Candidates' List: Inibehe Effiong Demands Neutrality From INEC

Candidates' List: Inibehe Effiong Demands Neutrality From INEC

INEC had released the final list of candidates for the governorship, with some contestants' names omitted.

Nigerian newspapers review: [2027] Parties, candidates kick over omission in INEC's final list

In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with political parties and candidates whose names were omitted from the final lists of governorship and state houses of assembly contestants released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), kicking against their exclusion.

Nigeria: What INEC's 2027 Candidates' List Means for Nigeria's Democracy

The omission of candidates from the Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) final lists for the 2027 elections has introduced a fresh complication into Nigeria's political contest. What should ordinarily be an administrative milestone has become a test of electoral transparency, party discipline, legal compliance and public confidence in the democratic process. The issue is not simply whose name appears or is missing, but what the omi…

Exclusion of candidates from list: CD cautions INEC against manipulation by politicians

*Demands untainted integrity ahead of 2027 elections, threatens mass civic action against electoral umpire A leading pro-democracy group in Nigeria, the Campaign for Democracy (CD), has raised concerns over the omission of some political parties’ candidates from the list of candidates to contest in the 2027 general elections, particularly some governorship candidates. The pro-democracy group […] The post Exclusion of candidates from list: CD cau…

INEC List, Candidates Kick, Energy Cost, Others

Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today, Monday, 12th October, 2026. Political parties...

Nigerian Newspapers October 12th: INEC's Candidates List, Atiku, Discount On Fuel, Others

Nigerian Newspapers reported pn a variety of topics ranging from the issues raised by the candidates list released by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the 2027 Elections, the sale of fiscouny fuel by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited at its dispensing stations nationwide.