Tag: LG
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Lagos council polls: PDP won’t win a single ward – Tinubu
…says APC will clear all 57 LGs Lagosians happy with ‘Ambode’s impressive performance’ The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would not record any win in the forthcoming council polls in Lagos State. Tinubu, a former governor of the state,…
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Drama as Ajimobi lists brother, ex-gov’s son among 57 LG caretaker chairmen
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has listed his younger brother, Mr. Teslim Ajimobi, son of ex-governor of the state, Chief Adebayo Alao Akala, Mr. Olamijuwonlo Akala among the 57 nominees sent to the state Assembly for confirmation as caretaker committee chairmen in state. The list of the 57 nominees was read at the plenary…
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PDP clears 13 seats declared in Taraba LG elections
The Taraba State Independent Electoral Commission has declared candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP winners of the 13 local government chairmanship seats so far collated and announced. Dr Philip Duwe, the Chairman of the commission, announced the results of the Feb. 25 council polls in Jalingo on Sunday. Duwe declared Alhaji Mohammed Umar…
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Ebonyi SIEC fixes April 22 for LG election
The Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC) says it will conduct Local Government elections on April.22. Chief Jossy Eze, Chairman of the commission, disclosed this on Friday when he released the timetable and other guidelines for the elections to stakeholders in the elections. According to him, the election notice is pursuant to the provisions of…
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FG, States, LGs share N400bn revenue in January
The Federal, State and Local Governments on Friday shared N400 billion revenue among themselves for the month of January. The shared amount is N13.1 billion more than what they shared as revenue in December. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, at the monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC meeting said the N400 billion…
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Court nullifies appointment of Al-Makura’s LG caretaker committees, orders fresh election
The High Court sitting in Keffi, Nasarawa State has nullified the appointment of Interim Management Committees (IMCs) in 11 local government councils of the State. The court also ordered the state government to conduct elections of chairmen and councilors within 140 days from the when the judgement was pronounced. In his ruling, the presiding judge,…
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LOOKING AHEAD: Smartphones to launch 2017
2017 is upon us, bringing with it a flurry of new top-end smartphones to get excited about. The tenth anniversary of the original iPhone means Apple may have something special in store for us this year, while Samsung will probably come out all guns blazing in order to soundly recover from the Galaxy Note 7…