Nigeria, Oct. 14 -- Members of the National Assembly are proposing an amendment to the Electoral Act to make the use of the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) non-compulsory for eligible voters during electio... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 14 -- The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has secured a two-thirds majority in the Senate, the threshold required to easily pass and approve key legislation or government policies... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- The Senate, Nigeria's highest lawmaking body, resumed plenary on Tuesday, 7 October, after a two-month and two-week recess. The lawmakers had embarked on the long recess on 23 Jul... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 12 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to grant an interim injunction seeking to stop the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from holding its planned National Executive Committee ... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 12 -- On a sunny afternoon in August 2020, 13-year-old Omar Farouq stood before a Sharia court in Kano State, accused of blasphemy. Too young to understand the gravity of the charges, he... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 11 -- Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working on democracy and elections in Nigeria and across Africa have called on the Nigerian Senate to ensure a transparent and credible screening... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 10 -- The federal government has pledged to end the practice of extending the implementation of national budgets beyond their intended fiscal years. Minister of Finance and Coordinating... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 9 -- The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday showered praises on James Ibori, a former governor of Delta State who was jailed in the United Kingdom in 2012 for fraud and mon... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 9 -- The Senate, Nigeria's highest legislative body, is proposing to set up an ad hoc committee to visit the United States to engage with members of the US Congress over reports accusing... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- A bill seeking to impose a 10-year ban on the issuance of international passports to Nigerians convicted of crimes abroad and subsequently deported has passed second reading at the ... Read More