The Senate on Tuesday voted to retain a controversial provision in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill that allows for the manual transmission of election results in...
Drama unfolded in the House of Representatives on Tuesday as members of the Minority Caucus staged a walkout, chanting “APC ole,” after the green chamber adopted...
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has dismissed claims that he opposed the electronic transmission of election results, describing as misleading a viral video circulating on social media...
Former Minister of Education and public policy advocate, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, has strongly criticised the Senate’s amendment to Clause 60(3) of the Electoral Act, describing it...
A coalition of civil society organisations has voiced serious concerns over the Senate’s amended Clause 60(3) of the Electoral Act, warning that the new provisions could...
Former Abia State Governor and Senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has expressed strong support for the Senate’s decision approving the electronic transmission of election...
The National Assembly has amended the Electoral Act, introducing changes to Clause 60 to strengthen the process of election result transmission and collation during its emergency...
Senator Ireti Heebah Kingibe, representing the Federal Capital Territory and a member of the Senate Committee on Electoral Matters, has dismissed reports claiming that the Senate...
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe on Thursday said the Senate never approved the “transfer of results” in the Electoral Act but rather agreed on the electronic transmission of...
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has expressed her support for the real-time electronic transmission of election results, warning that opposition to or weakening of this process would be...
Former lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central Shehu Sani, has stressed that neither President Bola Ahmed Tinubu nor the Senate President Godswill Akpabio should be the primary...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised the 10th Senate, led by the All Progressives Congress (APC), over its decision to reject key provisions in the...
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed claims circulating on social media that the National Assembly deliberately delayed the amendment of the Electoral Act or rejected the...
The Nigerian Senate has rejected proposals seeking to make the electronic transmission of election results compulsory, opting instead to retain the provisions of the Electoral Act,...