The Osun State House of Assembly will amend the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission and Local Government Creation and Administration law. The process of amending the law followed the recent judgment by the Supreme Court granting financial autonomy to the 774 local governments in Nigeria. Adewale Egbedun, Speaker of the Assembly disclosed this during plenary on Tuesday and said the bills are slated for amendments including the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (Amendment No 1)...

The onslaught by insurgents in communities in Borno state for several years resulted in devastation, peace has returned to some areas which allowed 11 communities to return to their ancestral homes. Gwoza, Pulka, Limankara, Warabe, Ngoshe, Kirawa, Izge and Bitta, Hambagtha, Modube and Yamtake are the communities. The Senator representing Borno South in the National Assembly, Sen. Mohammed Ali Ndume disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, saying the state government resettled the communities....

Police have arrested four officials from the West African Examination Council (WAEC) on Tuesday after a heated argument at the Green Chamber of the National Assembly. This action was taken on the orders of the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Examination Bodies. The officials who appeared before the panel to account for their expenditure were, Amos Dangut, Head of the National Office of WAEC Nigeria, representing the Registrar; Angus Okeleze, Senior Deputy Registrar; Victor...

The Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has reaffirmed commitment to encourage and empower the Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (KOSIEC) to organise a free, fair and credible local council election. Ododo stated this on Tuesday at the Kogi All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders meeting, stressing that the upcoming Local Government Poll will offer another opportunity to gauge public acceptance of the party. He said, “It’s with great honor that I welcome you to this...

The non-prompt payment of counterpart funding has been identified as a major challenge bedeviling Primary Health Care, PHC in Taraba state. The Executive Secretary of Taraba State Primary Health Care Development Agency, TSPHCDA, Dr. Tukura Nuhu Nyigwa stated this during a one-day retreat with state and local government policymakers on PHC performance and the sustainability of the PHC memorandum of understanding implementation. Nyigwa explained that PHCs in the state, are struggling due to the non-payment...