A rowdy session erupted Thursday, 17 February 2026, during the House of Representatives deliberations on the Electoral Reform Bill, deepening the political crisis surrounding recent amendments to the electronic transmission of election results.
The Executive Governor of Plateau State Governor, His Excellency Barr. Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, has congratulated Plateau-born Janet Gavou Pam, over her historic emergence as World and European Champion in the Women’s 84kg M2 sports category at the Powerlifting Championship in Oulu, Finland.
Following the just concluded thirty-nineth (39th) Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, new leaders have been elected at the gathering which the United Nation’s Secretary-General, António Guterres urged for sustainable peace and security across the continent.
The death has occurred of Lance Cpl. Chukwuemeka E. Oforah, 21, a Marine of Nigerian descent following a fall overboard from the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) in the Caribbean Sea on 7 February 2026.
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has clarified that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) operates offline on election day, addressing lingering concerns about network failures during elections.
This piece critically examines the quagmire surrounding the legislation and the lingering unresolved questions around electoral transparency in the oil-rich African nation.
During a plenary session held on Tuesday, 10 Tuesday 2026, on the floor of the state, former Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, urged the Islamic community to tackle clerics who preach radical Islam.
Fresh controversy has erupted over Nigeria’s electoral reforms following an emergency plenary session of the Senate on Monday, 10 February 2026, which commenced at about 12:50 p.m., amid sustained public backlash over the rejection of mandatory electronic transmission of election results.
Inspired by the principle of subsidiarity and corporate governance, the Catholic Diocese of Umuahia recently donated two new electric street sweepers and scraper vehicles to the Abia State Government.
In the wake of protests on the removal of the provision mandating the electronic transmission of results from Nigeria’s amended 2022 Electoral Act, Yiaga Africa, a leading election monitoring organisation, has educated Nigerians on the real meaning of real-time transmission of election results.
