•One of the protesters Protesters today converged on the entrance of the National Assembly in Abuja for the “Occupy National Assembly” protest. The protest is against the backdrop of the Senate’s position on the electronic transmission of election results. There was a heavy security presence at the scene, with personnel drawn from the Nigeria ...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate will hold an emergency plenary session tomorrow, Tuesday, February 10, 2026. In a notice sent by the Clerk of the Senate, Emmanuel Odo, the lawmakers were directed to convene at the National Assembly complex on the instruction of Senate President Godswill Akpabio. “I am directed by His Excellency, the President of [...
•Lawyers Nigerian lawyers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), have urged the National Assembly to reconsider and approve a proposed amendment to the Electoral Amendment Bill that would mandate the electronic transmission of election results from polling units. The call followed the adoption of a report by NBA President Afam...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today panicked over public backlash from its insistence to retain electronic transmission of election results, in place of the proposed real time electronic transmission of election results. As a result it hurriedly deployed thirteen Senators to the Press Centre of the Senate in defense of the Senate President, Sena...
•Samson Itodo and the Nigerian Senate The Executive Director of Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo, claims the Senate rejected proposals for real-time transmission of election results because unpopular and corrupt politicians are scared of accountability. Yesterday, the Electoral Act 2022 (Repeal and Reenactment) Amendment Bill 2026 was passed through...
Outrage yesterday trailed Senate’s reversal of the real time upload of election results from polling units to the IReV portal and replacement with the provision in the 2022 Electoral Act which merely stipulated electronic or manual transfer. Earlier, the Committee on Electoral Matters had recommended that the presiding officer shall electro...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has passed the Electoral Act 2022 (Repeal and Reenactment) Amendment Bill 2026 through the third reading. It, however, rejected a proposed amendment to Clause 60, Subsection 3, of the bill, which sought to make the electronic transmission of election results mandatory. The rejected provision would have required pres...
•Overthrown Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló Guinea-Bissau’s electoral commission has said it cannot finalise results of the presidential election, as unknown gunmen broke into its office and stole vote tally sheets. According to the commission on Tuesday (today), the theft happened on the same day the military seized power, report...
•Atiku Abubakar Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned Saturday’s local government elections in Rivers State, describing the exercise as “an awful absurdity” and urging opposition parties to reject the outcome. The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) had earlier announced the results yesterday, declaring the All P...
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) today said it would issue a supplementary regulation to clarify the review process for election results under Section 65 of the Electoral Act 2022. The commission stated that its intervention became necessary due to growing concerns over conflicting interp...
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