Tag: electoral act

The decision to step the bill down followed concerns raised by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who faulted the lack of ...

The Senate Leader said the Committee on Constitution Review is already finalising the amendment process before presenting it to the ...

Public declarations of interest for the 2027 general elections by politicians are commonplace on national television and at several fora, ...

“However, the major challenge for the commission is the law itself,” he said.

The lawmakers said the proposed amendment would allow enough time to conclude all electoral litigation before the swearing-in.

Mr Yakubu said the commission was concerned with the various interpretations given to the provision of Section 65 of the ...

The judgment comes as Mr Aiyedatiwa marks his 100 days in Office.

The commission disclosed this in a statement by Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee in ...

"We have also instructed the national legal adviser to recover our mandate that they have taken away. The fortune of ...

The tribunal held that the Accord Party and its governorship candidate, Bright Enabulele, made weighty allegations but failed to prove ...

Mr Uduk was sentenced to three years in prison for publishing false election results and perjury.

Another professor was previously convicted and jailed for falsifying election results to help Godswill Akpabio, the Senate president, in an ...

PDP closed its case after calling 19 witnesses.

Abdulsalami Abubakar, Nigeria’s military ruler between 1998 and 1999, said in spite of military interventions, democracy had come to stay ...

Mr Makinde had alleged at a campaign rally in Ondo that INEC REC, Toyin Babalola, is an indigene of the ...

“Come to the debate. Let us know who you are. Let Nigerians see you more and more.”

The group said there were several cases of non-compliance and corrupt practices in the off-cycle elections.

The court ordered INEC to ensure “the appointment of independent counsel to investigate cases of electoral violence..."

The lawmakers are also canvassing rotational presidency between the north and south.

The commission says it would soon publish personal particulars of the candidates for Nigerians to scrutinise.

The bill, sponsored by Francis Waive, proposes five amendments to Nigeria's current electoral law.

The lawyer called for the amendment of the Electoral Act.

“We showed incontrovertible evidence that INEC violated the Electoral Act and deliberately sabotaged its own publicly announced processes and procedures ...

The tribunal says the APC and its candidate, Ms Binani, failed to establish the allegation of non-compliance with the Electoral ...

INEC had, earlier on Wednesday, released an amended list of candidates vying in the election without including Mr Sylva’s name.