President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has described the landmark ruling of the Supreme Court, essentially granting Local Government Councils autonomy from the state governments, as affirming the spirit, intent and purpose of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of...
In a stunning ruling, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, has declared as unconstitutional, the tradition of governors in dissolving local government councils and appointing caretaker committees. The court made the ruling while delivering judgement on the so-called “Local Government...
The supreme court of the federal republic of Nigeria has reserved judgement on the suit filed by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, on behalf of the federal government seeking to extricate local governments from the...
Members of the legal team of the detained leader of the indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, have submitted what they call a full list of judgements in the matter to the office of the attorney general of...
The attorney general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has called for the scrapping of state electoral commissions. The AGF stated this on Monday at a national dialogue organised by the house of representatives.
He argued...
