In a renewed effort to strengthen democratic participation and ensure that the voices of grassroots communities are fully represented in governance, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ademola Adeleke on Community Engagement, Hon. Sulaimon Musa Olalekan, held a strategic meeting with the State Executives of the Community Development Council (CDC) in Osun State. The…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed claims by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) that figures released in its first-week report on continuous voter registration (CVR) are “statistically implausible”. On Monday, INEC said more than 1.3 million Nigerians completed their online voter pre-registration within just one week of opening the exercise. According to commission’s…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of releasing “statistically implausible” figures from the first week of its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, specifically questioning how Osun State recorded more new voter registrations in a single week than it did over the previous four years. In a statement released…
The absence of Anambra from the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) portal for online pre-registration is not an oversight. Anambra’s electoral activities operate on a different timetable than the rest of the country due to its off-cycle governorship election. While the rest of Nigeria is preparing for the 2027 general…
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has declared that voter registration is no longer merely a civic duty but a compulsory obligation for every eligible citizen in the state. The governor made the declaration on Friday while inaugurating a 36-member Committee on Voter Registration and Civic Awareness at the Government House. He charged the committee…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the commencement of the 2025 nationwide Continuous Voter Registration exercise ahead of the upcoming elections. According to a statement by the Commission via its X handle on Friday, online pre-registration will open on Monday, August 18, 2025, through its official portal: cvr.inecnigeria.org. The Commission further disclosed that in-person…