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As the 18 political parties cleared to field candidates begin campaigns for the 2027 general elections, questions are mounting over how they will pay for it, with most declining to say where the money will come from. The concern sits against sharply higher legal ceilings. Under the Electoral Act 2026, which President Bola Tinubu signed…
More than 1,200 candidates cleared to contest Senate and House of Representatives seats in the 2027 general elections list the Senior Secondary School Certificate as their highest educational qualification, according to an analysis of candidate records published by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The review examined the final lists for the National Assembly polls…
The Independent National Electoral Commission moved swiftly on Wednesday, 16 September 2026, to quell mounting opposition hysteria regarding the whereabouts of its chairman, Joash Amupitan. Official spokesmen confirmed that the electoral boss travelled outside Abuja on an approved international mission to represent Nigeria at an institutional conference. The clarification directly answers a barrage of questions…
More than three years after the failure of the portal meant to show Nigerians their votes in real time, a former senior official of the Independent National Electoral Commission has offered a fresh account of what went wrong, saying the commission’s digital systems came under sustained cyberattacks during the 2023 presidential election even as he…
Peter Obi has returned to the most contested question of Nigeria’s last presidential election, alleging that the man who presided over it was not neutral. Speaking in an interview with ARISE News, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress said Mahmood Yakubu, who chaired the Independent National Electoral Commission through the February 2023 poll,…
The dispute over the Nigeria Democratic Congress candidates for the 2027 Anambra State House of Assembly elections has shifted from political accusation to a question that can potentially be settled by electronic records, as the Independent National Electoral Commission says its candidate nomination system contains an audit trail capable of showing how the disputed…
Nigeria’s 2027 general election campaign season formally opened on Wednesday, a day after presidential candidates, party leaders and diplomatic missions gathered in Abuja to sign the first National Peace Accord of the electoral cycle, with the European Union using the occasion to reaffirm that it backs no party or candidate in the contest. The…
Nigeria’s 2027 general election entered its most consequential phase on Wednesday, with the official commencement of presidential and National Assembly campaigns coinciding with a National Peace Accord signed a day earlier by candidates who remain divided over whether the pact can actually restrain the violence that has already trailed the electoral cycle. Under the…
The re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke in Saturday’s Osun State governorship poll has become the latest flashpoint in a growing conversation about what Nigeria’s 2027 general elections should look like, with a prominent aide to the Ooni of Ife urging President Bola Tinubu to replicate what he called the Osun standard nationwide. The Independent…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to conduct a joint investigation into alleged vote-buying, financial inducement, violence and other electoral offences recorded during Saturday’s Osun State governorship election. The demand…