The Supreme Court of Nigeria has ordered the 36 state governors to file their respective defence to a suit instituted against them by the Federal Government. The Federal Government is seeking for full autonomy for the 774 local government councils. The court also ordered the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Prince Lateef Fagbemi to file his reply within two …

The proposal by the Federal Government to grant full autonomy to the local governments in Nigeria is a welcome development and long overdue. I commend the Federal Government whose Attorney General of the Federation,  Lateef Fagbemi SAN has approached the Supreme Court to pursue this landmark initiative. There is no doubt that our democratic journey has been slow due to …

Lagos State should have been left out of the legal action instituted by the Federal Government against all state governors at the Supreme Court over alleged misconduct in the administration of Local Governments, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Sunday. To Sanwo-Olu,  it was a legal anomaly for the Federal Government to join Lagos in the Supreme Court matter, decades after …