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Senate President Godswill Akpabio sparked laughter on the floor of the upper chamber on Tuesday when he declared that the African Democratic Congress was effectively finished, following a fresh wave of defections that saw lawmakers abandon the party for the Nigerian Democratic Congress and the Labour Party. Akpabio made the remark while presiding over…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance has formally requested the Nigerian Senate to declare the legislative seat of Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, representing Abia South, vacant, citing his defection from the party to the African Democratic Congress as a constitutional breach and a betrayal of the mandate given to him by his constituents. The demand was…
The Senate chamber descended into disorder on Tuesday as lawmakers clashed over moves to reverse an earlier decision on electronic transmission of election results in the Electoral Act amendment bill. The controversy erupted when the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Tahir Monguno, representing Borno North on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, raised a…
The Senate on Thursday moved to calm political and market anxieties by reaffirming that it approved electronic transmission of election results, not their transfer, under the ongoing review of Nigeria’s electoral framework. Speaking at a media briefing at the National Assembly, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe said the distinction between transmission and transfer is deliberate, important, and…
