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Politics brief: Osun campaigning ends today, INEC adds a 15th party after a court order, security rolls in for Saturday
Two days before Osun votes, the campaign period closes, INEC reprints ballots to add a court-ordered SDP candidate, and thousands of security personnel move into place. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: Osun's campaigns wind down as police unveil a 15,000-officer security plan for Saturday
Three days before Osun votes, parties are holding their final rallies, the police have set out a large election-day deployment, and the Accord camp is disputing the force's neutrality. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: Deadline day for 2027 state candidates, Osun votes Saturday, presidential campaigns near
Today is INEC's final day for parties to file governorship and state-assembly candidates, Osun goes to the polls on Saturday, and the 2027 presidential field is now official ahead of campaigns opening 19 August. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: INEC extends candidate deadline to Tuesday as Osun heads to the polls
INEC gives parties until 11 August to file their governorship and state-assembly nominees, Osun prepares to vote on 15 August amid warnings over tension, and the official 2027 campaign season is set to open on 19 August. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Osun votes in six days, INEC extends a 2027 filing deadline, and a coalition presses the opposition to unite
With the Osun governorship election a week away, INEC has extended a candidate-filing deadline for 2027 and a new coalition is pushing opposition leaders toward one presidential ticket. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: INEC's governorship nomination portal closes tomorrow as Osun's PVC window shuts and parties name their 2027 campaign chiefs
Two hard deadlines framed the day — INEC's online portal for governorship and state-assembly candidates locks at 6pm on 8 August, and the final window to collect voter cards for the Osun election closed today — while the presidential camps moved to name the people who will run their 2027 campaigns. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: Osun enters its final stretch as PVC collection closes, BVAS is tested, and parties firm up 2027 campaign chiefs
Nine days before the Osun governorship vote, INEC wound down PVC collection and defended its accreditation technology after mock-run glitches, while the three-way race hardened ahead of the 13 August campaign deadline; nationally, parties moved closer to naming who will run their 2027 campaigns. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: Security dominates the Osun run-up, INEC publishes 2027 candidates' credentials, and parties name their campaign chiefs
With ten days to the Osun governorship vote, police, the military and INEC met over election security while candidates turned to manifestos; nationally, INEC opened its 2027 candidates' credentials to public scrutiny and parties began naming campaign directors ahead of the 19 August start. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: Osun candidates sign a peace accord, the military pledges neutrality for 2027, and INEC closes its voter drive
Fourteen parties signed a peace pact ahead of the 15 August Osun governorship vote, the Chief of Defence Staff and INEC told troops to stay neutral in 2027, and the commission confirmed final voter-registration figures while warning that stockpiling voter cards will not work. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: INEC knocks down a fake timetable, voter registration closes, and Tinubu talks 2027
INEC dismissed a viral graphic claiming new campaign dates, confirmed the close of voter registration with more than 10 million fresh registrants, and President Tinubu signalled his readiness for the 2027 contest. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: APC inaugurates Osun campaign council, a court order forces a ballot reprint, peace-accord talks open, and INEC presses for funding
The ruling party inaugurated a 276-member campaign council for the 15 August Osun governorship vote, a court ordered INEC to add a party to the ballot after printing had begun, the National Peace Committee met ahead of a 30 July accord signing, and INEC's chairman renewed his call for better funding as he promised credible 2027 polls. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: APC names Osun campaign team ahead of August vote; INEC reports slow PVC pickup, opposition unity frays, and Obi restates one-term pledge
The ruling party unveiled a heavyweight campaign council for the 15 August Osun governorship election, INEC's Osun office said just over a third of ready voter cards have been collected, the opposition's plan for a single 2027 challenger showed more strain, and Peter Obi again pledged to serve only one term. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: Voter registration closes with 6.8m new voters as INEC vows credible 2027 polls
INEC's continuous voter registration ends today after adding nearly 6.9 million new voters, the commission renews its pledge of fair elections, and the Osun governorship race nears. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: Tinubu approves major army expansion; INEC says 'your votes will count' as e-transmission test looms and voter roll closes Sunday
