By JKNewsMedia FROM MODALITY to content, stakeholders are not relenting in using artificial intelligence tools to promote, discuss and attack. The creators remain the same across the categories. Political stakeholders continue to recruit influencers and supporters to either glorify or demean. Our analysts note that this will have an impact on...
By Joke Kujenya WITH NIGERIA’s 2027 general elections drawing closer, questions over public trust in the electoral process, political hate speech, election-related violence and meaningful participation are moving to the centre of attention, as fresh monitoring findings expose areas requiring urgent scrutiny. JKNewsMedia.com reports that findi...
By JKNewsMedia IN OUR previous tracking, social media influencers and supporters of candidates and political parties were identified as the main creators of synthetic AI content, especially images used to promote, discuss and attack. Our current tracking significantly shows that social media platforms have different ways of rewarding creators ...
By JKNewsMedia OUR SELECTED indicators show that barriers to participation and voter education are the dominant issues in tracking youth involvement ahead of the elections. This reflects the continuous efforts of stakeholders to address issues affecting young people in electoral processes. Beyond these barriers, our data also emphasise the ro...
OUR LATEST tracking, using a new indicator, shows that the use of artificial intelligence in the ongoing campaigns goes beyond communicating the attributes and values of candidates and political parties. As found earlier, emotional appeal remains a significant tool for persuading the public to take action either against or in support of target...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE “The defect lies in making manual recording or manual collation the automatic fallback without imposing strict safeguards. It also makes Form EC8A the primary basis for collation and declaration. That drafting dilutes the reform because the exception may swallow the rule. The amendment is further objectionable because it c...
By Joke Kujenya AS EARLY as about 8.00am on Saturday, 20 June 2026, voting has been underway across Ekiti State as residents cast ballots in the governorship election holding across all 16 local government areas. JKNewsMedia.com reports that polling units opened earlier in the day under the supervision of the Independent National Electoral Co...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE GOVERNORSHIP primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been won by Obafemi Hamzat, deputy governor of Lagos, who emerged as the party’s candidate for the 2027 elections. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Jon Temlong, chairman of the APC national governorship primary election committee, announced...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter GUIDELINES FOR the conduct of the 2026 presidential primary election have been announced by the All Progressives Congress (APC) alongside approval of committees and state coordinators for the exercise. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Felix Morka, the national publicity secretary of the APC, issued a sta...
By JKNewsMedia  DIRECT PRIMARY elections will be used by the All Progressives Congress across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory ahead of the 2026 election cycle. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the party confirmed the decision in a formal notification issued to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and its members na...
