Senator Shehu Sani on Tuesday alluded to sabotage by governors against the signing of the Election Act Amendment Bill, which has been passed multiple times by...
Senator Shehu Sani has called on Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and all Nigerians to protest against the continued delay of the signing of the Electoral Amendment...
Special Adviser to the President, Femi Adesina has revealed that the the president, Muhammadu Buhari would sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill anytime soon. He stated...
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, said on Saturday President Mohammed Buhari was reluctant to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill because of fears the...
The National Assembly on Monday forwarded the Electoral Act Amendment Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that the timeline for the upcoming 2023 elections will be released only after the passage of the Electoral...
The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, on Tuesday expressed optimism that President Muhammadu Buhari would sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill before the end of the week....
A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru, Jega, on Sunday warned on the danger of making direct primary compulsory for political...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday gave conditions for signing of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The President had late last year withheld assent to the contentious...
The Presidency said on Tuesday President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to withhold his assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill was in the best interest of the...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Sunday, explained why President Muhammadu Buhari did not sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill....
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to amendments within the Electoral Bill for the betterment of the country’s democracy....
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you 1. I’m unaware of move to override Buhari on electoral bill – Gbajabiamila The Speaker of...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Friday dismissed reports that members of the National Assembly have started collecting signatures to override President...
The former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday suggested two courses of action to the National Assembly following the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign...
The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated Governor Nyesom Wike over what it said was his dishonesty and politicisation of the Electoral...
Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami, says it is the prerogative of President Muhammadu Buhari to either accent to the Electoral...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, claimed on Wednesday some “powerful governors and politicians” are behind the reluctance of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the...
During the week, Special Adviser to President Buhari, Femi Adesina, dropped a strong hint that his principal may not give his assent to the Electoral Amendment...
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...
A coalition of civil society groups on Thursday, expressed disappointment with the National Assembly for failing to meet the deadline set for the passage of the...
The House of Representatives has reassured that it will pass the Electoral Bill before the end of June. The spokesman for the House, Rep. Benjamin Kalu...
Following the violence and deaths that characterized the November 16 Bayelsa and Kogi States governorship elections, the calls for President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the 2018...
After a two-day meeting, 75 political parties on Monday passed a vote of confidence on the Yakubu Mahmood-led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a communique...
A member of House of Representatives, Mr Kinsley Chinda who led 71 other lawmakers to sponsor a bill to revert the county to parliamentary system says...
President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that a major reason for his declining assent to the electoral bill was to prevent technological tampering as as alleged to...
In spite of its numerical strength in the National Assembly, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is not underestimating the threats by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
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...
The Presidential candidate of KOWA Party, Sina Fagbenro-Byron has argued that the management of the 2019 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and...
With the National Assembly threatening to veto President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, the controversy seems to be growing. President Buhari insists that...
The leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission will, this week, hold a crucial meeting with the leaders of political parties towards the coming 2019 General...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation (PPCO) has asked the National Assembly to save Nigeria’s democracy by overriding President Muhammadu Buhari on the electoral...
President Muhammadu Buhari has given reasons why he declined assent to the electoral bill sent to him by the National Assembly. He gave his reason in...
With about two months to the 2019 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari has again refused to sign the Electoral Bill into law, and has returned it...
Senate President Bukola Saraki has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against heeding the advice of those he branded as anti-democratic elements who are putting pressure on him...
The Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr Mohammed Sani-Omolori has confirmed that the controversial Electoral (amendment) Bill has been transmitted to President Muhammadu Buhari. “Yes, the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to free and fair election as mere lip service, calling on federal lawmakers to override...
PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, of frustrating genuine efforts by the National Assembly to deepen democracy...
