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The Independent National Electoral Commission has published the final list of presidential candidates and their running mates for the January 2027 general elections.

The list, signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, was released on Saturday in Abuja and contains candidates sponsored by 18 political parties.

Of the 18 presidential candidates, 16 are male, while two are female.

The male presidential candidates include Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic Congress, Peter Gregory Obi of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, Adewole Ebenezer Adebayo of the Social Democratic Party and Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde of the Allied Peoples Movement.

Others are Donald Duke of the People’s Redemption Party, Sunday Chibuzo Okereke of the Labour Party, Omoyele Sowore of the African Action Congress, Sandy Ojang Onor of the Peoples Democratic Party, Rufai Adekunle Omo-Aje of the Action Alliance and Aliyu Abbas-Bin of the Action Democratic Party.

Also on the list are Kabiru Yusuf of the Allied Peoples Party, Sunday Adenuga of the Boot Party, Moses Olusoji Adebisi of the Democratic Leadership Alliance, Nkem Esther Okereke of the National Rescue Movement, Daniel Daberechukwu Nwanyanwu of the Zenith Labour Party and Peter Ada Agada of the Young Progressive Party.

The two female presidential candidates are Ada Elizabeth Fredrick Okwori of the National Democratic Party and Nkem Esther Okereke of the National Rescue Movement.

The commission also listed 14 male and four female vice-presidential candidates.

The female running mates are Peace Egobia Ofordile of the Allied Peoples Party, Nafisat Usaku Abubakar of the Democratic Leadership Alliance, Hajja Bintu Konto of the Labour Party and Patience Ndidi Key of the Young Progressive Party.

The full list is as follows:

1. APC: Bola Tinubu (74) / Kashim Shettima (59)

2. ADC: Atiku Abubakar (79) / Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi (61)

3. NDC: Peter Gregory Obi (65) / Musa Mohammed Rabiu Kwankwaso (69)

4. LP: Sunday Chibuzo Okereke (43) / Hajja Bintu Konto (54)

5. PDP: Sandy Ojang Onor (60) / Umaru Babangida (61)

6. AA: Rufai Adekunle Omo-Aje / Shehu Hussaini

7. ADP: Aliyu Abbas-Bin / Chinazam Ike

8. APP: Kabiru Yusuf / Peace Egobia Ofordile

9. AAC: Omoyele Sowore / Haruna Garba Magashi

10. APM: Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde (58) / Musa Lawal Daura

11. BP: Sunday Adenuga / Usman Turaki Mustapha

12. DLA: Moses Olusoji Adebisi / Nafisat Usaku Abubakar

13. NDP: Ada Elizabeth Fredrick Okwori / Uchenna Anthony Chukwuemeka

14. NRM: Nkem Esther Okereke / Nasir Muhammed Sulaiman

15. PRP: Donald Duke / Kabiru Rabiu

16. SDP: Adewole Ebenezer Adebayo / Usman Muhammed Bugaje

17. YPP: Peter Ada Agada / Patience Ndidi Key

18. ZLP: Daniel Daberechukwu Nwanyanwu / Hassan Khalid

The commission also released the final list of candidates for the Senate and House of Representatives elections.

Kingzjayzee:
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https://punchng.com/full-list-inec-releases-final-list-of-18-presidential-candidates-for-2027-election/

agulion:
Anything but not the wicked APC and Tinubu is ok

Typing:
No 13. The NDP candidate is Igbo and the vice is also Igbo. This people too funny aswear. Why sought of nonsense is this.

agulion:
Anything but not the wicked APC and Tinubu is ok

Typing:
No 13. The NDP candidate is Igbo and the vice is also Igbo. This people too funny aswear. Why sought of nonsense is this.

Sleekfingers:
Then you don't know what you really want.

Video: The current state of Ikare–Ogbagi–Irun–Imesi Road a vital federal corridor connecting communities across Akoko land in Ondo State to Ekiti State and other parts of South West Nigeria. pic.twitter.com/MkR54FuYgC

— Káyọ̀dé Ògúndámisí 🇳🇬 (@ogundamisi) August 31, 2026

givedemwotowoto:

“This is how the Benin–Asaba Expressway looks yesterday, Thursday, August 20, 2026. Look at how cars and trailers are stuck because of the bad road. Mr Peter Obi advised the APC to start fixing existing roads, but instead, they are att@cking him. Instead of Dave Umahi focusing on… pic.twitter.com/k3V0eCNOo8

— CHUKS 🍥 (@ChuksEricE) August 21, 2026

HacheNoire:
17 dreamers and only one candidate!
None comes close to the demigod- His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR)

Ofunaofu:
Report: Current Govt Added More Debt in Two Years Than Nigeria Accumulated in 55 Years

• Decries Nigeria’s debt service-to-revenue ratio

•Urges FG to declare fiscal emergency

A new policy brief has warned that Nigeria’s worsening debt profile and weak revenue generation have pushed the country into a dangerous fiscal position, with the current administration accumulating more debt in two years than Nigeria recorded during its first 55 years after independence.

