Akpabio Leads Senate In Passing Electoral Bill, Manual Backup Provision Splits Opinion
As Senate endorses digital results transmission, critics have warned against ‘repackaged rigging.’ Critics counter that manual fallback provisions undermine confidence in electoral transparency and digital accountability.
Nigeria Election Reforms: Civil Groups Warn Senate Changes Could Weaken E-results Transmission
A coalition of Nigerian civil society organisations has raised concerns over changes made by the Senate to a key clause in the country’s Electoral Act, warning that the revisions could weaken safeguards around the electronic transmission of election results. On Tuesday, the Senate reversed its earlier rejection of electronic transmission of results and adopted a […]
EFCC Charges Two over Alleged ₦603m NNPC Appointment Scam
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has charged two people over an alleged scheme to defraud a woman of ₦603.4m by promising to secure her appointment as the head of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. The EFCC said the suspects, Gidado Ibrahim and Halimat Adenike Tejusho, obtained the money […]