06 Feb, 2026
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Why LG autonomy can’t work — Fayose

Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has expressed concern over Thursday’s Supreme Court judgment affirming local governments’ right to receive monthly allocations directly from the federation account. The chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party emphasised that despite the court judgment, state Houses of Assembly and the governors will always be a clog in the wheel […]

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States can’t pay minimum wage without increased allocation – Oyebanji

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, on Wednesday, said governors, under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, are not against approval of a living wage for Nigerian workers. Oyebanji said the NGF was only clamouring for fiscal federalism that would culminate in the ability and capability of individual states to pay. Organised labour […]

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Ekiti rejects TCN’s two-month power outage plan

The Ekiti State Government has rejected the planned power outage for two months—July and August. Benin Electricity Distribution Company, earlier in a circular, informed the public, especially its customers in Ekiti and neighbouring Ondo State, of this plan. However, Ekiti, opposing the move, stated that it amounts to an “unacceptable economic, financial, and social price […]