Tag: Electoral Act
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BREAKING: Controversial Compulsory Voting Bill withdrawn
The bill for an Act to amend the Electoral Act (2002) to make it mandatory for all eligible Nigerians to vote in all national and state elections has been withdrawn from the House of Representatives.
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Senate: Bill to enhance elections, cut costs passes second reading
A bill seeking to amend the Electoral Act 2022, has passed its second reading in the Senate.
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AGF lacks power to prosecute offences under Electoral Act – Court
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, declared that the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice lacked the power and authority to initiate, maintain and prosecute offences under the
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Why we will amend Electoral Act in 2024 – Speaker Abbas
Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has said part of the priority legislation before the House in the coming 2024 is the review of the Electoral Act, 2022.
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NASS expresses readiness to amend Electoral Act
The National Assembly says it is committed to ensuring timely amendment of the Electoral Act, to enhance transparency, and accountability in the electoral processes.
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READ Peter Obi’s summary of grounds of Appeal, argues 2022 Electoral Act was rendered impotent
PEPC makes a complete “nonsense” of the chief objectives of the provisions of the Act Peter Obi the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP in the last general elections in one of his grounds of appeal declared that the PEPC rendered the 2022 Electoral Act impotent in its decision. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports the summary…
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Why 2022 Electoral Act is a game changer – By Evaristus Bassey
Recently Buba Galadima was quoted as saying that they in New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) have moved on and are preparing for 2027 or 2031, as election tribunals in Nigeria have never taken the seat from someone who had been declared
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Elections: Court dismisses LP’s suit against INEC on transmission of results electronically
A Federal High Court, Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by the Labour Party (LP) seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adopt electronic method in transmitting 2023 election results.
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NDI/IRI Election Observation Mission scores INEC far below average in its interim report
The International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI) Joint Election Observation Mission (IEOM), led by Her Excellency Dr. Joyce Banda, former President of Malawi in its interim report says the Electoral Act 2022 fell short of Nigerian’s reasonable expectations. The report stated that: “Despite large crowds in some polling stations and long waits,…
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What Gov Adeleke told President Buhari about new Electoral Act
President Muhammadu Buhari hosted Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, who was at State House, Abuja on Friday on a thank you visit.