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The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday restored the registration of the African Democratic Congress and four other political parties, vacating a Federal High Court judgment that had directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to strike them off the register with preparations for the 2027 general elections already under way. A three member…
The legal survival of the African Democratic Congress and four other political parties now rests with the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which on Tuesday reserved judgment in a cluster of appeals seeking to overturn a Federal High Court order that would strike the parties off the register barely a year before the 2027 general…
Barely a year before Nigerians return to the polls, the sharpest contests of the 2027 election cycle are playing out not on campaign podiums but inside courtrooms, where a widening chain of suits now hangs over the survival of some opposition platforms and the candidacies they carry. The pattern hardened on Monday, July 13, 2026,…
A single ruling from the Federal High Court in Abuja has reopened one of the most delicate questions in Nigeria’s democracy: whether the state can lawfully shut down a political party, and if so, on whose terms. Justice Peter Lifu’s order directing the Independent National Electoral Commission to strike five parties off its register…
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…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has fixed July 7 for the hearing of an appeal challenging the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress, Accord Party and three other opposition platforms, pushing back a politically charged case that has gripped the country barely months before the 2027 general election. The three-member panel, led by Justice…
A Federal High Court ruling directing the Independent National Electoral Commission to deregister the African Democratic Congress and four other parties has triggered a wave of outrage from opposition figures, who cast the decision as a calculated assault on Nigeria’s multiparty democracy months before the 2027 general elections. Justice Peter Lifu delivered the judgment…