Month: February 2026

Electoral Act: Senate only created ambiguity – Former lawmaker, Bugaje

Former member of the House of Representatives, Usman Bugaje, has said that the Senate only succeeded in creating ambiguity in the the passage of the Electoral Amendment Act.

This was as he said that the red chamber of the National Assembly never wanted the real-time electronic transmission of election results.

Bugaje made this statement during an interview on ‘Sunday Politics’, a programme on Channels Television.

He was reacting to the Electoral Amendment Act passed by the National Assembly and signed into law by President Bola Tinubu.

DAILY POST reports that Tinubu signed the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill 2026 into law barely 24 hours after it was passed by the National Assembly.

Airing his own opinion, the Islamic Scholar, Political Activist and Civil Society Leader, “What we saw and what everybody knew was that the Senate was insisting that there should not be that mandatory electronic transmission of results in real time.

“When the pressure was much, they now caved in by producing or creating ambiguity.”

Electoral Act: Senate only created ambiguity – Former lawmaker, Bugaje

CCN backs CAN in rejecting proposed Hisbah Bill in Niger

The Christian Council of Nigeria, CCN, Niger State chapter, has thrown its weight behind the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in rejecting the proposed Hisbah Bill currently before the Niger State House of Assembly.

In a statement signed by its State Chairman, Rev. Daniel Tsado, the council described the bill as controversial and appealed to Governor Mohammed Umar Bago not to allow any policy capable of disrupting the longstanding peaceful coexistence between Christians and Muslims in the state.

Rev. Tsado, who is also the Vicar of Gbaiko Anglican Church in Bosso Local Government Area, said Niger State has enjoyed decades of religious harmony and warned that the introduction of the Hisbah Bill could create unnecessary tension and division among residents.

“We join other well-meaning Nigerlites in appealing to the Farmer Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago, not to allow the peaceful coexistence among Christians and Muslims to be distorted by religious extremism,” the statement read.

CCN said it fully supports CAN’s position against the proposed legislation, stressing that the bill could negatively affect freedom of business and worsen the economic challenges currently facing the state.

According to the council, churches in the state least expected such a bill under the administration of Governor Bago, who has previously demonstrated gestures of unity by visiting churches across the state.

“Mr Governor, please do not derail from the path of unity and peaceful coexistence,” the council urged.

The Christian body further questioned the timing of the bill, noting that it comes at a period of what it described as a robust relationship between the two dominant religions in the state.

“As a bloc, we wonder why such a bill is being introduced at a time when there is strong interfaith harmony. We must avoid anything that will sow seeds of discord among us,” the statement added.

CCN backs CAN in rejecting proposed Hisbah Bill in Niger

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