President Tinubu approved the largest single expansion of the Nigerian Army in modern times, INEC's chairman told Nigerians their votes will count in 2027 while the commission courts stakeholders and readies a mock results-transmission test, and continuous voter registration is set to close on Sunday. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: House passes Tinubu's state police bill as minority walks out; Fubara backs Rainbow Coalition; voter roll set to close Sunday
The House of Representatives passed the executive state police bill on Thursday after opposition lawmakers walked out over how the vote was taken, Rivers Governor Fubara declared the state's political feud over and backed the Tinubu-aligned Rainbow Coalition, and INEC's voter-registration window is now reported to close on Sunday 26 July. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: Last day but one to register as voter roll closes Friday; INEC weighs a systems audit and mock poll
INEC's nationwide voter-registration window closes tomorrow, Friday 24 July, with reports of glitches and queues at centres; separately, INEC says it may audit its election technology and run a mock presidential poll before 2027. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: Reps move to fast-track state police as voter registration closes Friday
The House signalled it will adopt the Senate's version of the state police bill and send it to the states, INEC's registration window shuts on Friday 24 July, an appeal court left the 2027 timetable standing, and INEC and the broadcasting regulator agreed to jointly monitor election coverage. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: Voter registration closes Friday as Reps start line-by-line work on state police
The nationwide voter registration window shuts on 24 July, House committee began a clause-by-clause review of the state police bill, parties kept filing state-level candidates, and troops repelled an attempted mass abduction in Borno. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: Two appeal court rulings pull the electoral rulebook in different directions
Conflicting Court of Appeal judgements have unsettled parts of the Electoral Act even as INEC insists 2027 stays on track, parties began uploading state-level candidates, and Nigeria pressed ECOWAS over attacks on its citizens in South Africa. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Where the ADC actually stands: the ticket, the lawsuits and what is still unsettled
Atiku Abubakar and Rotimi Amaechi are now the ADC's presidential ticket after Amaechi withdrew his court challenge. But three separate cases still hang over the party. Here is the full picture, in plain terms.
Read article →Politics brief: INEC opens the governorship candidate portal as parties race the August deadline
INEC's portal for governorship and state-assembly candidates opened on 18 July, the commission insisted recent court rulings won't derail the 2027 polls, and fresh violence in Benue drew a governor's response. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: INEC's candidate deadline lands as opposition coalition scrambles
Today is the extended deadline for parties to file their presidential and National Assembly candidates, arriving as the ADC-led opposition fights court battles and the House clashes over stalled projects. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: INEC extends the candidate-filing deadline by three days as parties lock in their 2027 tickets
INEC pushes the presidential and National Assembly filing deadline to Tuesday after an appeal from the parties, the APC, PDP and ADC confirm their tickets, the APC's same-faith pairing reignites an old debate, and governors and security chiefs build consensus on state police. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: Pro-Tinubu grassroots movement launches as PDP awaits court verdict on the eve of INEC's filing deadline
A grassroots movement backing President Tinubu's re-election is inaugurated in Abuja, the president declines assent to two bills, captors of the abducted Oyo schoolchildren press demands, and a court decides the PDP leadership question with one day left to file 2027 candidates. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: First-term APC governors endorse Tinubu as parties enter final 48 hours before INEC's filing deadline
APC first-term governors back a second Tinubu term, the House of Representatives targets the ransom economy, and El-Rufai disputes the ICPC's account of his hospital visit — all with two days left to file 2027 candidates. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics brief: Parties enter final days before INEC's Saturday deadline as PDP and El-Rufai cases move through court
With three days left to file 2027 candidates, a court reserves judgment in the PDP leadership dispute and the ADC and ICPC trade accusations over Nasir El-Rufai's detention. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Party deregistration: appeal court adjourns ADC, Accord and 3 others' case to July 14
No ruling yet. The Court of Appeal did not decide the deregistration appeal on 7 July — it adjourned the hearing to 14 July because some parties had not filed their papers. The five parties remain registered and on the ballot.
Read article →What the party-deregistration case means for your 2027 ballot
A court ordered INEC to deregister five parties — including the ADC and Accord — but an appeal court has put that order on hold. Here is what is actually happening, and why those candidates still appear on PoliticsDirect.
