electoral act amendment bill

The Digest: The House of Representatives has issued an official apology to protesters who were exposed to teargas during a demonstration at the National Assembly complex earlier this week. House spokesperson Akin Rotimi, speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, described the...

The Digest: President Bola Tinubu has signed the Electoral Act 2026 into law, sparking fierce condemnation from opposition parties and civil society organisations who describe it as a "dark day for democracy" and "legalisation of rigging." The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alleged the ruling...

The Digest: President Bola Tinubu has signed the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill 2026 into law, following its passage by the National Assembly on Tuesday after months of debate and amendments. The new Electoral Act governs the conduct of elections in Nigeria, including the...

The Digest: The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) leveraged its dominance in both chambers of the National Assembly to pass the revised Electoral Act Amendment Bill, retaining the manual backup clause for election results transmission. In the Senate, 55 lawmakers—mostly APC—voted to...

The Digest: The identities of 15 senators who voted against retaining the manual backup clause in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, insisting on mandatory real-time electronic transmission of results, have emerged. During Tuesday's tense plenary, 55 senators voted in favour of keeping the...

The Digest: The House of Representatives has rescinded its earlier decision on Clause 60(3) of the Electoral Act Amendment bill, adopting the Senate's version allowing both electronic and manual transmission of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: Proceedings in the House of Representatives turned chaotic on Tuesday as lawmakers clashed over a motion seeking to rescind the passage of the Electoral Act Amendment bill. Francis Waive, chairman of the rules and business committee, moved the motion to reverse the December 23...

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: Former presidential aide Reno Omokri has criticised Peter Obi and other advocates demanding real-time electronic transmission of election results by INEC. In a video circulating on social media, Omokri argued that Obi's "owned bank" failed to guarantee real-time money transfers to...

The Digest: Prominent Arise TV journalist Rufai Oseni has sharply criticized the Senate's revised Electoral Act amendment, which permits electronic transmission of results but includes a manual fallback clause. According to Oseni's social media commentary, the provision is an "insult" and a...

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 Rivers Governor and Minister Rotimi Amaechi has joined the ongoing protest at the National Assembly demanding real-time electronic transmission of election results. The ADC chieftain, participating on the protest's second day, called on all opposition parties to unite...

The Digest: Former Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said he would have joined the protest led by Peter Obi demanding real-time electronic transmission of election results, citing a trip abroad as the reason for his absence. El-Rufai stated that real-time transmission is essential to stop...

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...