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Electoral Act: Nigerian lawmakers vote by division, retain electronic transmission of results as optional

Nigeria, Feb. 17 -- The Senate on Tuesday voted by division to decide whether the electronic transmission of election results should be made mandatory or remain optional, as previously passed by the l... Read More


Electoral Act: Electronic transmission debate forces Senate into closed-door session

Nigeria, Feb. 17 -- Senators on Tuesday moved into a closed-door session to deliberate on whether to retain their earlier decision on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, which made electronic transmissi... Read More


Nigeria registers 388 mineral buying centres, prosecutes 150 illegal miners

Nigeria, Feb. 17 -- The Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, has said the ministry established 388 mineral buying centres in 2024 to boost government revenue and curb illegal mining activities. Mr... Read More


Senate panel queries tribunal over N16m spent on office fumigation

Nigeria, Feb. 17 -- Members of the Senate Committee on Capital Market on Monday questioned the management of the Investments and Securities Tribunal (IST) over the expenditure of N16 million on cleani... Read More


Again, furious Akpoti-Uduaghan clashes with another lawmaker over committee meeting

Nigeria, Feb. 17 -- Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Monday blocked the entrance to the office of a fellow senator at the National Assembly, protesting her alleged denial from attending... Read More


Electoral Act Amendment: Why we made electronic transmission of results optional - Senate

Nigeria, Feb. 16 -- The Senate has said its decision to make electronic transmission of election results optional rather than mandatory was based on advice from key stakeholders in Nigeria's communica... Read More


Electoral Act: INEC lacks capacity to transmit results electronically - Lawmaker

Nigeria, Feb. 13 -- Adeniyi Adegbonmire, the chairperson of the Senate Ad Hoc Committee reviewing the amendments to the Electoral Act, has said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) doe... Read More


Electoral Act: Yiaga, Kukah Centre, IPC, others reject Senate's new decision on electronic transmission

Nigeria, Feb. 12 -- Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) involved in election observation and civic advocacy have rejected the Senate's inclusion of a caveat in the amended Electoral Act, allowing Form ... Read More


Nigerian lawmakers clash at committee meeting as minister proposes N3.4trn budget for 2026

Nigeria, Feb. 12 -- Pandemonium broke out at the joint sitting of the National Assembly Committee on Works on Wednesday, as two members engaged in a heated exchange that briefly disrupted its proceedi... Read More


Angry Akpoti-Uduaghan storms out of committee meeting after argument with colleague

Nigeria, Feb. 12 -- Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Wednesday walked out of a meeting of the Senate Committee on Mines and Steel Development after a verbal exchange with the committe... Read More