Amos Esele, THEWILL

In an interview with THEWILL on the decision of aggrieved candidates of parties to sue the Commission over the removal of their names in the published list of candidates for the Governorship and Assembly polls. He explained that the Commission did not disqualify candidates, but the political parties disqualified themselves by falling short of the Constitutional requirement, as affirmed by the Supreme Court judgement mandating them to submit a membership register that contains the names of their candidates.

Political Parties, members and many candidates have become jittery following the September 28 Supreme Court ruling that nullified an Appeal Court judgment on the validity of political party membership.

One month after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, officially lifted the ban on presidential campaigns on August 19, 2026, electioneering is yet to get competitive.

Since Wednesday, August 19, 2026, the official kick-off of the presidential and National Assembly campaigns, and with the approaching September 9, 2026, electioneering date for the governorship and assembly candidates, three major political parties continue to dominate the polity in three vital areas: Issues, personality, and mobilisation.

Major political parties and their leaders, on whom rests the success of the much -anticipated G100 conference on the coalition of opposition political parties against President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general poll, are singing discordant tunes, few hours before the gathering at the Yar’Adua Civic Centre in Abuja on Monday, August 31, 2026.

August 02, (THEWILL) — In conformity with section 29 (3) of the Electoral Act 2026, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Saturday, August 1, 2026, published the personal particulars of presidential and National Assembly candidates for the January...

July 12, (THEWILL) — The decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upload only candidates that emerge from the primary elections monitored by its officers faces stiff resistance and possible litigation from some political parties, particularly the...

July 5 (THEWILL) — The Vice Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rotimi Amaechi, and his Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, counterpart, Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso, will join incumbent Vice President Kashim Shettima as the three prominent VPs in...

June 28 (THEWILL) — Three recent ambiguous judgements by Federal High Court judges have sparked public concern about the interference of judges in the electoral process in Nigeria. At a time when the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has...

June 21 (THEWILL) — Governor Biodun Oyebanji was on Saturday re-elected for another term of four years in office after emerging victorious in the governorship election held in Ekiti State. He won the poll with a landslide, polling 319,234...