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Supreme Court Grants LG Financial Autonomy

Wendy R.

The Supreme Court declared on Thursday that it is unconstitutional for state governors to hold funds allocated for local government administrations. The seven-man panel, in the judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, declared that the 774 local government councils in the country should manage their funds themselves. The apex court held that the power of the government is portioned into three arms of government, the federal, the state and the local government. The court further declared that a state government has no power to elect a caretaker committee and a local government council is only recognisable with a democratically elected…

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Kanu: Supreme Court Releases Judgment CTC

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The Supreme Court has released the Certified True Copy of the judgment on the suit between the Federal Government and the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The apex court had, on December 15, 2024, set aside a judgment by the lower court that dismissed the terrorism charges against Kanu. The appeal court had exonerated Kanu following an infringement on his fundamental human rights by the Federal Government. The Supreme Court, although berated the actions of the government, ruled that Kanu must continue his trial. The lead counsel for IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, in an interview with…

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BREAKING: Supreme Court Affirms Sanwo-Olu’s Election

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The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Sanwo-Olu’s victory was upheld by the tribunal and Appeal Court in the state. The kernel of the case of the Labour Party candidate in the election, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, is on Sanwo-Olu’s running mate qualification. He claimed that the deputy governor, Obafemi Hamzat, had renounced his citizenship as a Nigerian. The court held that Sanwo-Olu’s deputy is a Nigerian by birth The court added renouncation of citizenship of a citizens by birth must be registered by the Nigerian president, adding that the appellant did not provide…

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No Plan To Influence Supreme Court Judgment — Kano APC

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The Kano chapter of All Progressives Congress on Sunday dismissed a viral report that it had a clandestine meeting with President Bola Tinubu and the leadership of the party to influence the outcome of the Supreme Court appeal filed by the New Nigerian People’s Party. The development comes two months after Governor Abba Yusuf and the NNPP vowed to seek redress at the Supreme Court after Kano APC candidate, Nasir Gawuna was affirmed as the winner of the contentious March 18 governorship election. The three-member panel of the Appeal Court led by Justice M. A. Adumeh held that Yusuf was…