Supreme Court Nigeria

FORMER DG GOVERNORS FORUM, OSARO ONAIWU, CONGRATULATES BAYELSA AND KOGI GOVERNORS ON SUPREME COURT VICTORY

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Earl Osaro Onaiwu, former Director-General of the Governors Forum, has extended his warm congratulations to His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri of Bayelsa State and His Excellency, Alhaji Usman Ododo of Kogi State on their victory at the Supreme Court. Onaiwu commended the Governors for their perseverance and dedication to serving their states, and urged them…

SUPREME COURT RULING ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY: A CONSOLIDATION OF NIGERIAN UNITARY FEDERALISM

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By Law Mefor Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN, the nation’s attorney general, became born again after having previously supported the Nigerian governors in their quest to deny local governments (LGs) financial autonomy. Insofar as the brief is good, lawyers, you know, can represent anybody, even terrorists, bandits, rapists, and killers. By the way, local government autonomy…