An Independent National Election Commission official, Mrs. Seye Soriyan, assisting Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State to register.
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Nigerian Voter Registration Off to Bumpy Start
Nigeria is carrying out a two-week exercise to build a new voters' roll from scratch, using direct data capturing (DDC) equipment, but it has been plagued with teething problems.
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Nigeria: Election Commission Chief in Eye of Storm
Vanguard, 23 January 2011
The much-anticipated registration of voters commenced nationwide penultimate Saturday to a rather disappointing start as most prospective voters left the registration centres… Read more »
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Nigeria: Jega - We're On Course
This Day, 21 January 2011
Ahead of the April general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said only political parties with presidential candidates will have their logos printed… Read more »
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Nigeria: Voter Registration Hitches Are National Embarrassment, Says Party
Vanguard, 24 January 2011
The Nigerian Peoples Congress, NPC, said yesterday that the problems associated with the ongoing voter registration, occasioned by the frequent malfunctioning of the Direct Data… Read more »
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Nigeria: Leaders Call for End to Voter Registration Problems
Vanguard, 23 January 2011
AS the two-week long nationwide voter registration entered its seventh-day, yesterday, prominent Nigerians including Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, have called on the… Read more »
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Nigeria: April Polls at Risk Without Electoral Offences Commission - Festus Okoye
Vanguard, 22 January 2011
Coordinator of the Independent Election Monitoring Group (IEMG), who is also a former chair of the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), Mr. Festus Okoye, in this interview, argues… Read more »
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Nigeria: Community Leader Lauds INEC On Registration
Vanguard, 23 January 2011
PRESIDENT General of Aladja Council of Elders, Prince Ibrahim Dumuje, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the remarkable improvement in the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Fake DDC Machines Slow Voter Registration Exercise in Edo
Leadership, 21 January 2011
Accredited National Youth Service Corps members (NYSC) in the on- going voter registration in Edo State has attributed the hitches in the exercise largely to fake DDC machines… Read more »
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Nigeria: Uduaghan Registers As DDC Machines Arrive in Warri
Vanguard, 24 January 2011
Some of the Direct Data Capturing, DDC, machines sent to Delta State by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the ongoing voters registration, have packed up at… Read more »
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Nigeria: NBA Berates INEC Over Lapses With DDC Machines
Vanguard, 20 January 2011
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, yesterday, expressed concern over the ability of the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, to compile a credible voters register for the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Voter Registration Improving, Says Vice-President
This Day, 20 January 2011
Vice President Namadi Sambo yesterday registered as voter in the ongoing voters registration exercise amidst tight security. Read more »
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Nigeria: Five DDC Machines Stolen in Niger, Deputy LG Boss Held
Daily Trust, 21 January 2011
Five Direct Data Capturing (DDC) Machines of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have been stolen from the Niger State headquarters of the commission. Deputy… Read more »
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Nigeria: Seven Days of Drama Over Voter Registration
Vanguard, 22 January 2011
As the voter registration entered the seventh-day yesterday, the people of Langtang North Local Government Area of Plateau State are asking how over 1,000 people were already… Read more »
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Nigeria: Voters' Registration in Fits And Start
This Day, 21 January 2011
Last Saturday, the voter registration commenced, but not without its many challenges. The exercise is a pre-requisite for a credible, free and fair election as it lists out all… Read more »
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Nigeria: Voter Registration - False Start?
Independent (Lagos), 20 January 2011
It was both predictable and predicted: that the commencement of the voter registration exercise would be fraught with all manner of self-inflicted problems. Read more »
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Nigeria: INEC Moves to Eliminate Hitches
This Day, 17 January 2011
As the voter registration commenced on a shaky start last Saturday, Independent National Electoral Commi-ssion (INEC) has said it has taken concrete measures to eliminate the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Shaky Start for Voter Registration
This Day, 16 January 2011
Anger, complaints and recriminations trailed yesterday's wobbly take-off of the national voter registration exercise, which held at different centres nationwide. Poor publicity for… Read more »
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Nigeria: Registration in Shaky Start Across the States
Daily Champion, 16 January 2011
Thousands of voters who turned out at various registration centres at Ijegun in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, went home disappointed as no official of the… Read more »
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Nigeria: INEC DDC Machines Pack Up in Ibusa
Vanguard, 23 January 2011
SOME of the Direct Data Capturing, DDC machines sent to Delta State by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the ongoing voter registration, have packed up at… Read more »
