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Nigeria has capacity for real-time e-transmission of election results ―Telecommunication companies

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Telecommunication companies (TELCOs), including MTN Nigeria, Airtel, Globacom and T2 Mobile, have dismissed the excuses that there is not enough facilities to transmit election results electronically at real-time as half-truth. The TELCOs challenged the Senate to get accurate information from the telcom regulator, the NCC, rather than dishing out information that would not hold water […]

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Peter Obi leads protest to National Assembly over real time electronic transmission of election results

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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, on Monday led a group of protesters to the National Assembly, demanding the inclusion of mandatory electronic transmission of results from the polling booth to IREV in Nigeria’s Electoral Act amendment. The protesters gathered at the entrance of the National Assembly to […]

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Nigerian Senate rejects real-time electronic transmission of election results

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Nigerian Senate under Godswill Akpabio has rejected a proposed amendment to Clause 60, Subsection 3, of the Electoral Amendment Bill that sought to make the electronic transmission of election results compulsory. As reported by Channels Television on Wednesday, the provision, if approved, would have required presiding officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission to upload […]

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Nigeria’s House of Reps amends Electoral Act 2022 concerning use of BVAS, real-time electronic transmission of election results, campaign spending limits

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In a plenary presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu on Thursday, the House of Representatives has approved a significant increase in campaign spending limits for candidates contesting elective offices, and made other amendments to the Electoral Act 2022, aimed at strengthening the credibility, transparency and integrity of Nigeria’s electoral process. The House endorsed […]

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Nigerian Reps move to compel INEC to do immediate electronic transmission of election results

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Nigeria’s House of Representatives is expected to commence debate on the general principles of a bill seeking to mandate the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to grant powers to conduct Presidential and Gubernatorial Debates for candidates seeking election into the office of President and Governor of a State, respectively. The private member bill sponsored by […]

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Ondo Guber election results: Ayedatiwa leads in 13 LGs so far

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Current Governor of Ondo State who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Lucky Ayedatiwa, is so far leading in 13 local government areas as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the results of Saturday’s governorship election. Returning Officer for the State election, Prof. Olayemi Akinwumi, the Vice Chancellor of the […]

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Trump is wrong to say I had right to overturn election results ―Mike Pence, former US VP says

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Former US Vice President, Mike Pence has spoken out against his former boss Donald Trump saying the former president was wrong to say he had the right to overturn the 2020 election as Trump demanded. Pence made the statement in a speech to the Federalist Society in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on Friday, February 4. […]

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