List of 1st generation Political parties in Nigeria from 1923
Nigeria National Democratic Party (NNDP)
Nigeria Youth Democratic Party (NYDP) – formed in the year 1938
National Council of Nigeria and Cameroun (NCNC) formed in 1944 and was later changed to mean: National Council of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC)
National People Congress (NPC) founded in 1951
National Elements Peoples Union (NEPU) founded in 1951
Action Group (AG) – formed in 1951
United Middle Belt Congress (UMBC) –founded in 1955

List of 1st Republican Political Parties in Nigeria from 1960 to 1966
Nigeria National Democratic Party (NNDP)
National Council of Nigeria Citizens (NCNC)
Action Group (AG)
Northern Peoples’ Congress (NPC)
Niger Delta Congress (NDC)
United Middle Belt Congress (UMBC)
Democratic Party of Nigeria Citizens (DPNC)
Dynamic Party (DP)
Igala Union (IU)
Igbirra Tribal Union (ITU)
Lagos State United Front (LSUF)
Kano Peoples’ Party ((KPP)
Mabolaje Grand Alliance (MGA)
Midwest Democratic Front (MDF)
Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU)
Northern Progressive Front (NPF)
Republican Party (RP)
United National Independent Party (UNIP)
Zamfara Commoners Party (ZCP)
During this period, there was serious intra and inter party feuds and clashes which culminated into military takeover of government on the 15th of January 1966

List of 2nd Republic Political Parties of Nigeria from 1979 to 1983
National Party of Nigeria (NPN)
Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN)
Nigeria Peoples’ Party (NPP)
Great Nigeria Peoples’ Party (GNPP)
Peoples Redemption Party

Abortive 3rd Republic Political Parties from 1990 to 1993
Social Democratic Party (SDP)
National Republican Convention (NRC)
This was a deliberate attempt by the government of President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida to avoid sectional, religious, ethnic and regional sentiments in Political Parties.

Abortive 4th republic Political Parties from 1996 to 1998 by General Sani Abacha
United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP)
Congress for National Consensus (CNC)
Democratic Party of Nigeria (DPN)
National Centre Party of Nigeria (NCPN)
Grassroots Democratic Movement (GDM)
Justice Party (JP)

5th Republic Political Parties in Nigeria from 1999 to 2010
Action Congress (AC)
African Democratic Congress (ADC)
African Renaissance Party (ARP)
Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD)
All People Party (APP) – this was later changed to All Nigerian People Party (ANPP)
All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA)
Alliance for Democracy (AD)
Communist Party (CP)
Democratic Alternative (DA)
Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM)
Fresh Democratic Party (FDP)
Masses Movement of Nigeria (MMN)
National Democratic Party (NDP)
National Conscience Party (NCP)
New Democrats (ND)
People Democratic Party (PDP)
Peoples Party (PP)
Peoples Redemption Party (PRP)
Peoples Salvation Party (PSP)
Progressive Peoples Party (PPP)
Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA)
United Nigeria Peoples Party (UNPP)
These were formed by the government of General Abdulsalam Abubakar

6th Republic Political Parties of Nigeria from 2009 to 2014
Accord (A)
Action Congress (AC) – which was later merged into All Progressive Congress (APC)
Action Alliance (AA)
Action Party of Nigeria (APN)
Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD)
African Democratic Congress (ADC)
African Liberation Party (ALP)
African Peoples Alliance (APA)
African Renaissance Party (ARP)
All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)- which was later merged into All Progressive Congress
All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) – later , a faction of this party merged into All Progressives Congress (APC)
Alliance for Democracy (AD)
Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN)
Better Nigeria Progressive Party (BNPP)
Change Advocacy Party (CAP)
Citizens Popular Party (CPP)
Community Party of Nigeria (CPN)
Congress for Democratic Change (CDC)
Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) – later merged into All Progressive Congress (APC)
Democratic Alternative (DA)
Democratic Front for Peoples Federation (DFPF)
Democratic Peoples Alliance (DPA)
Democratic Peoples Party (DPP)
Freedom Party of Nigeria (FDP)
Fresh Democratic Party (FDP)
Hope Democratic Party (HDP)
Justice Party (JP)
Kowa Party (KP)
Labour Party (LP)
Liberal Democratic Party of Nigeria (LDPN)
Masses Movement of Nigeria (MMN)
Mega Progressive People Party (MPPP)
Movement for Democracy and Justice (MDJ)
Movement for Restoration and Defence of Democracy (MRDD)
National Action Council (NAC)
National Conscience Party (NCP)
National Democratic Party (NDP)
National Democratic Liberty Party (NDLP)
National Majority Democratic Party (NMDP)
National Movement of Progressive Party (NMPP)
National Reformation Party (NRP)
National Solidarity Democratic Party (NSDP)
National transformation Party (NTP)
National Unity Party (NUP)
New Democrats (NP)
New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)
Nigeria Advance Party
Nigeria Elements Progressive Party (NEPP)
Nigeria Peoples Congress Party (NPCP)
People for Democratic Change (PDC)
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Peoples Mandate Party (PMP)
Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN)
Peoples Progressive Party (PPP)
Peoples Redemption Party (PRP)
Peoples Salvation Party (PSP)
Progressive Action Congress (PAC)
Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA)
Republican Party of Nigeria (RPN)
Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP)
United Democratic Party (UDP)
United National Party for Development (UNPD)
United Peoples Party (UPP)
These were the parties during President Yar-Adua/Gooddluck Jonathan administration. As a matter of fact, most of the parties were not registered for the 2015 general election as they could not meet up with criteria for registration. Besides, most of them fused or merged into others to form new political parties, for example, Action Congress (AC), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and a faction of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) all merged as “All Progressive Congress (APC)”.

7th Republic Political Parties for 2015 elections that actively participated
Action Alliance (AC)
Alliance for Democracy (AD)
African Democratic Congress (ADC)
Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN)
African People Alliance (APA)
All Progressive Congress (APC)
Hope Democratic Party (HDP)
Kowa Party (KP)
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN)
National Conscience Party (NCP)
Citizens Popular Party (CPP)
United Democratic Party (UDP)
United Peoples Party (UPP)

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ftc

Greedy people.
Why can't we just have 2 parties

Educative and informative thread

doingood:
Greedy people.
Why can't we just have 2 parties

Two parties is not the option
If nigeria were to operate a two party system nigeria would have ceased to exist long ago
The two dominant parties has failed nigerians
I prefer 6 political parties that way the citizens will have many options
I am just speaking as a friend of nigeria not as a citizen
Biafra is my home

Kk