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In a statement on Wednesday, the National Coordinator, Raphael Igbokwe, lauded President Tinubu for signing the amended law.

The petition, dated February 7, 2026, was sent to the Chairman of the CCB, Dr. Abdullahi Usman Bello, by the SERAP.

Akpabio spoke in Abuja as Special Guest of Honour at the unveiling of a book: “The Burden of Legislators in Nigeria

Her warning followed the Senate’s decision to reject a proposal making real-time electronic transmission of results mandatory, instead retaining a clause that gives the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) discretion over the method.

I hope we are not repeating a trip on that inglorious path. The Electoral Act is the major document that guides elections.

Same villainous estimation is heaped on his wife, influential Colonial Editor of The Times, Miss Flora Louise Shaw, over her choice of Nigeria as name in a piece she wrote for Times on January 8, 1897.

The Bill, which scaled Second Reading, is for an Act to Amend the Electoral Act (No.6), 2010.

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties has warned that the negative impact of not assenting to amendments to Nigeria’s Electoral Act as contained in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill (2018) before next year’s general election will endanger the deepening of the country’s democracy.

In a statement signed by their spokespersons on Saturday and made available to the press, they both stated that they are in agreement in responding to Buhari’s refusal to sign the bill.