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The Nigeria Democratic Congress is heading to the Federal High Court today to seek a stay of execution of the Lokoja ruling that stripped it of recognition, even as the party accuses the Independent National Electoral Commission of withholding the access code needed to upload its candidates for the 2027 general election. NDC National…
A standoff has emerged between the Independent National Electoral Commission and political parties over the issuance of access codes for uploading candidates’ particulars, just as the window for nominating presidential and National Assembly candidates for the 2027 general election opens. While the parties, with the exception of the BOOT party, said they had not…
Nigeria’s electoral umpire has not received a kobo of the funds budgeted for the 2027 general elections, even as it races against tight international procurement timelines to replace voting machines lost or damaged in previous polls. INEC National Commissioner for Voter Education and Publicity, Mohammed Haruna, disclosed the funding gap on Thursday in Abuja…
The News Agency of Nigeria has entered a partnership to compile a single reference document profiling candidates for the 2027 general elections, in a move that lands just as the official race for tickets enters its decisive phase. NAN signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Novel Communication Limited in Abuja to produce a political…
Barely 14 of every 100 registered voters in Nigeria’s capital turned up for the February 2026 Federal Capital Territory council elections, a turnout so thin that some polling units recorded a single ballot. The figure has hardened a worry that now shadows the Independent National Electoral Commission as it prepares for the 2027 general…
Thirty-three years after Nigerians voted in the historic June 12, 1993 presidential election, a civic group has warned that the very governance failures that vote sought to address remain unresolved and are deepening, even as the country marks another Democracy Day under the shadow of mass school abductions and a biting cost of living…
Political parties preparing for the 2027 general elections face growing legal uncertainty after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) insisted that any primary election conducted after its May 30 deadline remains invalid unless a higher court overturns an earlier judgment affecting parts of the electoral timetable. The clarification was issued by INEC National Commissioner…
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) will not field a presidential candidate in the 2027 general elections, opting instead to pursue strategic alliances with other political parties, in a decision that signals a significant recalibration of opposition politics ahead of the polls. The announcement was made on Saturday in Abuja by the party’s National…
The Federal High Court of Nigeria has ordered its registries nationwide to open on weekends and public holidays specifically for the filing of pre-election matters, a move designed to help litigants and legal practitioners meet the unforgiving constitutional timelines governing electoral disputes ahead of the 2027 general elections. The directive was contained in a…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has formally challenged the Federal High Court judgment that nullified its revised timetable and schedule of activities for the 2027 general elections, filing both a notice of appeal and a motion for stay of execution. The notice of appeal, dated and filed on May 25, was lodged through…
