A non-governmental organisation, Journalists Against Corruption (JAC) has commended the judiciary for upholding the rule of law and saving our democracy from those it described as “desperate political predators”. JAC spoke against the backdrop of last Friday’s decision of the Supreme Court that dismissed the suit filed by 19 states governments, led by Kogi State, challenging the constitutionality of the …

The Federal Government has filed a suit at the Supreme Court against governors of the 36 states. In the suit, the Federal Government is seeking full autonomy for the country’s 774 local governments. It is also asking for an order preventing the governors from arbitrarily dissolving democratically elected councils. It is commonplace for governors to sack elected councils and impose …

If you ask many Nigerians the name of their local government chairman, they will most likely not know. I, for one, do not know mine. Maybe you can say it is because I do not reside at home (Owo in Ondo State) but live and work far away from home (in Lagos State). Even at that, I do not know …