Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Senate, on Wednesday widened the scope of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) to recovery bad bank debts by passing the AMCON Act, No2, 2019 (Amendment) B, 2021. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions. The […]
* Says NASS lacks power to alter INEC’s timetable * Affirms INEC’s powers to organize, supervise, fix election dates * Nullifies Section 25 of Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2018 The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday nullified section 25 of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2018 that seeks to alter the sequence of 2019 […]
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari was ill-advised by the enemies of democracy to withhold assent to the recently passed Electoral Act amendment by the National Assembly, urging the lawmakers to invoke their veto power and sign the amendment into law in the interest of the country. While […]
The Senate has passed the Electoral Act No. 6, 2010 Amendment Bill 2017, making it mandatory for use of card reader and banning of manual accreditation, when it becomes a law. Meanwhile according to the amendment, House of Representatives aspirants are now to pay N1,000,000 and those for State Assembly will pay N500,000. The law […]
Will the National Assembly amend the Constitution to forestall any candidate spending more than eight years as President or wait upon the Supreme Court to make pronouncement? Writes Peter Fowoyo. But for the former President, Goodluck Jonathan’s loss at the March 2015 general elections, the Supreme Court would have had to make pronouncement on whether […]