No fewer than 1.2 million Nigerians have successfully registered in the second phase of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, undertaken by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The figure shows a significant rise in voter enrolment under the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise.
Phase II of the CVR commenced on January 5, 2026, and is scheduled to run until April 2026. It follows Phase I, which took place between August and December 2025, during which approximately 2.78 million new voters were added to the national register.
According to update shared on its official X platform on Thursday, the electoral umpire said as of February 13, 2026, a total of 1,228,648 eligible voters had completed registration during Phase II, Week Six of the exercise.
This represents a sharp increase from the 884,737 registrants recorded at the close of Week Five.
The data shows that 673,124 applicants initiated their registration through the online pre-registration portal, while 555,524 individuals finalised the process at designated physical registration centres nationwide.
Analysis of state-by-state data indicates that Jigawa State recorded the highest number of new registrants, with 98,698 voters, accounting for 8.03 per cent of the total figure.
Lagos State followed with (86,307), Sokoto State (77,004) and then Kano State (71,990).
The analysis further shows that young Nigerians between 18 and 34 years dominate the registration figures, numbering 848,066, or 69.02 per cent of the total, while 19,414 Persons with Disabilities, PWDs, have registered nationwide so far.
Women also account for the majority, with 696,891 registrants (57 per cent), while men make up 531,757 (43 per cent).
INEC noted that the CVR exercise is currently ongoing across the country, except in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, where registration has been suspended in compliance with the Electoral Act ahead of the February 21, 2026, Area Council elections.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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