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INEC Opens Accreditation Portal for Osun Governorship Election Coverage INEC has opened online media accreditation for journalists and organisations covering the 2026 Osun governorship election, with applications closing August 2.

INEC has opened online media accreditation for journalists and organisations covering the 2026 Osun governorship election, with applications closing August 2.

INEC Opens Accreditation Portal for Osun Governorship Election Coverage

Oluwafunbi Bello June 2, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – INEC has opened its online media accreditation portal for journalists and media organisations seeking...

Civic Rights at Risk: Uncollected PVCs and the Growing Threat to Youth Participation in Nigeria’s 2027 Elections Stacks of uncollected Permanent Voter Cards inside INEC office Abuja(Photo credit: Oluwafunbi Bello/AHR)

Stacks of uncollected Permanent Voter Cards inside INEC office Abuja(Photo credit: Oluwafunbi Bello/AHR)

Civic Rights at Risk: Uncollected PVCs and the Growing Threat to Youth Participation in Nigeria’s 2027 Elections

Oluwafunbi Bello April 10, 2026

Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), the instruments through which Nigerian citizens exercise their civic right to elect leaders...

Rights Group Condemns Senate Rejection of Electronic Election Results Civil rights group addressing media on Nigeria election reforms

Rights Group Condemns Senate Rejection of Electronic Election Results

Chukwu Obinna February 9, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – A civil rights organisation condemns the Nigerian Senate’s rejection of mandatory electronic transmission of...

Civil Society Slams Senate Over ‘Watered-Down’ Electoral Act Changes Nigerian civil society condemns Senate’s removal of mandatory electronic result transmission from Electoral Act amendments.

Nigerian civil society condemns Senate’s removal of mandatory electronic result transmission from Electoral Act amendments.

Civil Society Slams Senate Over ‘Watered-Down’ Electoral Act Changes

Mirian Gom February 6, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s leading election monitoring coalition criticises the Senate for passing what it calls a...

UN Women Urges Lawmakers to Approve Reserved Seats Bill for Nigerian Women Nigerian lawmakers debate motion to ban toxic pesticides over public health and food safety risks

Nigerian lawmakers debate motion to ban toxic pesticides over public health and food safety risks

UN Women Urges Lawmakers to Approve Reserved Seats Bill for Nigerian Women

Chukwu Obinna December 6, 2025

ONDO, Nigeria – Lawmakers in Nigeria’s National Assembly have been urged to pass the long-debated bill seeking...

Nigeria Condemns Guinea-Bissau Coup, Demands Democratic Order Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Ministry building issuing a statement on the Guinea-Bissau coup.

Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Ministry building issuing a statement on the Guinea-Bissau coup.

Nigeria Condemns Guinea-Bissau Coup, Demands Democratic Order

Oluwatobi Adu November 27, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government has issued a strong condemnation of the military takeover in Guinea-Bissau,...

Tinubu Vows Tax Relief, Calls Editors to Defend Democracy President Bola Tinubu addressing Nigerian editors at the ANEC 2025 conference in Abuja

President Bola Tinubu addressing Nigerian editors at the ANEC 2025 conference in Abuja

Tinubu Vows Tax Relief, Calls Editors to Defend Democracy

Juliet Jacob November 13, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged Nigerian editors to uphold the ideals of democracy...

INEC Chairman speaking at conference on electoral reforms

Oluwafunbi Bello October 28, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, has...

Amupitan Takes Charge, Pledges Electoral Integrity, National Unity Professor Joash Amupitan during INEC handover ceremony in Abuja

Amupitan Takes Charge, Pledges Electoral Integrity, National Unity

Oluwafunbi Bello October 24, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, officially assumes office as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral...

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INEC Opens Accreditation Portal for Osun Governorship Election Coverage

Civic Rights at Risk: Uncollected PVCs and the Growing Threat to Youth Participation in Nigeria’s 2027 Elections

Rights Group Condemns Senate Rejection of Electronic Election Results

Civil Society Slams Senate Over ‘Watered-Down’ Electoral Act Changes

UN Women Urges Lawmakers to Approve Reserved Seats Bill for Nigerian Women

Nigeria Condemns Guinea-Bissau Coup, Demands Democratic Order

Tinubu Vows Tax Relief, Calls Editors to Defend Democracy

Amupitan Takes Charge, Pledges Electoral Integrity, National Unity

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