…President reels out reasons for withholding assent By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has formerly received and read the letter conveying President Muhammadu Buhari’s reasons for withholding his assent to the Electoral amendment bill. This has confirmed media reports that the President had indeed rejected the bill. In the letter, the […]

House of Representatives may not bat an eyelid in overriding President Muhammadu Buhari on the yet-to-be assented electoral amended bill.

By Azu Ishiekwene LAST week, the country was engulfed in a mutiny across party lines. After members of the National Assembly surreptitiously inserted a provision in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill calling for direct party primaries, governors, who rarely agree on anything except money, cried foul. They loaded their guns and opened verbal fire on […]

The Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law, NBA- SPIDEL, Dr. Monday Ubani, has lambasted members of the National Assembly who voted to allow the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, play a key role in the transmission of election results in the just-amended electoral bill.

By Dapo Akinrefon A Trustee of Ọmọ Eko Pataki and former Communications Minister, Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju (retd), on Friday, lampooned lawmakers representing Lagos State in the National Assembly for backing the manual transmission of votes during elections describing them as selfish. Olanrewaju, in his reaction to the passage of the Independent National Electoral Bill, […]

Mr Benjamin Kalu, the Spokesman for the House of Representatives, has said that the electoral amendment bill would be laid on July 13 before the House goes on recess. He said this at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, saying the report would be laid before the National Assembly proceed on recess. The News […]

The Southern governors’ position on raging national issues, yesterday, raised dust in the polity, eliciting support and criticisms in many quarters.

…plan to occupy NASS till proposed amendments to Electoral Act were passed By Luminous Jannamike A group of civil society organisations, on Thursday, accused the Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan, and the National Assembly of betraying Nigerians after failing to meet two deadlines set for the passage of the Electoral Bill 2020. The group, which […]

By Gabriel Ewepu CIVIL Society Organisations under the auspices of Coalition for Constitutional and Electoral Reforms, CCER, Monday, demanded National Assembly to do the wish of Nigerians on new legislation that captures electronic transmission of results and use of technology in the electoral process. This was contained in a statement signed by leaders of CSOs […]

In a Memoranda to the National Assembly Joint Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Electoral Matters, the Youth Party, yesterday recommended key amendments to the Electoral Bill that would strengthen the electoral process and deepen Nigeria’s democracy. The Acting Chair of the Party, Mr Tomiwa Aladekomo represented by Mr. Ifeanyi Nwoye(National Financial […]