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Funding: Heated exchange as Umahi, Oshiomhole lock horns

A mild tension erupted during Ministry of Works 2026 budget defence as Works Minister Senator David Umahi, and Senator Adams Oshiomhole engage in a heated exchange  There was mild tension at the Senate on Wednesday as the Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, and Senator Adams Oshiomhole clashed during a budget defence session over the funding of federal road infrastructure projects. The exchange occurred while Umahi was responding to lawmakers’ questions on delays and funding...

e-Transmission: #FixPolitics tells Senate to adopt version of bill passed by Reps

#FixPolitics has demanded that the Senate rescind its version of the re-amended electoral bill and either restore mandatory electronic transmission of results or adopt the House of Representatives’ version Leading civil society organisation, #FixPolitics Africa, has strongly criticised the Senate over its passage of a revised electoral act amendment bill, warning that the controversial clause on electronic transmission of election results undermines transparency and threatens public confidence ahead of the 2027 general elections. The group...

Tension as Reps insists on scrutiny of agric 2026 budget

It was a heated exchange as Rep. Abiante criticised the Agric ministry’s proposals and clashed with the committee leadership over attempts to hush him A mild altercation broke out on Tuesday during the 2026 budget defence of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, as a member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Awaji-Inombek Abiante, sharply criticised the ministry’s proposals and clashed with the committee leadership over attempts to limit debate. The incident occurred...

Senate changes course on electronic transmission of election results

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...

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

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...

Inclusion and the 2026 budget defence | GESI Tracker

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...

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

#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...

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

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...

Senate okays electoral bill without mandatory electronic results transmission

Senate passes electoral bill retaining controversial provision allowing transmission of results in a manner prescribed by INEC   The long-anticipated approval of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill was granted on Wednesday, with the Senate passing the legislation after hours of intense debate. The Senate rejected a proposal to make real-time electronic transmission of election results mandatory, but approved wide-ranging amendments that significantly alter election timelines, penalties for electoral offences and voter accreditation procedures. A major point...

Senate adjourns without decision on electoral bill

After another prolonged closed-door session, the Senate is yet to have a clear outcome on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill The long-awaited Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill again hit a brick wall on Tuesday as the Senate failed, for the second sitting in a row, to conclude deliberations on the proposed reforms after another prolonged closed-door session that ended without any clear outcome. Lawmakers spent about four and a half hours in an executive session examining...

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