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TIMELINE: N143bn in 2017, N505bn in 2021… six times n’assembly increased the budget under Buhari

    TIMELINE: N143bn in 2017, N505bn in 2021… six times n’assembly increased the budget under Buhari

On Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari signed a record N17.13 trillion 2022 appropriation bill into law — less than a week after the house of representatives and senate passed the bill. The presidency

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Gbaja: National assembly may remove direct primary clause from electoral bill

    Gbaja: National assembly may remove direct primary clause from electoral bill

Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, says the national assembly may remove the direct primary clause from the electoral act amendment bill.  The national assembly transmitted the bill

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EXPOSED: Errors, contradictions… CSOs highlight mistakes in electoral bill

    EXPOSED: Errors, contradictions… CSOs highlight mistakes in electoral bill

Eight civil society organisations (CSOs) have highlighted errors and contradictions in the rejected electoral act amendment bill. The CSOs — Yiaga Africa, International Press Centre (IPC), Centre for Citizens with

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Interrogating the Ogbanje/Abiku spirit of the electoral act amendment bill

    Interrogating the Ogbanje/Abiku spirit of the electoral act amendment bill

Perhaps, being a pragmatist who having weighed all the odds against the concept of direct primaries for the nomination of candidates for political offices by parties, such as the humungous

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Senate spokesman: It’s presumptuous for Buhari to reject electoral bill over cost of direct primary

  Senate spokesman: It’s presumptuous for Buhari to reject electoral bill over cost of direct primary

Ajibola Basiru, spokesperson of the senate, says the argument of President Muhammadu Buhari on the issue of cost of direct

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Electoral bill: Ortom commends Buhari for withholding assent over direct primary clause

  Electoral bill: Ortom commends Buhari for withholding assent over direct primary clause

Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for withholding assent to the electoral act amendment bill. The

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FULL TEXT: Buhari’s letter declining assent to electoral bill

  FULL TEXT: Buhari’s letter declining assent to electoral bill

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday wrote to the national assembly, explaining his decision to withhold assent to the electoral act amendment

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Wike: Direct primary clause included in electoral bill so Buhari won’t give assent

  Wike: Direct primary clause included in electoral bill so Buhari won’t give assent

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says the clause on direct primaries for political parties was deliberately included in the electoral

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Free-for-all over PIB, e-transmission drama — controversial moments at n’assembly in 2021

  Free-for-all over PIB, e-transmission drama — controversial moments at n’assembly in 2021

The year 2021 recorded some interesting moments at the national assembly. The senate and the house of representatives made several

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Adegboruwa asks national assembly to veto electoral bill if Buhari refuses to sign

  Adegboruwa asks national assembly to veto electoral bill if Buhari refuses to sign

Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has asked the national assembly to veto the electoral act amendment bill if

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