ABUJA — Within 48 hours of resumption of its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has received 92,845 online applications nationwide. The online registration started on June 28, while physical registration at INEC local government and state offices would commence on July 19. The commission said of the 92,845 applications received, 63,437 were for new voter pre-registration, while 997 of the applications were requests for uncollected Permanent Voter Cards...

ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the creation of new 56,872 polling units in various parts of the country. The announcement was made by the Chairman of the Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, at the headquarters of the commission in Abuja; he added that the move was in line with the decision of INEC to expand voters’ access to polling units. “After wide-ranging consultations with stakeholders and...