UPDATED: Tinubu signs Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2026 into law, commends lawmakers for preventing ‘potential hacking’

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2026 into law, despite agitations from Nigerians over a controversial clause that makes electronic transmission of election results optional. The president assented to the bill during a brief ceremony at the Presidential Villa attended by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker...