Category: Politics

Say they’ll act on Buhari’s letter in January, to consult Reps, constituents on next line of action PDP Reps caucus asks Buhari to resign, says Nigeria seized by hostage takers, bandits, terrorists APC scuttled electoral act amendment for fear of 2023 –PDP We can have a new bill in one month — Saraki CSOs accuse […]

Forced into closed-door session twice to resolve issues today before passing 2022 budget Gbaja shuts down motions to allow Reps debate President’s letter, says Bill must survive Fintiri berates Buhari, over non-signing of Electoral Bill Ortom lauds Buhari says his decision best for country Inclusion of direct primaries in bill deliberate to cause disaffection – […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will continue to deepen the use of technology in the conduct of elections, especially the electronic transmission of polls results and the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who said this yesterday in Abuja, explained that the uploading of Polling Unit results […]

Urge National Assembly to override President The Leadership of the Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has flayed the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to refuse signing the Amended Electoral Bill into Law. “If Mr President feels Nigeria is not safe for direct primaries, we wish to further buttress our call for him to resign […]

The national leadership of the People’s Democratic Party has assured members that it will not impose its position on the 17 aspirants in the run-up for the 2022 governorship elections. This is as the aspirants met with stakeholders at a two-day reconciliation meeting to reach a truce concerning the 2022 governorship elections. The meeting convened […]

Senators have vowed to override the veto of President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Act amendment bill. This is just as Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, moves to prevent the embarrassment of the President. But the Nigeria Governors’ Forum supported Buhari for not assenting to the bill, saying his reasons were cogent. The President had withheld […]

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan; and Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the opening of plenary on Tuesday, read the communication from President Muhammadu Buhari on his rejection of the Electoral Act 2010 (Amendment) Bill. The letter, dated December 13, 2021, which was received by the House on December 21, 2021, was […]

Nigeria’s ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC, has berated the opposing People’s Democratic Party, for “politicking” with the rising cases of banditry in the North; calling it “callous and insensitive to victims and troops”. This is as it said the activities of bandits, insurgents and other criminal rings had their roots in PDP’s “shabby handling” […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again expressed its preference for the deployment of technology in managing Nigeria’s complex electoral process, saying it is better than the best manual process. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu who disclosed this Tuesday in Abuja during a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners RECs said with its Automatic Biometric […]

The Senate on Tuesday went into a closed session to take a position on President Muhammdu Buhari refusal to assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill. Senate President Ahmad Lawan arrived the Chambers, took the opening prayers at 10.42am and announced that the upper chamber would go into a closed session. Buhari had rejected the […]