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The ouster clause in Section 83(5)–(6) of Nigeria’s Electoral Act, 2026 (signed February 2026) represents one of the most contentious innovations in the statute. It seeks to insulate “internal affairs” of political parties from judicial scrutiny, codifying and expanding the traditional “convenient fiction” critiqued in Lawson Akhigbe’s April 2026 article. Enacted against a backdrop of …
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INEC The Electoral Act, 2026 (signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on 18 February 2026) repeals and re-enacts the Electoral Act No. 13 of 2022. It regulates the conduct of federal, state, and Federal Capital Territory Area Council elections ahead of the 2027 general elections. Enacted amid post-2023 election critiques—judicial overload from intra-party …
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Justice Ugochukwu Anthony Ogakwu Eighteen years, one certified true copy, two German loanwords, and a constitutional sledgehammer: the Court of Appeal has handed the EFCC its most consequential defeat yet, and the Commission arguably handed it to itself. Appeal No. CA/PH/622/2008 There is a particular species of Nigerian legal drama that can only be fully …
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