall loss of lives

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2024July 11, 20240

The Niger State Commissioner of Police CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman has called for aggressive action against illegal miners to reduce loss of lives across the state. The CP, who made the call during a visit by state Commissioner for Mineral Resources Garba Sabo Yahaya to his office in Minna said...

Donald Trump slams actor George Clooney for asking Biden to drop out of race

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2024July 11, 20240

Former US President and Republican Party candidate, Donald Trump, has lambasted actor, George Clooney, for urging President Joe Biden to resign as the Democratic Party’s candidate in the upcoming election. Clooney had written an essay saying Biden should drop out of the race despite claiming he “saved” America’s democracy. Reacting...

We have emergency meeting to review Supreme Court verdict on LG Autonomy – Soludo

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2024July 11, 20240

Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has revealed that the Nigeria Governors Forum has convened an emergency meeting, to review the decision of the Supreme Court of Nigeria granting autonomy to Local Government Councils in the country. Soludo who held a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House...

Local Government Autonomy: CUPP hails Supreme Court judgment

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2024July 11, 20240

The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has hailed the Supreme Court judgment on the abolition of state and local government joint accounts. The National Secretary of CUPP, Peter Ameh, in a statement after the Court judgment in Abuja on Thursday said, “The judgment will promote accountability and make elected...

IPAC – No more excuse for non-performance by LG chairmen

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2024July 11, 20240

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling on local government autonomy, the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, in Lagos State has said there is no more excuse for non-performance by local government chairmen. The State IPAC Chairperson, Mrs Temilola Akinade, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...

Ganduje, wife, others to be tried in absentia, escape bench warrant

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2024July 11, 20240

A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Aminu Adamu Aliyu, has ruled that former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, his wife and six others, not be slammed with Bench Warrant in a case of alleged funds diversion. Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu said she based her decision on the political...