Jeremy Whyte

INEC REMOVES 1.6 MILLION RECORDS FROM VOTERS' REGISTER, IDENTIFIES 54 STAFF IN 10 STATES AS COMPLICIT The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the removal of 1,609,553 records from the national register of voters following a clean-up of the 2025/2026 Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. It also revealed that 54 persons across ten states have been identified as complicit in the irregularities and face disciplinary action and possible prosecution. INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, SAN, disclosed this at a press conference on the display and publication of the Preliminary Voters Register held at the Commission’s Headquarters on Monday 9th November, 2026. Prof. Amupitan said the figure comprises 1,608,660 confirmed invalid registrations and 873 records belonging to verified deceased persons, which were removed as a separate category. The Commission harvested 11,088,238 records from the three phases of the 2025/2026 CVR, and the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) initially flagged 1,545,052 of these for examination. He cautioned that flagging does not equal invalidity. "A flagged record is not necessarily an invalid registration: automated screening identifies matters requiring review, while authorised adjudication determines the outcome," he said. Before the Preliminary Register was published, 1,277,052 registrations had been confirmed invalid and excluded. A further 268,000 cases then went to adjudication following objections, claims and complaints received during the display. Of these, 217,722 were confirmed invalid and removed, while 50,278 were cleared as valid and retained. Additional screening identified 113,886 more invalid registrations, which were also removed, bringing the post-display removals to 331,608. "The Commission confirms that the current register-cleaning exercise for the 2025/2026 Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) has been concluded," Prof. Amupitan said. The chairman said the Commission considered the scale of the removals "significant enough to warrant an examination of how it occurred and those responsible for this." According to him, the technical assessment examined suspected multiple registrations, unusual registration patterns, substituted photographs and irregularities in registration transactions, and found that some registration personnel acted deliberately. "The Commission found instances in which certain registration personnel deliberately circumvented established registration procedures and misused provisions intended for exceptional registration circumstances including for persons with disabilities," he said. He added that the affected records had been identified and subjected to review and remediation, and that the personnel involved had been identified for further administrative investigation. "Fifty-four persons cutting across ten States have been identified as complicit and necessary disciplinary action will be taken against them including possible prosecution," he said. To prevent a recurrence, the Commission is strengthening its registration controls with "enhanced biometric capture, authentication and verification safeguards." The announcement follows complaints, claims and objections received during the display of the Preliminary Register at the ward level between 9 and 15 October 2026, and its subsequent online publication. Members of the public pointed to apparently artificial or manipulated photographs, duplicate registration attempts, unusual names and registration patterns, and deceased persons remaining on the register. Some alleged the irregularities were intentional and aimed at compromising the 2027 elections.

Tinubu: I will reduce petrol pump price to 200/ltr after 2027 elections

Mr. Peter Obi @PeterObi, in all your public vituperations, you often say things akin to the fact that ‘Nigeria is finished’. So, why are you now so anxious to associate with a success story of the country or this government? Just for photo ops? You see the hypocrisy?

Who understands what Tinubu is saying here?😭 Look at the faces of the crowd. Everyone is utterly confused!💔✍️

BREAKING: Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, was disgraced in Abia State today during his campaign when the crowd he asked to vote for Tinubu started shouting "Obi, Obi, Obi" Jungle don mature 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I find it difficult to believe that in 2026, Nigerian youths would still allow themselves to be used by politicians as instruments of violence and political intimidation. How can you allow yourself to be recruited to disrupt another Nigerian's political rally? We are all citizens of the same country. We are all feeling the economic hardship. We are all struggling with the same challenges. Yet, politicians whose children are nowhere near these dangerous political activities will send you out to attack fellow Nigerians. Their children are safe, their families are protected, but you are willing to collect ₦50,000 or ₦100,000 at the risk of your life. You know you could get injured, arrested or even killed, and you might never return home to your family. For what exactly? For whose political ambition? This is 2026. Wake up! What happened in Asaba is highly condemnable. Nobody has a monopoly on Nigeria, and nobody is more Nigerian than another. Every citizen has the constitutional right to support a political party, attend a rally and express their political opinion without intimidation or violence. I am encouraged to see Nigerians becoming more conscious of the need to protect our democracy. We cannot allow political thuggery, intimidation and violence to become the order of the day. Politicians are elected to serve the people, not to recruit the people to fight one another. Our democracy must be protected. Our lives must be valued. And Nigeria belongs to all of us

Rivers State has already concluded, already agreed that come 16 January, they will vote for you (President Tinubu). - Wike assures President Tinubu today at the Rainbow Coalition Presidential Rally in Port Harcourt:

