Globally renowned non-governmental organisation, One Campaign; and Nigeria’s leading digital news platform, Newspread.ng will on Monday, 20 February host a Twitter Space with young Nigerians, starting by 5 pm. The discussion, which is centred around the upcoming general elections, will get young people speaking about the issues that matter to them vis-a-vis the electoral promises of the political parties. According …

The Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) concluded last Sunday recorded 12.2 million voters to bring the total number of Nigerian voters to 96.2 million. According to INEC’s latest voter statistics, the youths may play a significant role in the elections if they use their advantage effectively. About 71 per cent of the newly registered …

Nigerian youths appear ready to make their impact felt in deciding the country’s elected leaders this time. Usually considered apolitical with social media rather than the poll being their tool to elect leaders, figures from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) show that youths account for 63.9 percent of the total record of new registrations. If their efforts are turned …