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The Independent National Electoral Commission has provisionally cleared a former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, and the New Nigeria Democratic Congress governorship candidate in Kano State, Abdulsalam Gwarzo, to contest the 2027 elections, with their eligibility tied to the outcome of pending court cases. The decisions were reached…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has uploaded the preliminary register of voters for the 2027 general election to its online platform, days after the statutory deadline for the publication passed and amid mounting public pressure. Section 19(1) of the Electoral Act, 2026 requires the commission to make copies of the voters’ register available for…
Rabiu Kwankwaso on Sunday firmly rejected any prospect of the Nigeria Democratic Congress stepping down for the African Democratic Congress ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The former Kano governor dismissed swirling talk of a backdoor compromise, insisting that his joint ticket alongside Peter Obi will run the full distance to the ballot box. Entrenched…
Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike led Rivers State lawmakers and all twenty-three local government council chairmen to a closed-door meeting with Governor Siminalayi Fubara at his Port Harcourt private residence on Sunday evening. The visit marked the first time the former governor and his legislative loyalists crossed Fubara’s private threshold since bitter political warfare…
Opposition parties whose governorship candidates were left off the Independent National Electoral Commission’s final list for 2027 have taken different roads to get them back on the ballot. The Nigeria Democratic Congress says it is negotiating with the commission, while the Social Democratic Party says it has already served legal papers. The dispute comes less…
Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has questioned what Seyi Tinubu has done for Nigeria to deserve a colloquium in his honour. In a post on X, he described the event as evidence of a growing culture of sycophancy and power worship in public life. The criticism comes as the…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to name the companies printing ballot papers and other sensitive materials for the 2027 general elections. He also wants the commission to explain recent changes to the heads of some of its most important departments. With the presidential and National Assembly…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress has cleared one of the biggest administrative hurdles facing a new party heading into an election, with the Independent National Electoral Commission uploading its approved logo on the commission’s portal after a Federal High Court ruling. Senator Seriake Dickson, the party’s national leader and former Bayelsa State governor, announced the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has asked the Federal Government to release the balance of its 2026 budget without delay, warning that the preparations for the 2027 general elections cannot stay on track unless the money arrives on time. INEC Chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan, made the appeal in Abuja on Tuesday at a World…
The Independent National Electoral Commission wants voting to begin at the same moment in every polling unit across Nigeria during the 2027 general elections, its chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, has said. Amupitan set out the target on Monday in Abuja while delivering a keynote address at a strategic workshop for editors organised by the…