***Bars FG from giving allocations to councils without elected officials ***20 LGCs affected The supreme court has ordered the federal government to henceforth pay allocations directly to local government councils from the federation account. Delivering judgment in the suit on Thursday, a seven-member panel of justices held that state governments have continued to abuse their powers by retaining and using the funds meant for LGAs. The apex court also ordered the federal government to withhold allocations of LGs governed by unelected officials appointed by the governor. Reca that in n May, the federal government filed a suit at the supreme…
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The judgement of the Election Petition Tribunal that affirmed the election of Usman Ododo as the Governor of Kogi State has been upheld by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja. After dismissing the appeal filed by the Social Democratic Party’s candidate, Murtala Yakubu Ajaka a three-man panel of the appellate court upheld the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which affirmed the victory of Ododo as the duly elected governor of Kogi State in the November 11, 2023 governorship election. The Appellate Court, while resolving all four grounds of appeal against the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its governorship…
***Confirms DIG Argungu (rtd) chairman Police Service Commission The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio on Thursday urged the office of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Police Service Commission (PSC) to stop the battle for supremacy in the interest of the country. Akpabio stated this at plenary on after the Senate confirmed President Bola Tinubu’s nominee, DIG. Hashimu Salihu Argungu (rtd) for appointment as Chairman, Police Service Commission. Akpabio said “The Committee on Police Affairs should also ensure oversight functions hereafter to avoid the mistakes the yester years, particularly the idea of the office of the Inspector…
President Bola Tinubu indicated that the Nigerian workers deserve improved welfare, better wages, as well as safe and enhanced working conditions as the driving force of the nation. Tinubu spoke when he met with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) led by Comrade Joe Ajaero and that of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) led by Comrade Festus Osifo, on Thursday in Abuja In a statement by his media aide, Ajuri Ngelale, the President said he is concerned about the welfare of Nigerian workers and that his administration is prioritizing their concerns. “I pay attention to everything…
By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. KOGI State has incorporated the Open Government Partnership (OGP) State Action Plan into its budget, allocating a total of N165.1 million, across the five commitments to demonstrate it’s commitment to open government principles. This was disclosed at a One-day Dissemination Meeting of the Kogi State 2024 Budget Analysis to the Open Government Partnership (OGP) on Thursday in Lokoja. The meeting was organized by Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room in partnership with Initiative For Grassroots Advancement In Nigeria (INGRA), supported by Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Amb. Idris Ozovehe Muraina, Co-chair of OGP State Action Plan…
By Tunde Olusunle Commuters on the “Trunk A Road” as it was labelled, traversing Kabba-Aiyetoro Gbedde-Mopa-Isanlu-Egbe communities in Kogi State must have observed frenetic construction activities at the Egbe section of the road abutting Kwara State. I’m told vehicular movement is infrequent these days because of the decrepit condition of the road, its attendant loneliness and its susceptibility to the murderous rascality of criminals. Travellers to parts of Kwara, Oyo and Osun, from parts of the North notably Nasarawa, Benue, Kogi and the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) these days, prefer the Kabba-Omuo Ekiti road which is marginally less degenerate. Okun-Yoruba…
By Umar Nura BEFORE we proceed to dissect the and give our take on the controversial Samoa Agreement, we will like to categorically state that the Concerned Northern Elite Forum is a non-political, non-commercial and non-partisan body. Our interest is the north and Nigeria as a whole, and we will continue to fight and push away any action or journey that will bring the north and Nigeria to disrepute in the interest of the general public. Having said that, on June 28, 2024, Nigeria signed the Samoa Agreement at the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) Secretariat in…
The Supreme Court is set to deliver judgment on the all important suit seeking full autonomy for the 774 local governments in the country on Thursday, July 11. The notices have being have been dispatched to all the lawyers in the suit. recall that the Federal Government instituted the suit against all the 36 states of the federation. In the suit filed by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, the Federal Government is also asking for an order preventing the governors from arbitrarily dissolving democratically elected councils. The Federal Government also requested the apex court to authorise the direct…
By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. PROF. Salisu Ogbo Usman, Rector of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, has assured that the management of the institution will continue to change and invent new strategies in maintaining peace and meaningful development. The Rector disclosed this in a chat with members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kogi State Council who paid him a courtesy call at his office in Lokoja. He said that the primary responsibility of every leader remains Security, welfare and advancement of his organisation adding that through different strategies, cultism and Examination Malpractices had been decapitated and…
***Solicits NUJ Partnership By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. Local Organising Committee for Oladele John Nihi Annual Symposium has solicited partnership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Kogi State Council, in Organising the 2024 edition of the symposium. Mr Samuel Kadiri, Chairman of the LOC, made the call when members of the Committee paid a courtesy call on the NUJ Council Chairman, Alhaji Seidu Ademu Haruna and his executive members at the NUJ Secretariat in Lokoja. Kadiri said that the symposium which is being planned under the auspices of Oladele John Nihi (OJN) Foundation, would dwell on matters relating to Governance,…