Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has explained that the new regime reviewed the election spending limit under Section 92(1-8) of the Electoral Act upward, raising the spending threshold for presidential…
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Occupy NASS protest begins over electoral act changes
News Update There is heavy security presence at the National Assembly in Abuja as protesters gather at the entrance of the complex, insisting on the inclusion of “real-time electronic transmission” in the…
NLC threatens nationwide action over electoral act changes
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned of possible nationwide protests and a boycott of future elections over what it described as confusion and contradictory positions by the Senate on amendments to…
Atiku Urges Youths to Pressure NASS for Electoral Act Amendment
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on Nigerian youths to pressurise the National Assembly to amend the electoral law to allow for electoral collation of election result. The 2023 Peoples…
Nigeria Decision: No electronic transmission of results in Electoral Act – Senate President speaks
VOICE AIR MEDIA NEWS UPDATE The Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan on Tuesday clarified that the Electoral Act 2022 did not provide for electronic transmission of election results as being demanded…
PDP suspends primaries indefinitely in Imo amid confusion on Electoral Act
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has suspended its primaries for the House of Assembly and House of Representatives indefinitely over unreconciled delegates list. The party’s Legal Adviser in the…
Senate finally amends Electoral Act to allow Statutory Delegates Vote
The Senate, on Tuesday, amended the Electoral Act 2022, to allow ‘statutory delegates’, all those elected to participate and vote in the conventions, congresses or meetings of political parties. This followed the…
2023: Comply With Electoral Act Or Be Barred From Elections – INEC Declares
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that political parties that fail to comply with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 will not be allowed to participate in the 2023…
Electoral Act: Nigerian Senate to appeal ruling that permits political appointees to contest primaries
The Senate has resolved to appeal the judgement of Federal High Court, Umuahia, nullifying section 84(12) of the Electoral Act. The resolution was reached after a debate at Wednesday’s plenary. The resolution…
[BREAKING] Electoral Act: House Reports Judge To NJC, Reveal Next Action Over Section 84(12)
The House of Representatives has decided to appeal the judgement of the Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, asking the Attorney General of the Federation to delete section 84(12) from the electoral…