•National Assembly Complex, Abuja Senator Orji Uzor Kalu says the National Assembly committee on harmonisation of the Electoral Act will meet today and finalise its decision on the bill. Orji, an ex-governor of Abia State, said this today on Channels Television. “Regarding the feedback from Nigerians about the Electoral Act amendment, I can te...
•House of Representatives The meeting of the Conference Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on the Electoral Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2026, was suddenly shifted to late night yesterday, following the failure of members of the House of Representatives in the committee to formally sit and brainstorm to reach any concl...
•National Assembly Complex, Abuja In the corridors of power at the National Assembly, what should have been a routine harmonisation of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill has transformed into a defining moment in Nigeria’s democratic journey. Nigeria’s fragile democratic confidence is once again under strain following the Senate’s passage of amen...
•Senate Spokesman Yemi Adaramodu and BVAS-IREC The Senate has defended the amendments to the Electoral Act, saying the lawmakers painstakingly worked for the best interest of Nigerians. “Anyone who loves Nigeria will know that what we have done today is the best for Nigeria,” the spokesman of the Senate, Yemi Adaramodu, said on Channels Televi...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has amended the Electoral Act to permit the electronic transmission of election results, leaving safeguards to address potential technical challenges. Recall that The Frontier had earlier exclusively reported that during its plenary today, the Senate adopted both electronic and manual modes of transmission of elect...
•Senate and Nigerian workers Nigerian workers, under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), have threatened mass action or total boycott of elections if the amendment of the Electoral Act 2022 does not mandate real-time electronic transmission and collation of election results. The NLC, in a statement yesterday by its president, Joe A...
•Nigerian Senate Hallowmace Foundation Africa, a foremost organisation dedicated to the advancement of democracy, good governance and accountable legislation across the continent, has risen in strong condemnation of the retrogressive provisions passed by the Nigerian Senate in the Electoral Act 2022 (Repeal and Reenactment) Amendment Bill 2026...
•Executive Director of PLAC, Clement Nwankwo The Executive Director of the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), Clement Nwankwo, has urged Nigerian lawmakers to respect citizens’ views in the ongoing review of the Electoral Act, warning that legislators must not “act as overlords”. Nwankwo, in an interview on Channels Television last nigh...
•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...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate will today resume deliberation on the controversial Electoral Act amendment bill, amid mounting public outrage and pressure over delays that critics say could jeopardise the credibility of the 2027 general elections. It was gathered that the upper chamber plans to conclude work on the bill and transmit it this week,...
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