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INEC & reforms

BVAS, IReV and card readers: how technology changed Nigerian elections

From paper registers in 1999 to biometric accreditation and an online results portal in 2023, here is how INEC's technology works, where it failed, and what the law now says.

16 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
2015
Election history

The 2015 presidential election: the first time an incumbent lost and conceded

Muhammadu Buhari won at his fourth attempt, and Goodluck Jonathan's phone call conceding defeat set a new standard for Nigerian democracy.

16 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

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