Nigerian Democratic Report

Anambra 2025: Orderly Elections, Low Voter Turnout, Delays in Accreditation and Voting Processes 0
- News
- November 8, 2025
The Anambra governorship polls began slowly on Saturday, with low voter turnout and minor logistical issues, reflecting past election trends in the state. In several polling stations, accreditation did not commence at the stipulated time of 8:30 am. Like the lull experienced in the campaigns preceding the elections, it was business as usual for several

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Anambra 2025: IPC, CEMESO Commit to Ensuring Transparency, Journalists’ Safety During Elections 0
- News
- November 7, 2025
The International Press Centre (IPC) and the Centre for Media and Society (CEMESO) have reaffirmed their commitment to monitoring the Anambra governorship election in real time via the Anambra Election Observation Hub. This initiative also aims to ensure the safety of journalists, verify electoral information, and promote transparency and credibility in the polling process. With

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Anambra 2025: ElectHER Decries Poor Women’s Representation Despite Huge Population 0
- News
- November 7, 2025
Only two women will appear as governorship candidates in the November 8, 2025, election, notwithstanding that women constitute 49.3 per cent of registered voters. The female candidates in the 2025 governorship race are Chioma Grace Ifemeludike of the African Action Congress (AAC) and Ndidi Christy Olieh representing the National Rescue Movement (NRM). There are, however,

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Fact Check: Ignore Viral Video Announcing Three-Day ‘Sit-at-Home’ Before Anambra Election 0
- Fact Check
- November 7, 2025
Claim: On Friday morning, a viral message and video began circulating in Awka, the capital of Anambra State, alleging that a three-day sit-at-home order had been announced in Anambra State for the period of the governorship election. Verdict: False A viral video posted on 6 November 2025 claimed that the “Biafra Republic Government in Exile”

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Anambra 2025: TAF Reels Out Interventions to Boost 3,456 PwDs’ Participation in the Election 0
- News
- November 7, 2025
TAF Africa is deploying a team of 150 trained observers across the three senatorial districts of Anambra State, strategically placed in polling units with the highest number of registered PWD voters to enhance their participation in the election. The deployment team also consists of 134 stationary polling unit observers and sixteen roving media observers who

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Fact Check: Was There Just One Grid Disturbance in 2025?0
- Fact Check
- November 7, 2025
Claim: Chief Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of Power, stated that there was only one grid disturbance in 2025 compared to twelve in 2024. Verdict: ❌ Misleading. Trusted media reports and fact-checking organisations have documented at least three separate grid disturbances in 2025, which is inconsistent with the minister’s statement. Background During the South-West Economic and Political

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