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Police Deploy Personnel for Osun Governorship Election Recovered stolen vehicles displayed by the FCT Police Command.

Oluwatobi Adu August 14, 2026

OGUN, Nigeria – The Osun governorship election security operation is underway as the Nigeria Police Force deploys...

Oluwafunbi Bello August 3, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – A coalition of more than 100 Nigerian, African and international civil society organisations has...

Abah Felicity July 29, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, and the News Agency of Nigeria...

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.

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)

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

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.

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

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.