2027 Elections

KEY POINTS INEC Chairman Joash Amupitan says the commission has no preferred candidate or political party for 2027. Nigeria’s voter register has exceeded 103 million, with nine of 14 statutory …

INEC has put the preliminary voters’ register online, 11 days after its physical display ended, and says the final list is due Dec. 15.

Gunmen attacked the convoy of NDC Assembly candidate Rollins Offia Nwali in Ebonyi, with police confirming one death and other reports citing two.

Peter Obi has told Nigerians in the UK to stop sending money to relatives who ask for help and to urge them to vote for productive leaders in 2027.

The APC has released a 2027 rally calendar covering all 36 states and Abuja, opening with Tinubu’s campaign flag-off in Kaduna on October 24.

A faction of Afenifere has demanded an immediate cut in petrol prices to between N350 and N400 a liter and a review of the N70,000 minimum wage.

INEC says it has not yet received budgeted funds for the 2027 general elections, but preparations, including BVAS procurement, are underway.

Abia Governor Alex Otti and the Labour Party rejected former chairman Julius Abure’s sale of 2027 nomination forms, branding them worthless paper from political fraudsters.

INEC Chairman Joash Amupitan said the commission will mobilize 1.4 million NYSC corps members as ad hoc staff for the 2027 general election.

Tein Jack-Rich warned the APC against sidelining its founding members for new defectors as he picked up forms to contest the Rivers West Senate seat.