“The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has directed the reconvening of plenary for an emergency sitting on Tuesday, February 10th 2026”, Odo announced. While passing the Electoral Bill, 2026 on Wednesday last week, the Senate had removed mandatory electronic transmission (real time) of election results by the Independent National Electoral Commission from Clause 60 (3) of the bill. “There is nothing else urgent, to my understanding, if not the electoral bill. But, on Saturday, Akpabio himself eventually confirmed that the Senate removed mandatory, real-time transmission of results from the bill. “Mandatory Real-Time Transmission or Results of Nothing”, one of the messages read.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 08, 2026 17:11 UTC