Politics

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 …

All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State has hailed the successful conduct of its ward congresses as a major boost to internal democracy, party unity and grassroots cohesion across the state. State Chairman of the party, Emperor Jarret Tenebe, stated this on Tuesday while briefing journalists at the party’s state secretariat in Benin, following the conclusion of the congresses held …

  ​By Oto Drama, PhD T]he greatest tragedy of the African political landscape is not the illiterate tyrant, but the “Scholar-Dictator”—the man who spends decades teaching the Theory of Exit in the ivory towers of the West, only to practice the Praxis of Entrenchment at home. As 2027 approaches, Professor Julius Ihonvbere is no longer just a representative; he has …

A coalition of concerned Nigerians has condemned the recent allegations by the former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, regarding the alleged importation of a poisonous substance by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA). The group described the claims as reckless, misleading and capable of undermining public confidence in national security institutions. Addressing newsmen in Kaduna on Sunday, the …

Sen. Kenneth Eze (Ebonyi Central) says Nigeria lacks the infrastructure for seamless real-time electronic transmission of election results before the 2027 general polls. Speaking on Sunday in Ohigbo-Amagu, Ezza South LGA, Ebonyi, Eze addressed controversies over amendments to the Electoral Act 2022, especially collation and transmission provisions. He said demands for full real-time transmission ignored unstable electricity and limited technological …

The Senate has reeled out empirical data that guided its decision to make the electronic transmission of election results discretionary rather than mandatory in the ongoing reform of the country’s electoral governance framework. The upper chamber stated that the decision was based on the stark realities of the country and not on emotion or sentiment, after due consultation and engagement …

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Friday welcomed INEC’s announcement of 20 Feb. 20, 2027 for presidential and National Assembly elections. In a statement in Abuja, National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, urged INEC to assure Nigerians on real-time electronic transmission of results. He said poll credibility would depend not only on the timetable but on transparent processes throughout the …