Earlier today Thursday 12th of March 2020, the Nigeria's Senate passed for the second reading, a constitution amendment bill which prescribes Higher National Diploma (HND) or its equivalent as the minimum educational requirements for aspirants seeking to contest the office of the Nigerian President or state governors.The bill which is being sponsored by a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Plateau State, Senator Isfifanus Gyang, also prescribes Nation...

In the quest of organizing a credible and fair election during next year's general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission will spend not less than N239.2bn approximately half a billion-dollar on procuring voting materials and vehicles that will be used in the 2023 general election.This is according to the 2023 General Election Project Plan that was launched by INEC in Abuja on Thursday.The commission stated that N239.2bn, which constitutes 78.44 per...

President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to screen and confirm 10 new Resident Electoral Commissioners for a term of five ears.The President’s request was contained in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at plenary on Tuesday.The new RECs were appointed last week to serve in the Independent National Electoral Commission.The newly appointed RECs are Etekamba Umoren (Akwa Ibom) Isah Shaka Ehimeakne (Edo) Oluwatoyin Babalola (Ekiti) Abubakar Ahme...