•Monday Ubani A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Monday Ubani, has questioned the legal basis for the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters’ directive to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disqualify candidates whose names are allegedly not contained in their political parties’ membership registers. Ubani ...
Many candidates in next year’s elections are now anxiously awaiting the official position of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on their fate, following the recent restoration of certain sections of the Electoral Act 2026 by the Supreme Court. The Commission is expected to speak on the implications of the Supreme Court ruling...
•JAMB candidates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), today, announced an extended deadline for candidates with outstanding admission offers from the 2021 to 2025 admission exercises to either accept or reject such offers to November 30, 2026. The extension follows the temporary unavailability of the Central Admissions Processi...
•JAMB candidates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has restored its Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) after a temporary disruption. With CAPS now fully operational, candidates and institutions can continue the 2026/2027 admission process. Here are the key points candidates, parents and institutions need to know: 1. ...
•JAMB candidates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has lifted its previous ban on the swapping of candidates’ registered phone numbers and changing of registered email addresses, allowing genuine candidates who have lost access to their credentials to update their records through a controlled process. The new policy, which ta...
The two leading opposition parties – the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and African Democratic Congress (ADC) – are unable to match the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)’s capacity to field candidates for National Assembly seats in the January 16, 2027 elections. This is according to the final lists of candidates released on Saturday b...
•INEC Chairman, Joash Amupitan The publication of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) final candidate list has triggered fresh disputes over who gets on the 2027 ballot, with omitted candidates and rival party factions turning to courts and demanding explanations from the Commission. The presidential candidate of the Accord ...
•JAMB candidates Scoring below 180 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can be disappointing, particularly for candidates hoping to secure admission into a Nigerian university. However, education experts say a low JAMB score does not necessarily mean the end of a student’s academic journey, as several alternative admission ...
•Atiku, Tinubu, Obi and Kwankwaso The Department of State Services (DSS) is beefing up security for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and 16 other presidential candidates as they prepare to move to the field for campaign ahead of the January 2027 election. A similar security measure has been extended to all presidential running ...
As political parties and candidates hit the streets on campaigns for the 2027 general polls, a host of stakeholders and citizenry have told the contestants what they want to see and hear. In interviews with our correspondent, Nigerians told presidential, governorship and legislative candidates to shelve the familiar politics of slogans, person...
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