When our democracy fully matures and the political elite fully imbibe democratic culture, the need for continuous review of the constitution and the electoral law will be foreclosed, as it is in more ...
The EU Data Act does not ask whether your contracts are well drafted; it asks whether your systems can prove they are being ...
Eleven speakers at a second hearing on Terra-Gen’s proposed 250-megawatt lithium-ion battery facility at the site of Coleman ...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday reversed part of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill it passed in December, particularly Section 60(3), introducing a dual system for transmitting election ...
Nigeria’s 2027 elections took shape yesterday as the National Assembly retained manual transmission as a fallback in the event ...
…as Opposition lawmakers staged walkoutThe House of Representatives on Tuesday, during the emergency plenary, passed the Electoral Act (Amendment) bill, 2026, through Third Reading, with approval of ...
But Section 49 now authorises the presiding officers “to separate the queue of male voters from that of female counterparts” ...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday adopted a redrafted version of clause 60 (3) of the Electoral Act, which allows for the electronic transmission of election results from the polling units to ...
Amid the rowdiness, the opposition lawmakers, out of frustration, staged a walkout of the chamber in protest, chanting “APC, ...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday admitted the confessional statements of four defendants standing trial over the June 5, 2022, attack on St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo ...
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12 takeaways from the new Electoral Act

The Electoral Act, 2026, has finally come into force. Its enactment confirms the demise of the old order that never perfectly met our aspirations and proclaims the birth of an entirely new order that ...
Serial killer Harold Shipman targeted his youngest victim, Peter Lewis, when the former popstar was at his most vulnerable, ...