The Supreme Court’s restoration of key provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 has opened a fresh legal front over the nominations of some Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and other opposition parties’ candidates ahead of the 2027 elections. With the apex court’s verdict other parties affected include the Social Democratic Party, SDP; Allied People...
•Olawepo Hashim and INEC chairman Prof Joash Amupitan Accord Party presidential candidate and Co-Chairman of the Movement for Democratic Renewal (MDR), Gbenga Hashim, has called for the disbandment and reconstitution of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), accusing it of disregarding a Court of Appeal judgment on provisions o...
Some months before the 2027 election campaigns, the early drumbeats of the presidential campaigns had begun to roll deftly in parts of the country, though in violation of the guidelines and provisions of the 2025 Electoral Act. While the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) timetable has set August 19 as the start of electioneeri...
•Kolawole Akinlayo A member of the House of Representatives, Kolawole Akinlayo, has challenged the outcome of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for Ekiti North Federal Constituency II, urging the party to uphold the provisions of the Electoral Act by disqualifying the declared winner over alleged constitutional ineligibility...
•National Assembly complex, Abuja The Movement for Credible Elections, MCE, made up of eminent personalities, has called on the National Assembly to review the 2026 electoral act, as a matter of urgency. MCE, in collaboration with June 12 Democracy Movement of Nigeria, made the call in a Communique issued today, at the end of a […]
•Gbenga Hashim A former presidential candidate, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ensure that political party primaries are conducted in September, in accordance with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2026. In an open letter to the President, Olawepo-Hashim warned against what he described as a push for earl...
•People protesting over the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2026 at the National Assembly, Abuja, in January More than a month after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the 2026 Electoral Act into law, political parties in Nigeria yesterday rejected the law, saying its provisions are a setback to Nigeria’s democratic progress. Chairman of the In...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives of Nigeria has amended the Electoral Act to criminalise dual membership of political parties. Under the new provision, individuals found guilty of belonging to more than one political party at the same time will face a fine of N10 million, a maximum prison term of two years, or […]...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, says the newly signed Electoral Act by President Bola Tinubu is not available to the public. “I haven’t seen it. That is the reality,” Makinde said today in Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State, during the Obafemi Awolowo Lecture 2026. The well-attended lecture titled “Politics as Future...
Leading opposition figures, including a former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, and the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, are currently gathered at Transcorp in Abuja to present their position on the Electoral Act. Also present are former Senate President David Mark, a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Buba G...
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