LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) declared on Tuesday that it would soon sanction governors and elected public officers on its platform who are supporting the 2027 re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Akwa Ibom State governor, Umo Eno, his Delta State colleague who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sheriff…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWRNAGERS) The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Nigeria’s 36 governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nyesom Wike, to immediately account for and return the local government funds which they have collected over the years in seven days or face legal action. SERAP’s call is…
By Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-As we feel the rush of the Supreme court declaration of Local Government financial autonomy, I must say it is not yet uhuru as there are lot of work to be done to enable our local governments optimally perform for the benefit of our people at the…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-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…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on President Bola Tinubu-led federal government and state governors to learn from Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, how to support Small and Medium Enterprises. Peter Obi said too much tax on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria was also responsible…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Organised Labour, including the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, has rejected the proposal of the Southern Governors’ Forum to decentralise minimum wage negotiations to state governments. The NLC condemned the proposal as “unfriendly and anti-worker”, noting that allowing states to determine their minimum wages would be detrimental to workers’…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reopened fraud cases against thirteen former governors and some former ministers, with the amounts involved running into over N853.8bn. According to Sunday PUNCH, the amount at stake in the high-profile cases involving the former governors and ex-ministers was not less than N772.2bn, with the…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a move to cut cost of governance at the centre, President Bola Tinubu has directed that all official entourage to state and international events be drastically slashed by 60 percent. He has also directed that for every local trip of government, security details will henceforth be drafted from the host state….