Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the national body responsible for organising elections, has announced that the 2027 Presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on Saturday, February 20, 2027. INEC also scheduled governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections for Saturday, March 6, 2027, covering Nigeria’s 36 states. The INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, disclosed the election timetable at a news conference in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, on Friday, February 13, 2026. The announcement comes amid concerns about delays in the passage of an amended Electoral Act, the law that sets key rules for how elections are conducted in Nigeria.…
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Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has arrived in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, to represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, the continent-wide organisation that brings together African governments. The summit is scheduled to hold from Saturday, February 14, 2026 to Sunday, February 15, 2026. Organisers say the theme is “Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063,” with discussions expected to focus on sustainable water management, safer sanitation systems, and wider development priorities under Agenda…
Nigerian businessman and social media personality Pascal Okechukwu, widely known as Cubana Chief Priest, has explained why he says he will not support former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi or former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and why he is choosing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of the 2027 election. In a social media post shared alongside a billboard-style congratulatory graphic bearing his name, Cubana Chief Priest reacted to criticism that an Igbo man backing Tinubu is “betrayal.” He argued that people should apply the same standard across ethnic lines, asking: if an Igbo man’s support for Tinubu is seen as…
Kano State Deputy Governor Aminu Abdulsalam-Gwarzo has called on the United States Congress to remove Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State in northern Nigeria, from a proposed bill that would impose sanctions over alleged religious persecution. The proposed legislation is titled the Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026. It is reportedly sponsored by United States Representatives Riley Moore and Chris Smith, members of the United States House of Representatives. The bill is said to seek sanctions against Fulani militias and to include Kwankwaso among individuals cited over alleged religious persecution. In a statement issued on…
Nigeria’s National Assembly, the federal parliament of Africa’s most populous country, is preparing for a key meeting expected on Monday, February 16, 2026, as lawmakers work to reconcile two different versions of an Electoral Amendment Bill passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives. Under Nigeria’s legislative process, when the two chambers approve varying texts of the same bill, a joint conference committee is set up to produce a single harmonised version that can be voted on again and transmitted to the president for assent. In this case, the committee has been given a one-week window to resolve disputed…
The Kano State Government in northern Nigeria has denied an allegation that it tried to stop Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State, from entering the state. The claim was made by Alhaji Buba Galadima, described as a political associate of Kwankwaso, who alleged that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s administration wrote to the federal government of Nigeria to prevent the senator from travelling to Kano State. In response, the Kano State Commissioner of Information and Internal Affairs, Ibrahim Waiya, rejected the allegation in a statement issued on Thursday, February 12, 2026. He described the claim as reckless…
Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Nigeria’s First Lady and the wife of President Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to work together across social and faith lines, saying unity is essential for national progress. She made the call on Thursday, February 12, 2026, in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, while receiving an honour at the Leadership Annual Conference and Awards 2025, an event organised by Leadership Newspaper, a Nigerian media organisation. Mrs Tinubu, speaking before senior government officials and former national leaders, warned against division and said the country’s future depends on cooperation for the common good. She said: “The future of our nation depends…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has departed Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, for Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, to represent Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, at the 2026 African Union Summit. Stanley Nkwocha, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications in the Office of the Vice President, announced the trip in a statement issued on Thursday, February 12, 2026. He said the summit will be held under the theme, “Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063,” with discussions expected to centre on water management, sanitation, and wider development targets…
The camp of former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed as false a claim circulating online that he is involved in secret political negotiations linked to the 2027 general elections in Nigeria. The allegation was attributed to Peter Ayodele Fayose, a former governor of Ekiti State in southwestern Nigeria, who posted a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. In the post, Fayose alleged that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State in southwestern Nigeria had agreed to leave the Peoples Democratic Party, one of Nigeria’s major political parties, for the African Democratic Congress, a…
A judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, has stepped down from an asset forfeiture case involving Abubakar Malami, a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice of Nigeria, and two other respondents. Justice Obiora Egwatu announced his decision on Thursday, February 12, 2026, after lawyers appeared in court. “Ladies and gentlemen, for personal reasons, and for the better interest of justice, I will recuse myself from this case,” he said. The judge directed that the file should be forwarded to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court for reassignment to another judge. He…