AS the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise enters its sixth week, a total of 6,232,673 Nigerians have so far pre-registered online.
According to the statistics released by the Independent National National Electoral Commission (INEC) the figure falls within the period of September 22 to 28, 2025 of the exercise.
The estimate also revealed that Borno State in the North East zone has displaced Osun State which has consistently taken the lead position in the exercise.
Borno State now has the highest number of 682,805 registrations, representing 10.96 percent of the total, pushing Osun State to the second position with 599,363 (9.62 percent).
Osun State is trailed by Lagos, another state in the South West zone with 555,442 (8.91 percent), while North West state of Kebbi has 472,662 (7.58 percent) as registrants, trailed by Ogun State with 450,897 (7.23 percent).
In the same data released by the INEC, young Nigerians retain their dominance.
Of the total pre-registrants, 4,230,715 are youths aged between 18 and 34, while 1,565,824 are students.
Women also constitute 52.15 percent with a total of
3,250,338 as against men folk with 2,982,335, which translated to 47.85 percent pre-registrants.
The data also revealed a positive growth in interest in the political process by
Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) as they posted a figure of 137,865 in the pre-online registration.
The data also revealed that about 1,004,132 Nigerians have completed the process.
A breakdown showed that
537,743 were completed online, while 466,389 were done physically at INEC designated registration centres across the country.
The commission, however, noted that ‘this is a preliminary figure pending data clean-up during the period for claims and objections by citizens, followed by the deployment of the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS).’