Read article →Politics brief: Parties race INEC's July 11 upload deadline as opposition ranks thin
Parties scramble to file 2027 candidates before Saturday's cutoff, INEC says it has received over half its record election budget, and Senate defections keep reshaping the opposition. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Fact-check: No, the ADC has not been disbanded — here is the real update
A claim is spreading online that Atiku's party, the ADC, and other opposition parties have been 'disbanded' or 'scrapped'. That is not what has happened. Here is the accurate status, in plain terms, with the court record.
Read article →Politics today: ADC and NDC file their presidential tickets as Osun sets its pre-election calendar
The two main opposition platforms uploaded their 2027 presidential candidates to INEC's portal this week, INEC laid out the run-up to Osun's 15 August governorship vote and ordered a neutrality oath for security forces, and the state police bill now sits with the 36 state assemblies. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics today: 2027 candidate uploads roll on as a five-party deregistration appeal heads to court
INEC's candidate-nomination portal is open until 11 July, and while several parties have begun uploading their 2027 names, others say they still lack access codes. A Court of Appeal hearing on 7 July will decide whether the ADC, Accord and three other parties stay registered, with Osun's 15 August governorship vote next on the calendar. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics today: INEC restores the NDC's candidate portal as the APC files its National Assembly list
INEC has reopened the Nigeria Democratic Congress's nomination portal and the party has begun uploading Peter Obi and other candidates after filing an appeal against last week's court ruling. The governing APC submitted its National Assembly list, and INEC flagged 385 security 'flashpoints' before Osun's August vote. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics today: A court voids the NDC's registration as opposition parties push back
A Federal High Court in Lokoja has set aside the order that registered the NDC — the party of Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso — and the party says it has been denied its candidate-upload code and is heading to appeal. Opposition figures warn of a slide toward one-party rule, while the APC and INEC respond. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics today: Parties file for 2027 as most candidate names stay under wraps
A quieter Sunday, with INEC's candidate-nomination window the main thread: parties are filing their 2027 papers but have yet to make most names public, the main opposition camps still have no published lists, and Osun's governorship vote is next on the calendar. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics today: Parties begin filing 2027 candidates as INEC presses for election funds
Political parties start uploading their 2027 candidates on INEC's portal today, even as the commission warns over delayed funding and a court fight over five parties heads to appeal. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →Politics this week: Senate passes the State Police Bill, INEC opens its 2027 candidate portal
The biggest developments of the past 48 hours — a landmark vote to create state police, INEC's candidate-nomination portal opening, and a revised 2027 timetable on the way. Reported plainly, without taking sides.
Read article →From President to State Assembly: what every seat on your 2027 ballot does
Your 2027 ballot is not one choice — it is several. Here is a plain-language guide to each office you will vote for, what it actually controls, and how to compare the people running.
Read article →The 2027 presidential field takes shape: three tickets, one fractured opposition
After a year of coalition-building, the opposition has split into two camps while the ruling party closed ranks. Here are the three presidential tickets defining the 2027 race — described without taking sides.
Read article →Primary season is over: what we know about the 2027 tickets
Between April and May 2026, the parties picked their candidates. Here's a non-partisan recap of the presidential tickets that emerged — and why some races are still being contested.
Read article →The 2027 map is being redrawn: inside the wave of governors joining the APC
Across Nigeria, sitting governors have crossed to the ruling party ahead of 2027. Here is who moved and what it could mean for the race — told without taking sides.
Read article →The clock is ticking: voter registration closes 30 August 2026
INEC's continuous voter registration is in its final phase before the 2027 elections. Here's the deadline, who can register, and how to make sure you're on the roll.
Read article →Are you ready to vote in 2027? Register, check, and find your polling unit
Knowing the candidates is only half the job. Here is how to make sure you can actually vote in 2027 — registration, your PVC, and your polling unit — before INEC's deadline.
Read article →Mark your calendar: INEC's key dates for the 2027 general election
Two election days, a primaries window, and fixed campaign start dates — here is INEC's revised 2027 timetable in plain language, plus the eight states that won't vote for governor.
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