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FCT elections expose practical limitations of real-time result transmission ―Amupitan, INEC chair

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Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the February 21 Federal Capital Territory area council election exposed the practical limits of relying on real-time electronic result transmission in Nigeria. Speaking at the 2026 Electoral Act Townhall in Abuja on Sunday, INEC Chairman Prof. Joash Amupitan explained that the challenges were not primarily technological. “From my […]

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Nigeria has capacity for real-time e-transmission of election results ―Telecommunication companies

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Telecommunication companies (TELCOs), including MTN Nigeria, Airtel, Globacom and T2 Mobile, have dismissed the excuses that there is not enough facilities to transmit election results electronically at real-time as half-truth. The TELCOs challenged the Senate to get accurate information from the telcom regulator, the NCC, rather than dishing out information that would not hold water […]

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Nigerian Senate approves electronic transmission of results, gives room for manual backup

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Nigerian Senate has approved the electronic transmission of election results to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Result Viewing (IREV) Portal, while permitting manual collation to serve as a backup where it is impossible to use technology. The decision followed a reconsideration of a disputed clause in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill during an emergency plenary […]

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Senate didn’t reject e-transmission of results ―Senator Abaribe says (Video)

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Nigeria’s Senate Minority Caucus on Thursday clarified that the Senate did not reject the electronic transmission of election results before passing the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, contrary to widespread media reports. Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, in company of Senator Aminu Tambuwal, Senator Ireti Kingibe and some other Senators made the clarification to set the record straight. […]

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INEC uploads 95% of results of Anambra poll on IReV

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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says over 95 per cent of results from the Saturday Anambra governorship election have been successfully uploaded on its Result Viewing Portal (IReV). Checks by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the commission’s portal indicated steady progress in result transmission from polling units across the 21 local government areas […]

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2027: They will write the results, By Lasisi Olagunju

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President Nnamdi Azikiwe was certain that the 1964 federal elections were a farce and should not produce a legitimate government. By hook and by crook, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa’s Nigerian National Alliance (NNA) party got (about) 200 of its candidates elected into a parliament of 312/313 members. The winners wrote the election results and gave themselves […]

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Results on INEC portal shows Peter Obi won in Rivers, not Tinubu ―Premium Times claims

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Report by Premium Times says results uploaded on the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV) indicate that the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, won the 25 February presidential election in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, South-south Nigeria. According to the report, Obi’s votes in the area implies he, and not Bola Tinubu […]

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Lawmakers are rejecting electronic transmission of results for self-interest ―Jega

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Ex-chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega has stated that lawmakers kicking against electronic transmission of results in general elections, are doing so for their selfish interest. Prof Jega in his speech at a lecture titled: “Politics, governance and leadership recruitment in 21st century democracy,” organised by Kwara Visioners Network for […]

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Boat conveying INEC officials, results, capsizes in Delta, 12 missing

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A boat has capsized along the Ebrohimi Creek in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State leaving electoral materials with Ad-hoc Staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and Security Operatives missing. Reports say that the incident happened late last night after the governorship and state assembly elections in the state. It was […]

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