•A ballot box The Senate has passed amendments to the Electoral Act aimed at accelerating the resolution of pre-election disputes and curbing the practice of forum shopping in electoral matters. The proposed amendments seek to ensure that pre-election cases are filed only in courts with proper jurisdiction, preventing litigants from seeking fa...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has commenced an emergency plenary session on the contentious amendments to the Electoral Act, as protests erupted around the National Assembly over the removal of the clause mandating real-time electronic transmission of election results. The extraordinary sitting comes less than a week after the passage of the Ele...
•Atiku Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the Senate of deliberately frustrating efforts to amend the Electoral Act 2022, warning that continued delays could undermine the credibility of the 2027 general elections. In a statement shared on his X (formerly Twitter) today, Atiku described loopholes in the current Electoral Act as a...
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