The Chairman of the Agboyi-Ketu Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, Dele Oshinowo, has obtained the 2024 General Certificate Examination (GCE) for 200 students in the LCDA. The council boss said he did that to boost the dwindling interest in education among young Nigerians and to support striving parents during the current economic challenges. Oshinowo, who spoke through …

A former deputy governor in Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, and the camp of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa traded words on Monday over last week’s court judgment scrapping 33 Local Council Development Areas created by the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu in September 2023. Ajayi, while addressing journalists at his residence in Akure on Monday, said Aiyedatiwa mishandled the issue as he should …

Senate yesterday accused state governors of misappropriating funds allocated to local government councils in Nigeria, saying that arm of government was dead in the country It also said the dream of achieving the objectives of the local government system has encountered harsh realities as successive governments have often eroded local autonomy, limiting their financial resources and control over decision-making. Consequently, …

The lawmaker representing Surulere Constituency at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Desmond Elliot, has said that the House will deliberate into allegations of misappropriation of funds levelled against the chairman of Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Area, Mr John Ogundare. A statement from the Assembly noted that some residents of Eti-Osa LCDA had debunked allegations of misappropriation of funds …

The Ondo State Government has proposed the creation of 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state. While briefing journalists after the weekly state executive council meeting held on Thursday, in Akure, the state capital, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mrs. Bamidele Ademola-Olateju said that the enabling law for the creation of the LCDAs had been sent to …