Nigeria General Elections

What you should know about updating your PVC online in Nigeria

Victoria Fakiya

2 years ago

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Nigeria General Elections

3 apps you can report incidents with during the general elections

Here's a list of the mobile apps that allow you report any incident during the general elections today and next month.

Yinka Awosanya

5 years ago

Nigeria General Elections

Twitter introduces a new emoji, Moments thread ahead of Nigeria's presidential elections

By introducing the new features, Twitter wants to help Nigerians find election-related tweets with ease.

Titilola Oludimu

5 years ago

Nigeria General Elections

3 ways to monitor Nigeria's 2019 general elections online

Nigeria’s most anticipated general elections kickoff on Saturday 16th of February 2019; less than 20 hours from press time. There have been allegations and serious concerns that the internet may be shut down during the election period on Saturday. Nigeria’s Office o...

Victor Ekwealor

5 years ago

Nigeria General Elections

Twitter apparently suspended some Nigerian 'influencers' in preparation for Nigeria's general elections

Just before midnight on the 15th of February, barely 24 hours to Nigeria's general elections, news broke of the suspension of at least 12 well-followed Nigerian Twitter users, popular referred to as influencers.

Múyìwá Mátùlúkò

5 years ago

Governance & Policy

NCC suspends Do Not Disturb directive as general elections approach

As the general election approaches, telecom regulators, NCC suspend directives on Do Not Disturb code

Ifeanyi Ndiomewese

5 years ago

Governance & Policy

With just a few days to the presidential elections, Nigerians are vulnerable to digital rights infringement

Nigeria does not have a law that protects its citizens online. With just two days to the presidential elections, Nigerians are exposed to the threat of digital rights violations.

Titilola Oludimu

5 years ago

Nigeria General Elections

The 2019 general election is already affecting tech companies in Nigeria

A lot of recent attention has been on the 2019 general election. However, the unrest in not restricted to political arena, as tech companies in Nigeria are also feeling the heat.

Yinka Awosanya

5 years ago

Governance & Policy

4 reasons Nigeria is not ready for electronic voting at general elections

Globally, 26 countries conduct elections with one form of electronic voting or the other with some even allowing internet ballots for general elections. In 2014, Namibia joined the list becoming the first African country to conduct an e-voting election. Nigeria has made...

Victor Ekwealor

6 years ago

Governance & Policy

Inside Nigeria's first ever electronic voting exercise in Kaduna State

It is mid-afternoon on the Friday before the local government elections in Kaduna State. Dr. (Mrs.) Saratu Binta Dikko-Audu, chairman of the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KAD-SIECOM), has been on her feet for the most part of the day moving from one end...

Victor Ekwealor

6 years ago

Apps & Gadgets

'Buharimeter' to hold General Muhammadu Buhari accountable

Yinka Awosanya

9 years ago

Nigeria General Elections

What INEC’s technology didn’t do at the polls

This year marks the 5th General Elections to be conducted so far in the current democratic dispensation in Nigeria. None have generated as much buzz as the 2015 General Elections. One cannot but reflect on the role that technology and the internet played in the electi...

Yinka Awosanya

9 years ago

Nigeria General Elections

This Infographic Pretty Much Sums Up The 2015 Presidential Elections

"The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do." - Joseph Stalin I guess leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s, Joseph Stalin was wrong on this. But he wasn't even thinking about Nigeria in the context of the above qu...

Yinka Awosanya

9 years ago

Apps & Gadgets

The only app you need this coming elections

The 2015 General Elections in Nigeria are just days away, and there's much buzz around change and transformation. While the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is heading to the 2015 polls with card reader devices for accreditation, as a way of guarding a...

Yinka Awosanya

9 years ago

Nigeria General Elections

Vote And Get A Free Hotel Reservation - Hotels.ng

Mark Essien's online hotel booking platform, Hotels.ng is now offering a chance to win free hotel reservations to people who participate in the in the upcoming national elections. The startup is giving this incentive to encourage and improve participation in the coming ...

Odunayo Eweniyi

9 years ago

Nigeria General Elections

PDP Social Media: Retweet for Omokri, Fav for Asika

In Omokri's Case, Favs always win. President Goodluck Jonathan has improved (yes, improved) his social media team, by demoting the consistently controversial Reno Omokri, and appointing Obi Asika as his new senior special assistant on social media; better late than neve...

Daniel Orubo

9 years ago

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