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Nigeria's National Assembly to Tweak Electoral Amendment Bill

The National Assembly has announced its intention to resubmit a tweaked version of the Electoral Bill to President Buhari who rejected the proposal that the order in which elections are held, be changed. The proposal was that lawmakers have their elections first, followed by that of state lawmakers and governors, with the presidential elections held last.

Nigeria: Election Sequence Latest - Reps Fault Buhari, Vow to Resubmit Bill

Daily Trust, 15 March 2018

After a presidential veto, the House of Representatives has resolved to rework the Bill on reordering of elections and re-present it to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. Read more »

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Nigeria: Election Sequence Court Stops NASS From Overriding President

Leadership, 15 March 2018

The bid by the National Assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari suffered a setback yesterday as Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the National Assembly to refrain from… Read more »
Nigeria: Election Sequence - Reps Move to Re-Gazette Electoral Act

Vanguard, 15 March 2018

House of Representatives, yesterday, said after studying President Muhammadu Buhari's letter declining to endorse the re-ordering of the elections sequence, it has decided to… Read more »
Nigeria: 2019 Elections, Nigerian Political Scene Replays in a Movie

Vanguard, 15 March 2018

Ahead of 2019 general elections, a movie that mirrors the political life of Nigerians is due to hit the cinemas nationwide on March 16, amid pomp and pageantry. Read more »
Nigeria: PDP Says 8 APC Govs Working to 'Kill' New Election Sequence

Daily Trust, 15 March 2018

Eight governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are trying to influence the National Assembly not to override President Muhammadu Buhari's… Read more »
Nigeria: Electoral Act - Reps to Re-Transmit Rejected Amendment

Leadership, 14 March 2018

The House of Representatives has vowed to gazette the amended Electoral Act which President Muhammadu Buhari declined assent to and re-transmit the reordering of the election… Read more »
Nigeria: Reps to Override Buhari On Peace Corps Bill

Premium Times, 14 March 2018

The House of Representatives says it will override President Muhammadu Buhari's veto on the recently rejected Peace Corps Bill. Read more »
Nigeria: 2019 Election Sequence - Court Restrains National Assembly On Electoral Act Amendment

Premium Times, 14 March 2018

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, asked the National Assembly not to take any action on the Bill amending the Electoral Act which President Muhammadu Buhari refused to… Read more »
Nigeria: We'll Override Buhari's Veto, National Assembly Vows

Guardian, 15 March 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari's veto of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill might not have long to fly, as the Senate steps up moves to override it . Read more »

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Nigerian President Rejects Electoral Act Amendment

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the amendment to the Electoral Act, which intended to change the country's elections sequence. The National Assembly had proposed that ... Read more »
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