All is set for the resumption of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) nationwide with the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) release of the addresses of Registration Centres across the country.
Rising from its regular weekly meeting held on Thursday, August 7, 2025, the Commission affirmed that the CVR will begin on 18th August, with the online registration to be followed by an in-person option on 25th August.
National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Mr Sam Olumekun, said that the two processes will continue for a year until 30th August 2026, while the procedure for both options will remain the same as was the case in 2022.
According to him, the exercise will take place in 811 centres, made up of 774 local government, 37 state and Federal Capital Territory offices of INEC nationwide, from 9am to 3pm (Monday to Friday) every week, except national public holidays.
He said: “For easy identification, the Commission is deploying an online CVR Live Locator to assist citizens locate the registration centres nationwide. The locator will go live a day before the commencement of the CVR on 17th August 2025 and can be accessed at the following address: https://cvr.inecnigeria.org/locator. The Commission will release detailed information on the processes, including video clips, next week.
Giving an update on party registration, Olumekun disclosed that the Commission had received eight more letters of intent from associations seeking registration as political parties since the last update on 23rd July 2025, which brings the number received so far to 151.
“Details of the latest requests, indicating their proposed names, acronyms, logos, addresses and interim leadership of the associations, are uploaded to our website and other online platforms for public information,” he averred.
Olumekun also stated that with the creation of the portal for party registration, the Commission “has commenced the shortlisting of the associations that meet the requirements to proceed to the application stage.”
He added: “Details will be released immediately after the 16 bye-elections in 12 States scheduled for Saturday, 16th August 2025.”
