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NBA, PLAC Push Special Seats Bill To Boost Women Representation Ahead 2027 Election

NewsDeskNgApr 14, 2026April 14, 20260

NBA and PLAC urge National Assembly to pass Special Seats Bill to increase women representation before Nigeria’s 2027 general election. Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and Policy and Legislative Advocacy Centre (PLAC) have appealed to members of the national and state assemblies to support the passage of the Bill on Special...

Breaking: IPAC Threatens To Boycott 2027 Elections Over Electoral Act 2026

NewsDeskNgMar 5, 2026March 5, 20260

IPAC demands urgent amendments to Electoral Act 2026, warning political parties may boycott 2027 elections if concerns remain unresolved. The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has threatened to boycott the 2027 General Elections if the National Assembly fails to amend certain provisions of the Electoral Act 2026. IPAC warned that if...

Rafsanjani: If Nigerians Believe Their Votes Don’t Count, They Will Stop Participating In Elections

NewsDeskNgFeb 23, 2026February 23, 20260

Executive Director of the Civil Society, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani warns low voter confidence risks deepening apathy ahead of 2027 general elections. Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, has warned that the conduct of recent local council and by-elections in Nigeria risks undermining public confidence in the country’s democratic process. Rafsanjani said the elections...

Civil Society Coalition Threatens Protest Over Non-Mandatory Electronic Transmission Of Election Results

NewsDeskNgFeb 21, 2026February 21, 20260

Situation Room demands mandatory electronic transmission of election results, warns of nationwide protest over new electoral law. The Civil Society Situation Room has deplored the swift presidential assent to the Bill making real time electronic transmission of election results non mandatory for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). It said...

Election Results: E-Transmission Debate Sad Reality, Should’ve Been Long Settled — Ex-REC Igini

NewsDeskNgFeb 17, 2026February 17, 20260

A former Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mike Igini, has described the renewed debate over electronic transmission of election results as a “painful and sad reality,” saying the issue ought to have been resolved years ago. Igini spoke on Monday while appearing as a guest on Politics...

I won’t die with them – Peter Obi threatens to dump LP if crisis continues

NewsDeskNgApr 1, 2024April 1, 20240

The Labour Party, LP, 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has threatened to dump the party ahead of the 2027 general election following the ongoing crisis. Obi said he won’t die while trying to change LP, hence his decision to leave if the party’s crisis can’t be resolved. The Labour Party...

Election: APC/BATISTS TAKE NOTE

NewsDeskNgApr 8, 2023April 9, 20230

“ When we were going to challenge INEC’s declaration of Dr. Ngige as the winner of the governorship election, our plan was to file the case in the name of APGA,” he said. “But Onyechi refused and said I must file the case in my own name. I didn’t immediately...

Elections: Lessons from Oyo to Nigeria

NewsDeskNgApr 4, 2023April 4, 20230

By Lasisi Olagunju (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 27 March, 2023) “The ides of March are come,” Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar says in utter derision and dismissal of a life-and-death warning. And the soothsayer replies “Ay, Caesar; but not gone.” And truly, they were not gone. The 2023 elections...

Chigbue congratulates PDP’s Sheriff on his victory as Delta Governor-elect

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2023March 21, 20230

Dike Chigbue,MON, the Chief Executive Officer of Welltime Group has congratulated Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and Speaker of Delta State on his emergence as governor-elect of Delta State. In a statement issued in Asaba on Monday, Chigbue said the election is a reflection of the...

Declare three days of praying, fasting, cleric tells Buhari

NewsDeskNgJan 15, 2023January 15, 20230

The General Overseer of the Christ Church of Grace, Prophet C. A. Adetunbi, has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to call for a three-day fasting and praying across the country for Nigerians to repent of their sins and experience a supernatural turnaround in 2023. Adetunbi said this in an interview with...