NFIU Limits LGs Daily Cash Withdrawal To N.5m, Effective From June The Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has vowed sanctions for any commercial bank which allowed transactions from any local government account without monies first reaching the LG account. In addition, the agency said no cash...

Local Government Autonomy And The Abuse Of Representative Democracy In Nigeria By Lauratu Umar Abdulsalam.     In a democracy, it is common knowledge that power belongs to the people and not just the people in power. The implication of this is that the citizenry, through their elected...

FG, States, LGs Share N532.7 Billion In October The Federal, States and Local Government in October 2017 shared N532.7 billion which shows a decline of N25.3 billion when compared to what they shared in September. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, stated this in...

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has revealed that fraud discovered in the local governments' salary vouchers had put on hold the inauguration of the elected officials about two months after they were elected. The governor who made the revelation during a Media Chat held...