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Following the emergence of the Delta variant of coronavirus infection in the country and the rising number of new cases and hospitalisations, the Nigerian government has put six states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on a red alert. The affected states, which are spread across four of the country’s six geopolitical zones of South-west, South-south, North-West and North-central …

Against the general clamour for a lasting solution to the myriad of electoral problems facing the country, 50 members of the All Progressives Congress in the Senate and two of their counterparts in the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, on Thursday voted against electronic transmission of election results in the forthcoming general elections. Notwithstanding the constitutionally guaranteed independence …

…reveals commission, NCC, telcos committee okayed e-transmission capacity Despite the rejection of electronic transmission of election results by the National Assembly in the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, the use of the technology will be feasible in the deepening of democracy in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission said on Saturday. The commission premised its optimism on the fact that its …

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has given reasons to justify the position taken by the Senate on the electronic transmission of election results. The Senate on Thursday, while considering the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill, voted that “The Commission(INEC) may consider electronic transmission of results, provided the national coverage is adjudged to be adequate and secure by the National …

Omo-Agege justifies rejection of e-transmission clause Canvasses stiff sanctions against electoral offenders Amid controversies over the inclusion of the electronic transmission of results clause in the Electoral Amendment Bill, a document commissioned by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in 2020 put 2-G network coverage at 89% of the country’s population. Despite the indisputable statistics in the document, the Deputy Senate President, …

As the race for the 2023 presidency gains momentum, members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State have called on the national chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, to zone its presidential ticket to the North-central region. The PDP members, under the auspices of Sarakiyya 2023, said in the spirit of fairness, the leadership of the main …

Human rights activists and constitutional lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, has berated the National Assembly over the passage of the Electoral Act Amendment that forbids the electronic transmission of results. The renowned lawyer while faulting the lawmakers for their action, noted that they have murdered democracy in the country. Speaking, Saturday, in Abuja while delivering a special lecture at the 2021 …

….demands a personal apology, N100bn for Benue …laments that Nigerians are suffering, smiling under APC-led govt Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state, at the weekend said it is the height of deceit and hypocrisy for the Federal Government to encourage ranching in Katsina state with the approval of N6.25billion and release of N5billion for that purpose while the same government …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari u to urgently instruct Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed and the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, to withdraw within 24 hours the directive containing a sweeping gag order banning journalists and broadcast stations from reporting details of terrorist attacks and victims across the country. Recall that NBC …

By Igbotako Nowinta, Alltimepost.com Nigeria Bureau Chief Nigeria’s Senator representing Edo South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Matthew Urhoghide, has vehemently denied the allegation that he and his colleagues from southern Nigeria betrayed their people when they voted to pass the controversial Petroleum Industrial Bill which allocated a paltry 3% derivation to oil host communities. Urhoghide gave his reaction, …