How ex-govs plot total control of 11th Senate

By Fred Itua, Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of candidates for the January and February 2027 general elections, formally opening a campaign season that will run over the next four months. With the ban on campaigning lifted and the timetable now fixed, the country moves into what is expected to be one of the most consequential election cycles in its recent history. The elections will be contested by 18 presidential candidates, 4, 860 candidates for the 109 Senate and 360 House of Representatives seats, and thousands more standing for governorship and state assembly positions across the 36 states.
A close reading of the final S...