Politics

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has called on the National Assembly to urgently review its stance on electoral reforms, advocating for the mandatory real-time transmission of results. The conference stressed the need to restore dwindling citizens’ trust in the nation’s democracy. ​Most Rev. Lucius Ugorji, the Archbishop of Owerri and outgoing President of the CBCN, made the call …

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 20 suspects over sundry electoral offences during the Saturday Federal Capital Territory (FCT) local government elections. The commission’s Spokesperson Dele Oyewale said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. According to him the suspects were arrested across the FCT, for offences ranging from obstruction of officers, vote buying, …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, says the outcome of Saturday’s area council elections reflect President Bola Tinubu’s visionary leadership. Wike made the remarks during a broadcast in Abuja on Sunday, thanking Tinubu for strengthening residents’ confidence in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC won five of …

Three major opposition parties—the Peoples Democratic Party, New Nigerian Peoples Party, and African Democratic Congress —are missing on the ballot papers for the Kano State House of Assembly by-election holding on Saturday, as reported by Arise News. The by-election is being conducted to fill two vacant seats in the state assembly following the deaths of the former lawmakers last year, …

  At a polling unit in Karshi, the minister met a few electoral officials without any voter. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has lamented the low turnout in the ongoing Area Council Elections. The minister, who toured some polling units in Abuja interacted with electoral officials. At a polling unit in Karshi, the minister met …

As the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) electorate file out to vote for their representatives at the six area councils in the FCT, most residents, especially in the city centre, remained indifferent to the exercise, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN recalls that the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, had on Friday, declared a work-free day and announced a …

The Minister of State for Finance, Doris Anite-Uzoka, on Thursday announced plans to begin payments for the 2024 and 2025 capital budgets to ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs). Anite-Uzoka made this disclosure while defending the ministry’s 2026 budget proposal before the Senate Committee on Appropriation in Abuja. Her clarification followed persistent questions from senators seeking updates on the status of …

A former presidential candidate of the National Conscience Party (NCP), Chief Martin Onovo, has faulted the newly assented Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2026, saying it did not reflect the yearnings of Nigerians for credible elections. Onovo, who is also the Head of Policy Positions at the Movement for Fundamental Change, made the remarks in an interview with the News Agency …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has hailed President Bola Tinubu for the prompt signing of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2026 into law. Wike, in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Mr Lere Olayinka, in Abuja on Wednesday, described the development as “apt”. The News Agency of Nigeria …

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed into law the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2026. The brief signing ceremony took place at the President’s office at the State House, Abuja with Principal officers of the National Assembly in attendance. The National Assembly had on Tuesday passed the Electoral Act 2026 (Amendment) Bill. The amendment comes amid intense public debate over the …