electoral act

The Electoral Act 2026, signed into law by President Bola Tinubu on February 18, introduces sweeping reforms to Nigeria's electoral process. Here are the most important provisions: No More Delegate Voting in Primaries: Section 84(2) abolishes the delegate system, requiring parties to nominate...

The Digest: The House of Representatives has rescinded its earlier decision on Clause 60(3) of the Electoral Act Amendment bill, adopting the Senate's version allowing both electronic and manual transmission of election results. The approval came amidst protests from opposition lawmakers who...

The Digest: Some members of the House of Representatives walked out of plenary on Tuesday in protest against the move to rescind the passage of the Electoral Act Amendment bill, with a lawmaker alleging financial inducement by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to compromise on the...

The Digest: Protesters have returned to the National Assembly in Abuja, demanding mandatory real-time electronic transmission of election results in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2026. Civil society groups including Situation Room and Action Aid led the demonstration, insisting on complete...

The Digest: The Senate has defended its decision to make electronic transmission of election results discretionary rather than mandatory, citing empirical data on Nigeria's communication and power infrastructure. Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele clarified in a statement that Clause 60(3) of the...

The Digest: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declined to comment on the controversy surrounding the Senate's Electoral Act amendment, particularly the clause on real-time electronic transmission of election results. Adedayo Oketola, chief press secretary to INEC...

The Digest: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the Senate's insertion of a manual transmission fallback clause in the Electoral Act amendment, describing it as an "escape clause" that threatens the credibility of the 2027 general elections. In a statement by National Publicity...

The Digest: The Senate has reversed its earlier stance and amended the Electoral Act to allow for the electronic transmission of election results, with the critical caveat that manual collation using Form EC8A serves as the primary backup in the event of network failure. The amendment, passed...

The Digest: The Senate has appointed a 12-member committee to work with the House of Representatives on harmonising the contentious Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced the committee during an emergency plenary session, with members including Senators Orji...

The Digest: The Senate has convened an emergency plenary session to address the contentious amendments to the Electoral Act, presided over by Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The session occurs as the "#OccupyNASS" protest continues outside the National Assembly complex, with demonstrators...

The Digest: Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has declared that Nigerians will no longer tolerate technical failures in elections, demanding that the National Assembly pass an amendment for real-time transmission of results. Leading a protest at the National Assembly, Obi referenced the...

The Digest: Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has led protesters to the National Assembly in Abuja to demand the approval of real-time electronic transmission of election results in the Electoral Amendment Bill. Obi was joined by supporters, including activist Aisha Yesufu, at the...

The Digest: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened mass action or an election boycott if the Senate fails to mandate real-time electronic transmission of election results in its amended Electoral Act. This comes as the Senate announced an emergency plenary on Tuesday to address the...

The Digest: Senate President Godswill Akpabio has publicly defended the Senate's decision to delete the provision for "real-time" electronic transmission of election results from the 2026 Electoral Bill. Speaking in Abuja, Akpabio stated the removal was deliberate, arguing that mandatory...

The Digest: The Nigerian Senate has rejected a proposed amendment to the Electoral Amendment Bill that would have made the electronic transmission of election results compulsory. The clause would have required presiding officers to transmit results electronically and in real-time from polling...

The Digest: Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has called on the Nigerian Senate to urgently prioritize amendments to the Electoral Act 2022, warning that its current pace threatens the integrity of the 2027 general elections. In a public statement, Atiku asserted that loopholes in the...

The Digest: The House of Representatives has passed the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025, introducing stringent penalties for electoral offences ahead of the 2027 general elections. Under the new provisions, anyone convicted of forging nomination papers or election result forms, or...

The Digest: Nigeria's House of Representatives has approved significant increases to the legal campaign spending limits for all elective offices. The amendments to the Electoral Act 2022, passed during Thursday's plenary, will raise the financial ceiling for elections ahead of the 2027 polls...

The Digest: The House of Representatives has passed a crucial amendment to the Electoral Act, making the real-time electronic transmission of election results mandatory. The new clause requires presiding officers to electronically transmit signed results directly to INEC's IReV portal from the...

The Digest: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has openly criticized incumbent politicians for exploiting their positions to launch early campaigns for the 2027 elections, acknowledging its inability to enforce sanctions under the current Electoral Act. The commission is now...