Electoral Act

Appeal Court invalidates Sections 77(5), (6), (7) and 84(2) of the Electoral Act 2026, declaring them inconsistent with the 1999 Constitution. Judgment restores political parties' constitutional autonomy to determine membership registers and candidate nomination processes without statutory restrictions...

May 08, (THEWILL) — The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed May 25 for hearing in a suit instituted by the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), challenging provisions of the newly enacted Electoral Act, 2026, which the party says...

May 03, (THEWILL) — ‎The recent assertion by my brother, Festus Okoye Esq, that lawyers have become scapegoats in internal party conflicts owing to their recourse to the courts calls for careful constitutional and judicial interrogation. At the centre...

February 17, (THEWILL) — Abuja witnessed high political tension on Tuesday, as divisions within the National Assembly came to the fore, with opposition lawmakers staging a walkout, while both chambers endorsed a hybrid system of electronic and manual transmission...

February 17, (THEWILL) — Tension flared in the House of Representatives on Tuesday following a dispute over a voice vote on the motion to rescind the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2025, with several lawmakers protesting the Speaker’s ruling. The...

February 16, (THEWILL) — As the Conference Committee of the National Assembly begins seating today, Monday, February 16, 2025, doubts still linger about their readiness to agree on the widespread demand for inclusion of electronic transmission of election results...

February 10, (THEWILL) — There was tension at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, on Tuesday, as police operatives clashed with protesters during the second day of the #OccupyNASS demonstration, with former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, joining activists demanding...

February 08, (THEWILL) — The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), urging it to investigate alleged abuse of office by members of the National Assembly and officials of the executive...

February 08, (THEWILL) — As the Conference Committee of the National Assembly gets underway this week to harmonise the unequal positions of the House of Representatives and Senate on the Electoral Act bill 2026, the public outrage against the...

February 05, (THEWILL) — Nigeria’s House of Representatives has inaugurated a conference committee on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill to harmonise differences between the versions passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives. The move comes as...