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President Bola Tinubu has signed the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill 2026 into law. This follows the passage of the bill by the National Assembly on Tuesday after months of deliberations. The Senate on Tuesday approved electronic transmission of election results, with manual collation retained as a backup. The president assented the bill at the State House on …

President Bola Tinubu has signed the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill 2026 into law. This follows the passage of the bill by the National Assembly on Tuesday after months of deliberations. The Senate on Tuesday approved electronic transmission of election results, with manual collation retained as a backup. The president assented the bill at the State House on …

To forestall a possible clash of the 2027 general elections with next year’s Muslim Ramadan and Christian Lent, the Senate earlier on Tuesday reopened debate on the Electoral Act 2022 (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill 2026, rescinding its earlier passage and recommitting the legislation to the Committee of the Whole. This is to give room for fresh amendments to take care …

The Nigerian government has remained silent after reports emerged that carbon monoxide, a poisonous gas, left 37 miners dead and 25 hospitalized at a mining site located in the Zurak Wase Local Government of Plateau State. This was disclosed in a report by a security journalist, Zagazola Makama, on Wednesday. Sources told Makama that the incident occurred at the Solid …

Some prominent Nigerians have condemned the presence of United States soldiers in Nigeria, calling it a violation of Nigeria’s sovereignty and a dangerous precedent for foreign interference. Last week, United States military aircraft started landing in Nigeria, days after American and Nigerian officials told the media that about 200 US soldiers would be deployed to Nigeria in advisory and training …

The Enugu State Ministry of Culture and Tourism has commenced the arrest of suspected native doctors operating in different parts of the state, in an operation backed by armed officers of the Nigeria Police Force. A video clip circulating on X (formerly Twitter) and shared by user @Coal__City shows a bus bearing the inscription of the Enugu State Ministry of …

The Enugu State Ministry of Culture and Tourism has commenced the arrest of suspected native doctors operating in different parts of the state, in an operation backed by armed officers of the Nigeria Police Force. A video clip circulating on X (formerly Twitter) and shared by user @Coal__City shows a bus bearing the inscription of the Enugu State Ministry of …

The Nigerian government, through the Federal Ministry of Health, has directed the immediate disengagement of directors who have spent eight years or more in the directorate cadre. Those affected include directors in the ministry, federal hospitals and affiliated agencies, according to a memo obtained in Abuja on Tuesday. The development follows an earlier directive mandating all ministries, departments, and agencies, …

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, told reporters on Tuesday that the Pope had a number of concerns about the initiative and that he “will not participate” as a result. “For us, there are… some critical issues that should be resolved,” he said. “One concern is that at the international level it should above all be the UN …

The Senate yesterday re-passed the Electoral Act amendment Bill, retaining the proviso on Clause 60(3) that allows for manual transmission of election results if electronic transmission fails. The proviso indicates that presiding officers can transmit results electronically, but if the system fails, they can use Form EC8A as a backup. This followed the adoption of a motion sponsored by the …