The report, released by the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics LTD/GTE, a Nigerian policy think tank, argued that the country’s debt crisis has evolved into a governance and revenue emergency, as debt servicing obligations now exceed the federal government’s retained earnings.
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According to the think tank, Nigeria’s public debt rose sharply from N87.38 trillion in June 2023 to N159.28 trillion by the end of 2025, with President Bola Tinubu’s administration accounting for about N65.9 trillion of the increase within its first two years in office.

The organisation in the brief titled: “Nigeria Is Borrowing to Breathe—and the Clock Is Ticking”, noted that Nigeria accumulated only about N12.06 trillion in debt from independence in 1960 up to 2015, meaning the current administration added more than five times that amount in just 24 months.

The report stated that while previous governments also contributed significantly to the country’s rising debt burden, the speed of accumulation under the current administration had intensified concerns over fiscal sustainability.

“President Bola Tinubu’s administration has added a further N65.9 trillion in just two years. To put that in perspective: it took Nigeria’s first 55 years of independence to accumulate N12 trillion in debt. The current administration has added more than five times that amount in 24 months,” it argued.

It recalled that Nigeria briefly became almost debt-free externally after the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo secured an $18 billion Paris Club debt relief package in 2005 and paid $12 billion to extinguish about $30 billion in external obligations.


https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/05/22/report-current-govt-added-more-debt-in-two-years-than-nigeria-accumulated-in-55-years/

yomi531:
Vote Obi/Kwankwaso for a better Nigeria

As a VP to Peter Obi, he will lose and I will lose because No northerner will ever vote an ibo man as president — Kwankwaso 😳🔥👇 pic.twitter.com/YRBzWRbzvs

— A. Ayofe (@abdullahayofel) June 15, 2026

lexylaw40:
The “president-elect” saw in Obi's presidential bid, a good chance to reduce the winning chances of the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar.

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Oyo State, Tawfiq Akinwale, [/b]on Wednesday [b]stated that the “President-elect” Bola Tinubu asked popular economist, Prof Pat Utomi to step down for Peter Obi in the buildup to the 2023 general elections.

Akinwale made this revelation while he appeared as a guest on a radio programme on 101.7 YES FM, Ibadan, Oyo State, while alleging that Obi received campaign funds from Utomi, whom he described as Tinubu's "son."

The LP aspirant, who spoke in Yoruba language, said "In the buildup to the 2023 elections, Obi who had purchased the nomination form of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), suddenly announced his exit from the party.

"Initially, Pat Utomi had secured the LP's presidential ticket, but when Peter Obi said he resigned from the PDP and joined the LP. Bola Tinubu, a master political strategist, quickly told Utomi, that everyone knows to be his son to step down for Obi.

"The “president-elect” saw in Obi's presidential bid, a good chance to reduce the winning chances of the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar.

"What Peter Obi didn't know is much more that what he knows, he started collecting campaign funds from Utomi, while Tinubu was giving the money to Utomi.

"This went on until Obi's presidential campaign got to a stage it went beyond target. Obi was used without him knowing," Akinwale said after announcing his departure from the party.

Obi defected to the LP after resigning his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and also withdrawing from the presidential race under the party.

The former governor consequently joined the race for the party’s presidential ticket, while Professor Pat Utomi, in June 2022 stepped down for him to emerge as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, unopposed in Asaba, Delta State.

https://saharareporters.com/2023/05/24/how-president-elect-tinubu-funded-peter-obis-campaign-reduce-winning-chances-atiku-oyo

Iyobaba:
It's a three man race and it's not much of a competition. I really wish the opposition could work together, that way they can make it more interesting by giving Asiwaju a run for his money.

The opposition will have no excuse and no one to blame when they lose.

Only a coalition can defeat Asiwaju

4+4=8

pyyxxaro:
A brand new set of thieves fully prepared to come and eat our Yam😏

honor4me:
In sha Allah. President Bola Ahmed will complete his 8 years and handover to the most favorite candidate from the North

agulion:
Anything but not the wicked APC and Tinubu is ok