The Senator representing Ekiti State District, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has disclosed the real reason behind the removal of “real time” from the 2026 Electoral Bill. He clarified this in a statement issued through his Directorate of Media and Public Affairs on Sunday. Bamidele explained that the Senate had previously rejected Clause 60(3) of the bill,…
President Bola Tinubu is expected to sign the amended Electoral Act into law this month, according to Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Akpabio said this on Tuesday during an emergency plenary session where the lawmakers constituted a committee to harmonise its version of the bill with the one passed by the House of Representatives amid the…
The Senate has appointed 12 members to work with the House of Representatives on the Electoral Amendment Act, which has stirred recent uproar. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, announced the committee members on Tuesday during an emergency plenary session. The members are Senator Simon Lalong, who will serve as Chairman, Senator Orji Uzor…
The Senate has voted to rescind its earlier position on results transmission as reflected in the Votes and Proceedings. The Senate’s revised Clause 60(3) now permits electronic transmission of results from each polling unit, provided the system does not fail. It also stipulates that Form EC8A shall remain the primary source of election results….
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has explained why he did not join in the recent protest against the National Assembly alongside former Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi. El-Rufai suggested that he would have joined the protest if he had been in Nigeria. This is even as he stressed that the push…
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and political activist, Comrade Timi Frank, has petitioned United States President Donald Trump, warning that Nigeria’s democracy is under existential threat and could descend into chaos if alleged plans to manipulate the 2027 general elections are not halted. In a strongly worded open…
Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has said that he and other opposition politicians will accept the winner of the 2027 presidential election if the results are transmitted in real time. Mr Obi made the remark during a protest at the National Assembly on Monday, where he, activist Aisha Yesufu, and others protested against the Godswill…
Isaac Fayose, the younger brother of former Ekiti state Governor, Ayo Fayose has said Monday’s protest at the National Assembly complex is just a tip of the iceberg. GISTSMATE MEDIA had reported that a cross section of Nigerians stormed the complex on Monday morning to demand that the electronic transmission of election results be made…
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Monday joined hundreds of demonstrators at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja to protest the Senate’s decision to remove “real-time” electronic transmission of election results from the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The protest, tagged “Occupy the National Assembly,” was organised by members of the Obidient Movement and…
Fresh facts have emerged on how the Senate rejected a proposal to make real-time electronic transmission of election results mandatory, ahead of the 2027 general election. The proposal formed part of the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Enactment) Bill, 2026 (SB. 903), specifically an amendment to Clause 60(3), which sought to compel presiding officers of…
