Tag: voting
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Reps advance bill to make voting compulsory for all adults
A bill for an Act to amend the Electoral Act (2002) to make it mandatory for Nigerians of maturity age to vote in all national and state elections has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives.
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Does social media affect your voting? – By Azu Ishiekwene
When I first voted in an election in Nigeria in 1983, the Internet was just newly born. It had not even been properly named. Forty years later when I voted for the fifth time, my daughter who attained voting age only
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2023: Seamless voting in Gwagwalada, Bwari of FCT as Abuja residents troop out to vote
Gwagwalada and Bwari area councils in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja had a seamless voting process as they troop out to elect the next number one citizen of Nigeria. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports that at Usman ward in Kubwa voting commenced at about 9.30 am.
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POLLS: “Desist from arguing election with family, social media”- Toke Makinwa advises electorates
Media personality, Toke Makinwa, has advised the electorates to desist from arguing with family and on social media because of their differences in the choice of candidates. She also advised them to desist from losing family members or friends due to today’s elections. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the General elections would take off today, 25th…
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U.S. House in turmoil as no Speaker elected on 2nd day of voting
The U.S. House of Representatives remained in turmoil with no speaker elected on the second day of voting. House members voted on Wednesday night to adjourn until noon Thursday, prolonging a historical political stalemate that has paralysed the lower chamber. U.S. Congressman, Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, failed to secure enough votes three times…
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Use of BVAS, Result Viewing Portal has come to stay – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)says the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and Result Viewing (IReV) portal for accreditation and transmission of election results, has come to stay in Nigeria. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said this at the opening of a training for 82 master trainers on election technology for 2023…
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All you need to know about Nigeria’s 2023 general elections
Presidential and National Assembly elections would now hold on February 25, 2023
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BREAKING: INEC extends voting in Anambra till Sunday
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended voting in the Anambra State governorship election till Sunday. According to the commission, the extension is to enable those who could not vote on Saturday due to the malfunctioning of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BIVAS) machine to do so. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG gathered that the machine failed…
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Delta, Anambra polls: No electronic accreditation, no voting – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has insisted on electronic accreditation of voters in the country.
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Counting, collation of results underway as voting ends in Lagos council polls
Voting has ended in most polling units as vote counting and collation of results got underway after Saturday’s elections into the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria’s (NAN) correspondents, who monitored the exercise, reports that collations have started at the ward levels where…