Dataphyte

On May 14, 2026, Afghanistan's Taliban government abolished the country's minimum marriage age for girls, declaring that marriage eligibility would now be determined by puberty rather than age. The decree reversed the previous legal minimum age of 16. Further, it weakened the rights of Afghan girls, who had already been banned from secondary schools and universities since the Taliban returned to power in 2021.

As Osun State prepares for its off-cycle governorship election on August 15, 2026, attention is turning not only to who will win but also to how many registered voters will actually cast their ballots. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that 2.3 million voters are registered for the election after concluding the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise.

" "Artificial intelligence is no longer a future prospect for Nigeria. It is already being deployed across education, healthcare, agriculture, finance, public administration, security and the media. As adoption accelerates, the more pressing question is no longer whether Nigeria will embrace AI, but how it will govern it." — The challenge extends beyond technological innovation.

Investigative Brief At a glance More than 50% of each state’s health budget was allocated to capital expenditures More than 30 states do not meet the recommended 15 per cent AU-Abuja Declaration benchmark allocation of total budget On average, only 20 states release 50 per cent of their health budget in a fiscal year For more than three months, between October 2024 and February 2025, Nigeria's premier teaching hospital, located in Ibadan, Oyo State, operated largely in darkness.

Ekiti State held its off-cycle governorship election on June 20, 2026, resulting in the re-election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate and incumbent governor, Biodun Oyebanji. He was declared the winner after securing nearly 85 per cent of the 375,777 valid votes cast across the state.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been in office since May 2023.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been in office since May 2023.

According to the results of the June 20, 2026, Ekiti State governorship election, only 36.07 per cent of the state's 1,059,360 registered voters turned out, the second-lowest voter turnout ever recorded in a governorship election in the state. The figures show that only about four out of every ten registered voters cast a ballot, and roughly three of those ten voted for Governor Oyebanji.

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and incumbent governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has been declared the winner of the 2026 Ekiti State governorship election after securing 319,224 votes. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Oyebanji won nearly 85 per cent of the 375,777 valid votes cast across the state's 2,445 polling units.

By Testimony Ishola Incumbent Governor Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a commanding lead in the ongoing collation of results from the Ekiti State governorship election, securing 83.9 per cent of the votes counted so far. Data from Dataphyte’s election platform show that Oyebanji has garnered more than 81,000 votes, placing him well ahead of the 13 other candidates in the race, who collectively account for the remaining 16 per cent of votes recorded so far.