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Senate changes course on electronic transmission of election results

Leah TwakiFebruary 10, 20263 min

The Red chamber re-amended the Electoral Bill to accommodate the electronic transmission of election results, although with some conditions to guide its implementation The Senate has approved the electronic transmission of election results to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Result Viewing Portal (IReV). It however retained manual collation as a fallback in cases where technology fails. The decision followed a reconsideration of a contentious provision in the Electoral Act (Repeal and Enactment) Amendment Bill 2026...

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Health got only ₦36m of ₦218bn capital budget in 2025 – minister

Leah TwakiFebruary 9, 20263 min

The Minister of Health has revealed that the ministry was unable to utilise capital component of its 2025 budget The Minister of Health, Prof. Mohammed Ali Pate, has disclosed that the Federal Ministry of Health was unable to utilise its 2025 capital budget after receiving just ₦36 million out of the ₦218 billion appropriated for the year. Prof. Pate made the disclosure on Monday while defending the Ministry’s 2026 budget proposal before the House of...

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Protest: Obi, CSOs demand real-time electronic transmission of election results

Leah TwakiFebruary 9, 20262 min

Protesters stormed the entrance gate of the National Assembly Complex in Abuja to demand the real-time electronic transmission of election results in the Electoral Bill 2026 Protesters under the umbrella of a coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) on Monday stormed the main entrance of the National Assembly complex in Abuja, demanding the inclusion of mandatory real-time electronic transmission of election results in the proposed Electoral Bill 2026. The demonstrators, who described the action as...

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Mental health: Why donors are shy of supporting Nigeria

Leah TwakiFebruary 9, 20264 min

A medical expert told the House Committee on Specialty Healthcare that the non-implementation of the Mental Health Act is discouraging foreign donors from partnering with the country’s health sector The Provost and Medical Director of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Professor Afis Agboola, has warned that Nigeria’s failure to implement the Mental Health Act is discouraging foreign donors from partnering with the country’s health sector. This is even as mental health institutions struggle with...

House of Representatives Senate Spotlight

Inclusion and the 2026 budget defence | GESI Tracker

Jokpa Mudia ErusiafeFebruary 8, 20265 min

In this episode of the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Tracker, we will focus on the budget defence sessions at the National Assembly, noting that attention is turning from headline figures to deeper questions of priorities. President Bola Tinubu’s proposed ₦58.47 trillion 2026 budget, presented on 19th December 2025, now enters a phase in which ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) must justify not just what they have been allocated, but also what those allocations...

$Reps summon FCT area council chairmen over alleged N100bn infractions$

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Reps summon FCT area council chairmen over alleged N100bn infractions

Leah TwakiFebruary 7, 20264 min

The House of Representatives has summoned FCT Area Councils Chairmen as audit report by Auditor-General indicted Abaji, Abuja Municipal, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje and Kwali Area Councils over widespread violations of financial regulations The House of Representatives has summoned the chairmen and finance directors of the six Area Councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) over alleged financial infractions exceeding N100 billion. The summons followed the submission of the Auditor-General’s report on the FCT Area Councils...

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Electoral Bill: Make full, final text public, #FixPolitics tells Senate

Leah TwakiFebruary 7, 20264 min

#FixPolitics Africa has condemned the Senate over what it described as a “brazen betrayal of electoral reform and the rule of law” #FixPolitics has demanded immediate public clarification of the exact provisions passed by the Senate on the Electoral Act amendment, the restoration of mandatory electronic transmission of election results, and accountability from Senate leadership over what it described as a betrayal of electoral reform and the rule of law. In a strongly worded statement...

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Electoral Act: Nigerians have every reason to be mad at Senate – Ezekwesili

Leah TwakiFebruary 7, 20264 min

Ezekwesili has called on the Senate to reverse its decision of not making real-time electronic transmission of election results mandatory, cautioning them to “stop playing with fire” Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has said Nigerians are justified in expressing outrage at the Senate over its refusal to make real-time electronic transmission of election results mandatory in the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, warning lawmakers to “stop playing with fire.” Ezekwesili made the remarks on Friday...

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Budget Defence: Reps query NBET over N4.09bn revenue

Leah TwakiFebruary 6, 20266 min

The House Committee on Finance has raised concern over NBET’s utilisation of N4.099 billion generated from regulatory income in the 2025 fiscal year The House of Representatives on Thursday grilled the Acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) Plc, Mr Johnson Akinowo, over the utilisation of ₦4.099 billion generated from regulatory income in the 2025 fiscal year. The scrutiny took place in Abuja during the review of NBET’s 2025 budget performance by...

House of Representatives

Reps constitute conference committee on electoral bill

Leah TwakiFebruary 6, 20262 min

Just like the Senate, the House of Representatives has constituted a bipartisan conference committee on the electoral bill to harmonise areas of difference between the versions passed by both chambers of the National Assembly The House of Representatives has constituted a bipartisan Conference Committee on the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill to harmonise areas of difference between the versions passed by both chambers of the National Assembly. The development was disclosed in a statement issued on...

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