Electronic transmission of results  critical to credible, transparent elections –  SMBLF insists

The Southern and Middle Belt Leadership Forum (SMBLF) has insisted that mandatory electronic transmission of results remains critical to credible and transparent elections in Nigeria. In a statement on Monday, the group called for the retention of Clause 60 of the  Electoral Amendment Bill, which mandates real-time electronic transmission of election results. It warned that…

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Nigerian lawyers establish another professional body

A new association for legal practitioners in Nigeria, known as, Law Society of Nigeria (LSN) has been established. The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), founded in 1933, had been the only professional body regulating  legal practitioners in Nigeria. The new association, according to reports by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), is led by Kunle Ogunba,…

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