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LG Autonomy Crisis Deepens as Court Rebukes FG, Rekindling National Tension

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The long-running controversy over local government autonomy has resurfaced sharply, as the Supreme Court, once again, expressed displeasure with the Federal Government's failure to implement its landmark July 2024 judgment mandating direct allocation of federal funds to local governments.

- BY MARY AFOLABI

LG Autonomy Crisis Deepens as Court Rebukes FG, Rekindling National Tension

Tudun Biri village came alive today as the Vice President, H.E. Senator Kashim Shettima, GCON, Governor of Jigawa State, H.E. Malam Umar Namadi, Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, DG NEMA Zubaida Umar and other top government officials at the groundbreaking ceremony of Resettlement Scheme for Persons Impacted by Conflicts. US delegation arrives Nigeria, meets Ribadu on strategic security partnership

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