In one of his first official acts after taking the oath of office, the 32nd President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, has set up a Local Governments Monitoring Committee to Read More
There is a 90-day relief for ‘Seyi Makinde, Governor of Oyo State and his other colleagues as the Federal Government and state governors may have agreed to a three-month moratorium on Local Government autonomy, over Read More
In an unexpected twist of events, the spirit of Mariama Ba, the late Senegalese writer, has been summoned to Oyo State, where some residents on social media have been writing ‘So Long a Letter’ to Read More
“I have the green pen, I won’t sign any local government autonomy”, Governor Seyi Makinde, Feb. 2023 “Granting local government financial autonomy will engender massive corruption at the local level”, Speaker, ‘Debo Ogundoyin, May 2024 “The Read More
The purported joint statement of the 33 Local government chairmen in Oyo State is the highest form of slavery in modern society. Indeed, these 33 Local government chairmen (someone’s parents) are deeply-rooted in chains to the Read More
Not satisfied with the decision of the Supreme Court judgement on autonomy, ‘Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State, has asked local government chairmen in the state to break away from their umbrella body— Association of Read More
In his ‘prediction’ theory of law, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr espoused the nature of law as follows: ‘the prophecies of what the courts will do in fact, and nothing more pretentious, are what I mean Read More
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, declared that it is unconstitutional for state governors to hold onto funds meant for Local Government (LG) administrations, according to Channels TV. In its lead judgement read by Justice Emmanuel Read More
