The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that more than 4.4 million Nigerians have completed online pre-registration in the ongoing nationwide voter registration exercise, which began on August 18, 2025.
National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, said in a statement on Monday, September 15, that as of Sunday, September 14, a total of 4,445,505 Nigerians had registered online.
“As of Sunday 14th September 2025, a total of 4,445,505 Nigerians have now pre-registered online in four weeks since the commencement of the exercise on 18th August 2025.
“The figure shows that 2,141,294 (48.17 per cent) are male and 2,304,211 (51.83 per cent) are female.
“In terms of age and occupation, the majority 2,924,643 (65.79 per cent) are between 18 and 34 while 1,112,344 (25.02 per cent) are students,” Olumekun said.
Osun State led the exercise with 552,045 online registrations, followed by Lagos (488,523) and Borno (439,426).
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Other top-performing states included Ogun, Kebbi, Kaduna, and Kogi, while Ebonyi, Abia, and Enugu had the lowest numbers.
INEC also reported that fully completed registrations, including online and in-person processes, currently total 509,929, with 229,758 male and 280,171 female registrants. Youths aged 18 to 34 accounted for 378,132, and students totalled 196,529.
“As of Friday, 12th September 2025, the combined figures of the completed online pre-registration and physical registration are 509,929… 378,132 (74.15 per cent) are young people aged 18 to 34 while 196,529 (38.54 per cent) are students,” the statement read.
INEC confirmed that online pre-registration for residents of the Federal Capital Territory ends Monday, September 15.
In-person registration will continue at designated centres for the next two weeks and later expand to all 62 FCT wards from September 29 to October 8.
“As earlier announced… detailed addresses of the centres have already been uploaded to our official platforms,” the commission added.