•INEC chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is expected to release the final list of candidates contesting the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday, September 12, 2026. Officials of the Commission are currently fine tuning the list, reports The Nation. Section 32(1) of the 2026 E...
Tens of thousands of indigenes and party supporters, on Wednesday, stormed the streets of the three Federal constituencies in Ogun Central Senatorial District as the Peoples Democratic Party officially flagged off its campaigns for the 2027 presidential and National Assembly elections. In Ifo/Ewekoro Federal Constituency, where the flag-off be...
•Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State The Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency (ANSAA) has reminded candidates of various political parties in the 2027 general elections that they must obtain due permits to engage in out-of-home promotions and visual campaigns in the elections. Addressing the press in Awka today, the Assistant G...
Arrangements have been concluded by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) to hold its governorship and presidential primaries tomorrow, Thursday, May 28. The event is scheduled for the Watershed Event Centre, Old Ife Road, Ibadan by 2PM, reports The Nation. Aside from Governor Seyi Makinde who has declared its intention to contest the presidential...
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has set up a 17-member committee screening committee for its presidential, governorship, senatorial and House of Representatives aspirants. The Committee, which is to be inaugurated today, Tuesday, May 19, 2024 is headed by former two-term Governor of Ebonyi State, Sen. Sam Egwu, reports Daily Independent...
•Rabiu Kwankwaso The national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples’ Party, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said he would only consider aligning with a political party ahead of the 2027 general elections if it offers him either the presidential ticket or the vice-presidential slot. Kwankwaso made the disclosure while speaking at a Kwankwasiyya g...
•Nigerian Senate Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the National Assembly has proposed that presidential and governorship elections be conducted in November 2026, instead of the usual February or March of the election year. The proposal is contained in the draft amendments to the Electoral Act 2022, which were discussed on Monday during a on...
•US President Joe Biden and US Vice President Kamala Harris US Vice President Kamala Harris effectively secured the Democratic party’s presidential nomination yesterday, confirming her remarkable rise to party standard bearer in November’s showdown against Republican Donald Trump. Harris, 59, was the sole candidate on the ballot for a five-day...
•Akpodoro The Mayor of Urhoboland, who is one of the major critics of the protest, Eshanekpe Israel a.k.a Akpodoro, has called on President Bola Tinubu, to address Nigerians to end the national protest themed: #endbadgovernance, otherwise known as hunger protest, in the country. A national broadcast by the President, Akpodoro argued, will dous...
•Nicolas Maduro Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election yesterday but the opposition and key regional neighbours immediately rejected the official results. The opposition coalition itself claimed victory by a large margin, after an election campaign tainted by claims of political intimidation and fears of fr...

