When is the 2027 election?

By Adegboyega Adeleye

Nigeria’s 2027 presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on Saturday, January 16, while governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections are scheduled for February 6.

President Bola Tinubu, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Seyi Makinde, Omoyele Sowore, Adebayo Adewole and Donald Duke are among the leading presidential candidates.
The polls will be Nigeria’s eighth successive general election since its return to democracy in 1999, as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) intensifies preparations for the vote.

Who are the presidential candidates and their running mates?

INEC’s final list contains 18 pres...