By Yemi Sodeeq, The Informant247 Belawu Obalowu, 63, has been participating in Nigerian elections for over two decades. Just like every other time in the past, she was eager to vote for the candidates of her choice on February 25. Not aware of the issues ahead, she went to her Polling Unit 016 (Ode Oyan) of Ajikobi
By Ben Aroh, The Whistlers Dr. Offordile Fabian Onah was duly registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission to vote in the 2023 general elections. He had obtained his permanent voter card and waited for Feb 25, 2023, to cast his votes. Alas, Dr. Onah was rejected by the Bimodal Verification Accreditation System! The plight
By Etido Okon PROMAD and Policy Shapers, two civic tech organizations have urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish the Bi-modal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) report across the country alongside the 2023 election results for the sake of transparency and credibility. In a statement signed by the founders – Daisi Omukungbe and Ebenezar
By Our Reporters A lecturer of the Department of Philosophy in the University of Calabar, Mr. Gabriel Agabi Akwaji has been arrested by the Nigerian Police Force in Northern Cross River State for impersonating an ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Dr. Dominic Abakedi, in the Presidential and National Assembly polls
By Ogar Monday The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Cross River State has announced plans to conduct mock accreditation with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) so as to ascertain the readiness of the device for the February 25th and March 11th polls. The exercise which will hold in Obudu and Ogoja in the
In this investigation by Ogar Monday, CrossRiverWatch has uncovered a scheme by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its major rival, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aimed at outsmarting the Independent National Election Commission in the 2023 general election. Their agents collected the identification number on voter cards and bank details of eligible voters. Lebo
By Elijah Akoji, SolaceBase This investigation by SolaceBase reveals an attempt by the main opposition political party in Kano State, the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), to compromise the 2023 general election by recruiting party agents for the collection of voters’ card data and a picture of the voters’ card of Nigerians, particularly in rural communities.
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper The Cross River State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Johnson Alalibo, on Friday, said the State had received the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System for use in the 2023 general elections. Alalibo also said other non-sensitive materials, like the voting cubicles, were expected to be delivered to the State. The Head of