The Federal Government of Nigeria has inaugurated a high-powered committee to enforce the Supreme Court’s judgment granting financial autonomy to Local Governments. The 10-man Inter-Ministerial Committee, chaired by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, was inaugurated on Tuesday to ensure Local Governments are granted full autonomy, allowing them to function effectively without control from State Governments. The committee’s mandate is to implement the Supreme Court’s 11 July 2024 judgment, which recognised...

Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied any presidential ambition in 2027. The former Kano State Governor had on Sunday restated his loyalty to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu amid posters currently circulating on social media that claimed he would contest the presidency in 2027, and urged the general public to disregard the posters. A press statement signed by Mr. Edwin Olofu, the Chief Press Secretary to the APC National...

President Bola Tinubu has directed a reduction in the size of Nigeria’s official delegation to the upcoming United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, meetings in New York, United States. Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to the President, disclosed this during a one-day retreat organised by the State House management for heads of government agencies under its supervision in Abuja. He explained that the decision was part of the administration’s commitment to ensure prudent management of resources...