CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CALL ON EFCC AND ICPC TO INVESTIGATE THE USE OF OVER N1.18 TRILLION LOCAL GOVERNMENT ALLOCATIONS FOR 2015/2016 Lagos, Thursday, June 16, 2016: Human Development Initiatives (HDI) and other Civil Societies that seek transparency, accountability and open governance, especially in public finance in Nigeria, are concerned about the[...] Read More →

PUNCH:  The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission is planning to announce  a result of a rerun election it had earlier cancelled. INEC had suspended the rerun election in Tai Local Government Area and seven other LGAs during the exercise that[...] Read More →

HDI team on Wednesday 3rd February, 2016 visited the Chairman, Lagos State Local Government Service Commission, Alhaji B.T. Rotinwa to discuss the challenges with local government transparency and accountability, public engagement in governance at the state and local levels. Also discussed were issues of administration of local government in the state;[...] Read More →

Human developement Initiatives (HDI) on 28th January 2016 held a meeting with Public Complaints Commission (PCC) in Lagos. This  meeting was one of the series of engagements with government institutions set to share information on how to address the challenges that affect members of the public; particularly in ensuring public participation[...] Read More →

The Eagle online-The President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, Malachy Agbo, has been appointed the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State. Agbo, alongside 16 others were appointed by the Enugu State Governor, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Thursday. Others appointed alongside Agbo[...] Read More →

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday, alleged that it has uncovered a plot by the government to arrest key members of the Party ahead of the local government elections slated for Saturday. The Party said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had already connived with the Police and[...] Read More →

A professor of public administration and local government, Rose Onah, has been named the chairperson of a caretaker committee of Nsukka Local Government Council of Enugu State. Read more…

THE GUARDIAN-The Ondo State House of Assembly on Tuesday extended the tenure of the Interim Caretaker Chairmen of the state’s 18 Local Government Councils, by six months. The decision of the House was sequel to a motion moved by the Chairman, Committee on Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon Afolabi Akinsiku , representing[...] Read More →

New Chairman of Etsako West Local Government Area in Edo, Mr Alassa Mohammed, was on Tuesday suspended few minutes after assuming office. Gov. Adams Oshiomhole swore in the chairman but immediately announced his suspension over what he described as Mohammed’s ‘’abominable’’ conduct against the former chairman of the council who[...] Read More →

THE TIDE-In the 1950s, Nigeria used to be a major producer and exporter of columbite, tin and coal, and these minerals then contributed a lot to the national economy. However, the nationalisation policy of the Federal Government in the 1970s and the discovery of crude oil provoked a dramatic decline in[...] Read More →