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The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
Nine political parties have collected their official web access codes from the Independent National Electoral Commission. The All Progressives Congress, the African Democratic Congress, and the Labour Party lead the first batch of collectors. These codes grant access to the dedicated online candidate nomination portal. The development marks the official commencement of the electronic phase…
The Federal High Court has overhauled the way it handles disputes over party primaries and candidate nominations, issuing fresh Practice Directions that impose strict filing timelines, cap adjournments and open court registries on weekends, as the country edges toward the 2027 general elections. The Federal High Court (Pre-Election) Practice Directions, 2026, issued by the…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress says it has uploaded the name of its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s nomination portal, even as the party fights a Federal High Court ruling that voided the order behind its registration. The party’s National Leader, Senator Seriake Dickson, who represents Bayelsa West, disclosed this…
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has raised the alarm over what he describes as a fresh and coordinated attempt by elements within the ruling establishment to deploy political and legal machinations to keep his party off the ballot ahead of the 2027 general election. Atiku disclosed…
Confidence within Nigeria’s fractured opposition found a loud voice over the weekend as Senator Seriake Dickson, National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), declared that President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would suffer a heavy defeat in the 2027 general elections, provided the contest is conducted without interference. Speaking on…
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…
The Independent National Electoral Commission is locked in a bitter dispute with political parties over portal access codes for candidate nominations. Opposition groups claim the commission is using technical delays to compromise the 2027 election timeline. Electoral officials insist that access tokens will only go to legitimate party executives. This digital bottleneck threatens to disrupt…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Tinubu’s government of plotting to suffocate Nigeria’s multiparty system, warning that the recent court reversal of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) registration is part of a wider design to clear the field before the 2027 general elections. The presidential candidate of the African Democratic…
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…