The court specified that money would only be released to local governments with democratically elected executive members. “As from the commencement of this Law, the Lagos State Independent ...

The Supreme Court verdict granting financial autonomy to local governments has put the status of the LCDAs created in some states under threat This is as governors would no longer have access to ...

“We are not scrapping the LDCAs. Rather, what we are trying to do is to look at the recent Supreme Court judgement in terms of Lagos and local governments’ joint account and fashion out a way ...

In a recent post on its blog, titled, “How Property Taxes Can Help Low-Income Countries to Develop,” the IMF suggested that ...

Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday agreed to conduct another public hearing on a bill that seeks to review the Local Government Administration law of the state. The House invited the Attorney ...

Indeed, Art X Lagos proudly dons the diadem as West Africa’s leading international art fair and stands unrivalled like a monolith at the centre of the local art world, its influence sending ripp ...

The Lagos State House of Assembly is set to replace the existing 37 Local Council Development Areas in the state with Area ...

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, clarified on Monday the controversy surrounding the fate of local council development areas in the state. PUNCH reports last ...

T o fly from the south to the north of Nigeria takes only a couple of hours. Yet in one way, it is like going back in time.

“We are not scrapping the LDCAs, rather, what we are trying to do is to look at the recent Supreme Court judgement in terms of Lagos and local governments’ joint account and fashion out a way ...

has cautioned the Lagos State House of Assembly against depriving the local government council of access to its revenues. The group, in a letter addressed to the Speaker of the House, Mudashiru ...

“As from the commencement of this Law, the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) shall conduct elections into the twenty (20) Local Government Councils in the state as recognised ...