ABUJA — The Nigeria Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, has further justified the position taken by the Senate on the electronic transmission of election results. Last week Thursday, the Red Chamber, while considering the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill, voted that “The Commission (INEC) may consider the electronic transmission of results, provided the national coverage is adjudged to be adequate and secure by the National Communications Commission (NCC) and approved by the National Assembly.” The Senate...

ABUJA — The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has slammed the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, over his recent comment on rotational presidency. Bello in Abuja on Friday described rotational Presidency as “unconstitutional”, saying that “Nigerians should be allowed to make their choices for the best candidate to emerge for the top post”. However, on Monday, Ohanaeze in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, slammed the governor, maintaining...

ABUJA — The limit placed on campaign funds has been significantly increased by lawmakers with the presidential category move from 1 billion to 15 billion, a 1400% raise. Likewise, the financing of the gubernatorial elections, previously N200 million was moved to N5 billion, a 2,400 per cent hike. For senatorial elections, the limit was moved from N40 million to N1.5 billion, a 2,400 per cent increase, and for elections into the House of Representatives, there...

LAGOS — Former INEC chairman, Attahiru Jega has warned against the nomination of Lauretta Onochie as INEC national commissioner as it might undermine the credibility of the electoral body. Jega admitted this while speaking at Channels TV politics Today on Sunday. According to him, there’s need for the president to tread cautiously and avoid the controversy that her appointment can trigger. He urged Buhari to simply withdraw her and nominated someone with unquestionable credibility. “To...