Election Security
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CJID, CFLI Train Nigerian Journalists On Election Security
As part of efforts to strengthen election security reporting in Nigeria, the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), in…
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2023: These Politicians Are Fueling Violence With The Spread Of Hate Speech
The venue of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial campaign flag-off in the Gaya Local Government Area (LGA) of…
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2023: Election Campaigns Have Begun, So Has The Violence
On Monday, Nov. 28, armed men killed Victoria Chintex, a women’s leader in the Labour Party (LP) at her residence…
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Nigeria’s Electoral Body Suspends Voter Registration As Terrorists Disrupt Process In Southeast State
Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has suspended the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in a local…
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Politicians Using Thugs To Frustrate Gubernatorial Poll In Southwest Nigeria State
Thugs, suspected to be members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), on Monday, July 11, attacked the…
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Terrorists Attack INEC Office In Southeast Nigeria
Burnt INEC office at Enugu State. Photo: INEC/Twitter The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says terrorists destroyed 748 ballot Boxes…
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How Hate Speeches By Politicians, Others Lead To Election Violence In Nigeria
In Aug. 2020, just as the South-South state of Edo state was gearing for its gubernatorial elections, Joseph Ihama, a…
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Jihadists Trying To Disrupt 2023 Elections In Nigeria’s Northwest
Birnin Gwari Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria, faces multiple threats. One of them is an Al-Qaeda-linked…
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Misinformation May Aggravate Tension As General Elections Approach In Nigeria
There was outrage on Nigerian social media on Thursday, June 23, after a video went viral. The person who recorded…
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Nigeria’s Deadly History Of Electoral Violence In Five Charts
Nearly all of Nigeria’s general elections since independence have been tainted with the brush strokes of violence. The outrage that…
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