Pressure Mounts After New Electoral Law POLITICAL parties across Nigeria are scrambling to meet new compliance deadlines following the release of the 2026 Electoral Act and the revised timetable for the 2027 general elections issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The electoral body has scheduled the presidential and National Assembly elections for January 16, […]
By MELVIN KOFFA New Law Reshapes Party Organisation NIGERIA’S major opposition parties — PDP, ADC and LP — have launched sweeping digital membership registration campaigns to comply with Section 77 of the Electoral Act 2026, a provision reshaping internal party politics. The law requires parties to maintain verifiable digital registers and submit them to INEC […]
Parties Race to Comply as New Electoral Rules Tighten Nigeria’s political landscape is entering another season of recalibration as parties restructure their strategies to meet the stringent requirements of the Electoral Act 2026. At the centre of the debate are new provisions mandating digital membership registers and detailed timelines for party primaries ahead of next […]
Parties Seek Realignment of 2027 Election Schedule LEADERS of political parties have intensified calls for a new timetable for the 2027 general elections, arguing that recent amendments to the electoral law make a review unavoidable. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had earlier fixed 20 February 2027 for the presidential and National Assembly elections, with […]
Early Hours: Calm Streets, Sparse Voters THE Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections began on Saturday under tight security, but early reports indicated low voter turnout in several polling units across Abuja. By 11:16 a.m., voting was ongoing at Polling Unit 030, EFAB Estate, Lokogoma. Despite having 750 registered voters, turnout remained below 60 […]
A Capital Votes RESIDENTS of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) headed to the polls to elect chairpersons and councillors across six area councils — Abaji, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kwali, Kuje and the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). A total of 637 candidates from 17 political parties are contesting 68 positions — six chairmanship seats and 62 […]
Internal Conflict Threatens PDP’s 2027 Prospects THE Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) finds itself at a critical crossroads, with internal crises threatening its ability to compete effectively in the 2027 general elections. Since its National Convention in November, which brought the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) to power, the party has been engulfed in factional […]
APC Members Protest Alleged Plot to Replace Party Structures SOME aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Mkpat Enin local government area of Akwa Ibom State have staged a protest over what they described as an alleged clandestine attempt by party leaders to dissolve ward and chapter structures ahead of the party’s upcoming […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS 2027 Elections: Succession Wars Intensify as Ten Governors Near Exit WITH barely a year to Nigeria’s 2027 general elections, political battles are already raging—not at polling units, but within party structures across the country. In at least ten states governed by second-term governors constitutionally barred from re-election, succession politics has triggered intense […]
By MELVIN KOFFA THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved the state executive committees in Enugu, Delta and Rivers states and replaced them with caretaker committees following the defection of the states’ governors to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The decision was taken by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), led by Tanimu Turaki, on […]