{"id":12977,"date":"2026-11-09T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/nigerian-newspapers-review-inec-in-eye-of-the-storm-electoral-body-battles-to-clean-voters-register-investigation\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T09:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:00:46","slug":"nigerian-newspapers-review-inec-in-eye-of-the-storm-electoral-body-battles-to-clean-voters-register-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/nigerian-newspapers-review-inec-in-eye-of-the-storm-electoral-body-battles-to-clean-voters-register-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian newspapers review: [INEC in Eye of the Storm] Electoral body battles to clean voters\u2019 register \u2014 Investigation\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In today\u2019s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with\u00a0an investigation on how the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) faces test of integrity in cleaning up the voters\u2019 register said to contain duplications and other discrepancies.<\/p>\n

Another headline<\/a><\/strong> features the African Democratic Congress (ADC) telling the governing party, All Progressives Congress (APC), to test its popularity at the polls instead of using courts.<\/p>\n

Vanguard also reports that the governorship candidates of the ADC,\u00a0APC,\u00a0Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)\u00a0in Lagos\u00a0have presented their proposals for addressing some of\u00a0the state\u2019s major challenges, including housing, transportation and healthcare, ahead of the 2027 governorship election.<\/p>\n

Moving to another newspaper, The Guardian reports that\u00a0Nigeria\u2019s electricity crisis could deepen as the dry season sets in, threatening to reverse the modest gains recorded during the rainy season and exposing the country\u2019s persistent generation shortfall, mounting debts to power producers and gas suppliers, and failures across the electricity value chain.<\/p>\n

The Punch leads with experts saying, ahead of the 2027 general elections,\u00a0that\u00a0Artificial Intelligence could help the Independent National Electoral Commission detect duplicate voter registrations and strengthen the integrity of the voters\u2019\u00a0register.<\/p>\n

Lastly, The Nation leads with the APC\u2019s\u00a0Presidential Campaign Council\u00a0saying President Bola Tinubu would next month inaugurate\u00a0rail networks that will\u00a0link\u00a0Kaduna, Kano and Katsina\u00a0to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).<\/p>\n

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