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While Nigerians were fasting for the first day of Ramadan, their lawmakers were doing something far more consequential to the future of their votes. After weeks of protests, tear gas, a House walkout, and multiple emergency sessions, the National Assembly passed the...
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Saturday’s election results are in. The new rules worked exactly as written. The first election under the new Electoral Act happened on Saturday. APC won five of six FCT area councils. Turnout was 15%. INEC uploaded 93% of results to IReV by Sunday afternoon. By...
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The new Electoral Act ran its first race. Here’s what the results actually show. Here’s what Nigeria’s new electoral framework looks like in practice. On Saturday, 1,680,315 people were registered to vote in the FCT area council elections — the first...
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What happened in AMAC on Saturday was legal. It was also completely legible. You want to understand how political power actually works in Nigeria? Look at AMAC. Before Saturday’s election, the PDP’s own AMAC chairmanship candidate stepped down publicly in...
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El-Rufai’s detention tour is almost complete. Still no court date. Nasir el-Rufai is now in ICPC custody. Before that, he spent two nights at the EFCC on N432 billion fraud allegations. EFCC granted him bail. The DSS picked him up immediately on...
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Tomorrow is the first election under Nigeria’s new electoral law. Here’s what to watch for. 1.68 million voters in Abuja’s six area councils vote tomorrow for the FCT Area Council elections. It’s a local government election. Low stakes for most...