Breaking !!!! I tamed Atlantic but could not tame insecurity in Nigeria 🇳🇬 - Tinubu Exposes himself more Peter Obi ran away from Erosion and could not Confront Emotion shouts Tinubu as Kashim Shettima admits that Peter Obi has integrity and Goodwill in open campaign 😂🤩😳

He (Peter Obi) is in one party they call NDC who is running for president. He ran away from erosion in Anambra State. He couldn't confront erosion. I, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, confronted the Atlantic Ocean. I tamed it for you. - President Tinubu

When I first arrived in the United States as a young man, I drove a taxi to earn money for my education. I even had to postpone starting school for several months to save enough. When I eventually got to Chicago, I worked different jobs to support myself and pay my way through university. I know what it means to worry about tuition, accommodation and how to make ends meet while pursuing an education. Those experiences have stayed with me. I know what education made possible in my own life, and I believe every Nigerian child deserves that same opportunity, regardless of where they are born or what their parents can afford. This is one reason education remains a major priority of our Renewed Hope administration. Through NELFUND, we have provided over ₦372 billion in student loans for institutional fees and upkeep, helping young Nigerians remain in school and pursue their education. Our technical and vocational education programme has attracted over 2.8 million applications. We have rehabilitated 38 technical colleges, while students in federal and selected state technical colleges now benefit from free school fees, boarding, textbooks and uniforms. We have reached a new agreement with ASUU, providing for a 40% increase in academic staff remuneration and measures to improve stability in our universities. A four-year course must take four years. Our young people deserve to complete their education on time and get on with their lives. Promise made, Promise Kept In medical education, we are investing ₦110 billion in rehabilitating 24 medical schools. Annual nursing enrolment has increased from 28,000 to 115,000, while medical and dental enrolment has risen from 5,000 to 12,000. Nigeria needs more doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, and we must build the capacity to train them here at home. Over one million children who were previously out of school have been returned to learning. We are investing in teacher development, expanding educational opportunities for girls, and implementing a new national curriculum that restores Nigerian History to our classrooms. Our children must know where we have come from, understand the country they belong to, and be prepared to take responsibility for its future. I commend the Honourable Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa @DrTunjiAlausa, the Minister of State, Professor Suwaiba Sa’id Ahmad @Suwaiba_Said, and the entire education team @NigEducation for their dedication to this important work. I am particularly pleased that the team has developed an interactive A–Z of the Nigeria Education Sector Renewal Initiative (NESRI), bringing together the reforms, programmes, achievements and opportunities across our education system. I invite every Nigerian to visit edu4pbat.ng and explore the A–Z of NESRI. If you are a parent, find out what opportunities are available for your children. If you are a student, explore the programmes you can benefit from. If you are a teacher, see what support is available. And if something is not working as it should in your community, I want to hear about it. Your feedback will help us identify problems and address them. Our journey from reform to opportunities and shared prosperity must begin with education. The circumstances of a child’s birth should never determine the limits of their ambition. Our responsibility is to give every Nigerian child a fair chance to fulfil their potential. We have more work to do, and I am determined to see it through. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR President

After safely ferrying their children abroad, some unscrupulous politicians are encouraging hapless citizens and thugs to take up weapons to kill one another under the pretext of ‘protecting their votes’. That’s fine. Let me reiterate what late President Buhari said pre-2019 election (which I supported and I still support): when you resort to self-help and you take up dangerous weapons in the guise of ‘protecting your votes’ and you attack anybody, it is lawful and legitimate for law enforcement agents to ‘neutralise’ you or simple ‘put you down’ in the course of their duty. And the children of the politicians will be watching your foolishness from their safe haven somewhere in the world. Having been forewarned, you can then go ahead and exercise your options. CHIKENA!!

We have all watched the way that Donald Trump deals with hecklers at his rallies. Watch how a President with class and dignity deals with them. "... these guys don't need to go"

My boss friends 😂😂😂

Video📹;I don’t even know what to caption this but yall saying take it easy….just wait for me today 🤣😂💔 Nigeria Must Be OK✅🇳🇬

BREAKING: Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro steps off a private jet in Miami after President Trump approved his entry into the United States despite a court order banning him from leaving his home country. Bolsonaro reportedly used an Italian passport to cross into Argentina with his family before boarding a private plane that stopped in Ecuador on its way to Florida. The Trump administration confirmed it is granting visas to Bolsonaro and his family, just days after his election defeat. For the latest details, read the full story: foxnews.com/world/sen-flavio…

When a great woman speaks, you can tell. What a brilliant and well articulated speech! 👏🏽💯

Nevada is now worth $100,000 and at the verge of signing for a big club. Racists and losers didn't expect this

FG Disburses Over ₦600 Billion to 10 Million Households, Targets 15 Million — Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele