Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, will hold its presidential and parliamentary elections on Febuary 20, 2027, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Friday, DW reported.
Joash Ojo Amupitan, the INEC chairman, also said the governorship and state legislature polls are scheduled for March 6, 2027, calling the upcoming elections a "significant milestone in (Nigeria's) democratic journey."
He said the elections will cover the offices of president and vice president; governors and deputy governors (except in Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Imo, Kogi, Ondo and Osun states); and members of the Senate, the House of Representatives and state Houses of Assembly.
Although INEC has introduced technology over the past decade to improve the integrity of election outcomes, it has had little success boosting public confidence, and post-election litigation remains commonplace.
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