A legal practitioner, Mr Joe Abaagu, has cautioned Nigerian youths to shun all forms of electoral violence to avoid two-year jail term without option of fine. Abaagu who is the Acting
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As the controversy generated by the provision of section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act 2022 causes ripples in the polity ahead of the 2023 election, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN)
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Political office holders elected as delegates for this Saturday’s National Convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will not vote, the party said on Friday night. A notice issued by the
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Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice headed by Abubakar Malami SAN has indicated willingness to give effect to the high Court judgment which ordered it
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The house of representatives on Thursday passed the electoral act amendment bill after revising the compulsory direct primary clause. PrimeBusiness Africa can report that the bill was read for the third time
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Nigerian Senate has on Wednesday laid to rest the lingering controversy in the electoral Act amendment process by removing from the Bill, the clause 84 that makes direct primary mandatory for the
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Lawmakers’ collection of signatures notwithstanding, the Nigerian legislature will not override President Muhammadu Buhari’s withholding of assent to the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill as submitted on November 19, 2021. This
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30 days after the Ngerian National Assembly submitted the 2021 Electoral Amendment Bill to the Executive arm of government, President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to assent to it as exclusively reported by
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to ensure he quickly assents to the amended Electoral Bill as passed by the National Assembly. This will be the second time an electoral bill
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