The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially designated Saturday, February 20, 2027 as the date for Nigeria’s Presidential and National Assembly elections, signalling the formal start of the next general election cycle. INEC Chairman Professor Joash Amupitan announced the schedule at a news conference in Abuja on Friday, confirming that the polls for the…
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has urged that Christians be fairly represented in the upcoming 2027 general elections and called on Nigerians not to back efforts to remove the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan. Addressing journalists at the PFN headquarters in Lagos on Thursday, the group’s President, Bishop…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told Nigeria’s National Assembly that it will need about N873.78 billion to organise the 2027 general elections, a dramatic increase compared to what was spent in 2023. Professor Joash Amupitan, the INEC chairman, made the case for the funding on Thursday in Abuja, as he presented the commission’s budget…
