•National Assembly Complex, Abuja The National Assembly has postponed resumption of plenary sessions scheduled earlier for today, Tuesday, February 24, 2026, to March 5, 2026. In a notice issued to Senators and members of the House of Representatives, Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, urged members of both the Senate and the Hou...
•Itodo and the Senate The Executive Director of Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo, has faulted the assent to the amended electoral bill, saying that it contains provisions that are at variance with the aspirations of Nigerians. “I think that Nigerians need to know that, yes, whilst there might be progressive provisions in the 2026 Act, the […]...
•JOHESU on protest The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has issued a strongly worded warning to the National Assembly, urging lawmakers to halt proposed amendments to key health sector laws. JOHESU contended that the proposed law, if enacted, would create what it described as an “apartheid-like” regulatory structure, placing medical practit...
•National Assembly Complex, Abuja A coalition of different women groups today staged a peaceful rally at the main entrance of the National Assembly, calling for the passage of the Women Reserved Seats Bill. The Reserved Seats for Women Bill is one of the 44 prioritised constitution alteration bills awaiting final voting by the National Assembl...
•Protesters at NASS Protesters today returned to the National Assembly, calling on lawmakers to make real-time electronic transmission of election results compulsory in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2026. The demonstrators, drawn from civil society groups including Situation Room Nigeria and ActionAid Nigeria, insisted that manual collatio...
•National Assembly Complex, Abuja The National Assembly announced yesterday that it would reconvene its plenary session tomorrow, Tuesday, February 17, 2026, cutting short its recess amid indications that lawmakers may review the date set for the 2027 presidential election. Findings by our correspondent showed that the National Assembly may sh...
•National Assembly Complex, Abuja Members of the Joint National Assembly Conference Committee constituted to reconcile differences in the Electoral Amendment Bill passed separately by the Senate and the House of Representatives are expected to meet on Monday as lawmakers move to transmit a harmonised version to President Bola Tinubu for assent...
•Omoyele Sowore and Nigerian Senate Human rights activist and politician, Omoyele Sowore, has claimed that 90 per cent of federal lawmakers and other elected officials would not be elected if elections in Nigeria were conducted transparently. Sowore made the remark while reacting to the controversy trailing the amendments to the Electoral Act,...
•Falana, Utomi and Ezekwesili A national coalition of civic groups and citizens, The Movement for Credible Elections, MCE, has formally called on the leadership of the National Assembly to prioritise far reaching and non-negotiable reforms in the ongoing harmonisation of electoral reform bills ahead of the 2027 elections. MCE made the call yes...
•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...
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