The Kwara state office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 16 local government chairmen for allegedly misappropriating a loan of N4 billion. Local Government chairmen are also being accused of diverting 10% of the monthly internally generated revenue for their personal use. A statement by Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC’s spokesperson, said the […]
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Governor Nyesom Wike recorded massive win against his main challenger, Biokpomabo Awara of the African Action Congress in his Obio-Akpor Local Government Area as indicated in the results of the March 9 governorship election collated on Wednesday. Governor Wike is from Rumuepricom community in Obio-Akpor local government area and was a two-time Executive Chairman of […]
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A total of N619.857 billion has been distributed as Federal Allocation for the month of February 2019 between the Federal, States and Local Government Councils. The communiqué issued by the Technical Sub -Committee of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) at the end of its monthly meeting in March 2019, indicated that the Gross statutory […]
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Former president Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called for the strengthening of the local government as the third tier of government in Nigeria, The elder-statesman said the current practice has continued to hamper real development at the grassroots. He said this on Monday while receiving members of the Friends of Democracy group at his residence […]
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Federal, states and local governments on Wednesday shared N741.84 billion as revenue generated in August, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The figure indicated a N27.04 billion increase when compared to the N714.84 that was shared in July. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, made this known in Abuja while briefing […]
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The Chairman of the all Progressives Congress (APC), in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, Mr. Henry Ashofor, has reportedly regained freedom from his abductors after spending three nights in captivity. He was released by his abductors on Tuesday evening after an undisclosed sum was paid. It would be recalled that his abductors had […]
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The All Progressives Congress, APC, has secured a landslide victory in the Imo Local Government elections as the party won all the 27 Chairmanship seats contested for in the state on Saturday. The APC also won 640 councillors seats out of the available 645. Ethelbert Ebebuchi, Chairman of the Imo State Independent Electoral Commission, ISIEC, […]
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has charged the 23 newly elected council chairmen to prudently utilise council funds to pay workers’ salaries and fight insecurity in their areas. Mr Wike gave the charge on Monday in Port Harcourt, the state capital while swearing in the chairmen who emerged victorious in the council poll conducted […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the 23 chairmanship positions in the Rivers council election. Chukwunenye Uriri, chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), announced the result of the poll on Sunday. Describing the exercise as free, fair and bereft of violence, he said voting commenced in all the units at about 8am […]
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Rivers State’s Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), on Saturday conducted local government elections in the state, an exercise the state governor, Nyesom Wike described as satisfactory. The governor spoke to journalists after participating in the exercise. His reaction came after election observers adjudged the voting process across the 23 local government areas as free and fair. […]
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