Today, Saturday, 22nd January, marks 492 days to the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Given past trends, the run up to who will replace him...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has given a hint that the National Assembly would remove the contentious direct primary clause from the...
Federal lawmakers who had been angling for direct primaries for political parties in the country may have lost out as President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to...
The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of over 70 organizations has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021...
Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have slammed state governors who are opposing certain amendments in the Electoral Bill, especially the provision for direct primaries, saying the...
The Senate on Tuesday at plenary approved the report of the conference committee report on amendment bill of the Electoral Act. It also approved that all...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has pledged to partner with the National Assembly to ensure speedy passage of the Electoral Act amendment bill. Prof. Mahmood...
The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan has revealed when the Upper House will pass the Electoral Act Amendment Bill while also giving assurance on the repeal of...
Some senators and members of the House of Representatives on Friday said it was no longer feasible to start and complete the process of overriding President...
SENATORS and members of the House of Representatives have begun consultations with a view to overriding President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill....
The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Obiageli Ezekwesili, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the amended Electoral Act, promising stiff...
Ahmad Lawan, Majority Leader of the Senate and a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says President Muhammadu Buhari not signing the electoral act amendment...
The Nigerian Senate has for the fourth time passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The bill was passed after the joint report of the Senate and...
The Presidency on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari “will do the needful” on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill currently before him for assent. The Senior Special...
Foremost human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the new electoral act amendment bill into law. He said the bill...
Governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some All Progressives Congress (APC) governors have quietly thrown their weight behind the move by...
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Speaker of the House of Representative, Yakubu Dogara, have pledged a common response to President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of the...
The Senate on Thursday opposed an Abuja Federal High Court order stopping the National Assembly from taking any further action on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill,...
The Senate has expressed its readiness to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, which seeks to re-order the sequence of the...
