Senate summons emergency sitting as Labour, civil groups plan protests The Senate has fixed an emergency plenary for Tuesday following growing public backlash over its handling of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, especially the decision not to make real-time electronic transmission of election results compulsory. Clerk of the Senate, Emmanuel Odo, disclosed the development in a statement on Sunday, saying all lawmakers had been directed to reconvene. “The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has directed the reconvening of plenary for an emergency sitting on Tuesday, February 10, 2026,” the notice read,...