Prominent Nigerians, on Sunsaykicked against senate’s rejection of electronic transmission of results ahead of the 2027 general poll. A former…
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Akpabio Convenes Emergency Senate Sitting Over Electoral Act Amid Public Backlash
Following the backlash that trailed the recent amendment to the Electoral Act, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has summoned an emergency session…
Osigwe Warns Judiciary Seen As Marketplace Where Justice Goes To Highest Bidder, Urges Urgent Reforms
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, has raised concerns about the declining image of…
Dagogo-Jack: Nigeria’s Power Crisis Worsened After Abandoning 2010–2014 Reform Framework
Former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Power, Beks Dagogo-Jack, has blamed Nigeria’s persistent electricity crisis on the abandonment…
Amadi: Senate’s Electoral Act Proposal Risks Constitutional Crisis, Fuels Democratic Breakdown
Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Dr. Sam Amadi, has warned that the Senate’s attempt to…
Umeh : Dropping Real-Time Electronic Results Transmission Risks Another 2023-Style Electoral Crisis
Representing Anambra Central APGA, Senator Victor Umeh has warned that Nigeria risks undermining public confidence in its electoral process if…
SERAP Petitions CCB To Investigate Senate Over Electoral Act, Tax Law Alterations
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has petitioned the Code of Conduct Bureau to investigate members of the Senate and…
MOFI To Launch Inaugural Excellence Awards To Strengthen Governance In Public Enterprises
The Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) is set to announce the inaugural MOFI Excellence Awards, scheduled for the second quarter…
NSE Endorses Real-Time Election Results Transmission, Faults Senate’s Objections
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) at the weekend threw its weight behind real-time electronic transmission of election results, dismissing…
NDLEA Arrests Lagos Businessman At Kano Airport With 95 Cocaine Pellets
A Lagos-based businessman, Nwabueze Nicholas Izueke, 62, has been arrested at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) by operatives of…
