INEC accredits Vanguard, 75 others to cover Anambra election

By Omeiza Ajayi

ABUJA: The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has accredited 76 media organizations to screen the Anambra State governorship predetermination scheduled for Saturday, November 8, 2025.

According to a connection from the Commission, a full of 508 journalists drawn from the accredited media outlets met the indispensable requirements to supply broad sum of the exercise.

INEC said organisation of media tags to accredited unit would instrumentality spot betwixt Monday, November 3 and Thursday, November 6, 2025, astatine the International Press Centre, Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ Secretariat Complex, down the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Awka. The workout volition clasp regular from 9am to 4pm.

The Commission urged each journalists covering the predetermination to adhere strictly to the Code of Conduct for Election Coverage, informing that it reserved the close to retreat accreditation from immoderate media enactment oregon unit recovered violating the guidelines.

It added that immoderate accredited media organizations person besides been granted entree to the Collation Centre to guarantee transparent sum of results collation, but indispensable comply with each information and operational protocols.

Among the accredited outlets are Vanguard, The Guardian, The Nation, Punch, Blueprint, Leadership, Daily Independent, Arise News, Channels Television, AIT, TVC, BBC, NTA, NAN, Premium Times, The Cable, News Central, and Wazobia FM, among others.

INEC assured that the accreditation process was portion of efforts to warrant transparency, fairness and wide reportage of the electoral process.