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The Minister of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, Zephaniah Jisalo, has expressed his support for the Supreme Court’s decision to grant autonomy to local governments in the country. The seven-justice panel of the apex court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, ruled that the 774 local government councils in the country should independently manage their own funds. The …

Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has described the recent Samoa Agreement as “a threat to the sovereignty and values of Nigeria”. This was part of a 25-point communique, issued yesterday, after their meeting and signed by the President and Secretary, Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji and Most Rev. Donatus A. Ogun, respectively The Bishops said: “The Agreement looks innocuous …

WASHINGTON— As he prepares to accept the Republican nomination for the third time, Donald Trump has promised new efforts to expand his coalition — and, in particular, to win over more of the nonwhite voters who largely rejected him during the 2020 election. But an AP analysis of two consecutive polls conducted in June by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that …

The All Progressives Congress APC Professionals Forum has hailed Thursday’s Supreme Court affirmation of local government autonomy, saying it will go down in history as one of President Bola Tinubu’s major gifts to Nigeria’s democratic growth. The forum in a statement signed by the Chairman of its Board of Trustees and former Governor of Bauchi state, Dr Isa Yuguda, maintained …

President Bola Tinubu has lauded the Supreme Court’s judgment affirming the constitutional rights of local governments, emphasizing its critical role in advancing effective governance at the grassroots level. In a statement released on Thursday, Tinubu highlighted the importance of the judgment, describing it as a reaffirmation of the Constitution. The statement was signed by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and …

President Joe Biden will hold a news conference at 6:30 p.m. ET Thursday, the key event in a monumental week for his campaign as he fends off calls for him to step aside as the party’s presumptive nominee. His candidacy is still under question as the first Senate Democrat, Peter Welch of Vermont, and a ninth House Democrat, Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, …

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 …

Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, said on Wednesday, July 10, that it was still studying the directive by the President on Tuesday on food importation to ease the hunger in the country. This is as the service said it generated about N2.7 trillion in the first six months of 2024, an increase of about N200 billion …

…says current scheme falls short of fundamental purpose The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero on Wednesday, June 10, called for a return to the old pension scheme regime. Ajaero said the current regime falls short of the fundamental purpose it was set up to address. He spoke at the 2024 National Pre-retirement Summit with the theme “challenges, strategies, …

American Helene Sula vividly remembers the first time she discovered tap water was a different ball game in Europe. Sula, from Texas, was at a restaurant in Germany. When the server asked for her drink order, Sula requested water. “They kind of scoffed at me like, ‘You can get water. But why would you?’” Sula recalls. She remembers glancing around …