•Nigerian Senate The Nigerian Senate today reprimanded heads of federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies for persistent late arrival at budget defence sessions, warning that the upper chamber would no longer tolerate what it described as a growing culture of disrespect for parliamentary oversight. The rebuke came during the 2026 budget def...
•Princess Adejoh A former Kogi State Governorship Aspirant and Women’s leader, Princess Grace Iye Adejoh, has condemned the Senate for formally passing the Electoral Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2026, into law, retaining a provision that allows electronic transmission of election results but discarding the mandatory real-time transmissi...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has strongly condemned the killing of 56 Nigerians and the abduction of women and children in Konkoso Village, Niger State, describing the attack as brutal and unacceptable. The incident occurred on February 14, 2026, when terrorists and bandits attacked communities in Borgu Local Government Area, killing residents,...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives today rescinded its earlier decision on Clause 60 (3) adopting the version passed by the Senate which allowed both electronic and manual transmission of results. The approval came amidst protest from opposition lawmakers who staged a walk from chambers, chanting “APC, ole”! APC, ole!, repo...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has today passed the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill 2026. Before the passage, there was a rowdy session as the upper chamber resumed proceedings with a demand for division over Clause 60 raised by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (ADC/Abia South), reports Channels TV. The Senate President, Godswill Akpa...
•Senators Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan and Titus Zam The lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, was today involved in another confrontation at the National Assembly, this time at the office of Senator representing Benue North-West, Titus Zam, Chairman of the Senate Committee on the North Central Development Commission. ...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has threatened to withhold approval of the 2026 budget proposal for the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation over poor release of funds to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and the non-payment of contractors. The warning was issued today by the Senate Committee on Finance during a budget defe...
•Nigerian Senate The decision of the Senate on the amended Clause 60(3) permitting both electronic and manual transmission of results has raised fresh questions. The Senate yesterday rescinded its earlier decision rejecting electronic transmission of election results from polling units to the Independent National Electoral Commission Results V...
•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...
•Nigerian Senate Following the reconvening of plenary today to review its earlier stand concerning transfer of election results from polling booths which has generated uproar from the public, the Senate has gone ahead to adopt both manual and electronic modes of transmission of election results. The Frontier reports that this was hinted by a s...
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