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Names missing in Gombe, Ogun, Kano: the court ruling that redrew the 2027 governorship lists

When INEC published the final governorship lists for 2027, some of Nigeria's best-known candidates were not on them — including the PDP's Isa Pantami in Gombe and Ladi Adebutu in Ogun. INEC says it was applying a Supreme Court judgment on party membership registers. The affected parties say their candidates were properly registered. We checked both versions.

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One point apart, or twenty-five? Kenya's 2027 race depends on which poll you read

A Research 8020 survey published by The Standard puts President William Ruto on 26 percent and Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna on 25 — a one-point race. An earlier October survey by Politrack Africa put Ruto on 45.1 percent. Both cannot describe the same country the same way; we set out what each poll actually says.

VerifiedResearch 8020's survey gives Ruto 26 percent support in a hypothetical 2027 presidential race, one point ahead of Edwin Sifuna on 25 percent.
VerifiedThe same survey puts Kalonzo Musyoka on 11 percent, Fred Matiang'i on 9 percent and Rigathi Gachagua on 7 percent.
VerifiedThe survey was conducted in September 2026 and covered 3,760 respondents across all 47 counties.

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103 million names on the register: INEC's 2027 countdown reaches the PVC queue

Nigeria's voter register now stands at 103 million after 10.77 million new registrations, INEC says, and collection of new Permanent Voter Cards began on 9 October. With presidential elections fixed for 16 January 2027, the Commission says nine of the fourteen milestones in its revised timetable are done.

VerifiedNigeria's National Register of Voters now stands at 103 million, after three phases of Continuous Voter Registration captured 10,772,421 new voters.
VerifiedDistribution of Phase 1 Permanent Voter Cards to local government centres began on Friday 9 October 2026, and the register was displayed for public scrutiny from 9 to 15 October.
VerifiedThe presidential and National Assembly elections are scheduled for 16 January 2027, and governorship and state assembly elections for 6 February 2027.

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Defection season is open: a senator, a party chairman and thousands of members change sides in Kwara

In Ekiti local government area of Kwara State, former senator Simeon Ajibola, a former APC chairman and a crowd organisers put at about 6,000 have crossed from the ruling APC to the PDP. It is the latest move in a two-way traffic of defections — lawmakers have also been leaving the PDP — as Nigeria's parties re-form for 2027.

VerifiedFormer APC senator Simeon Sule Ajibola and former APC Kwara South elders' forum chairman James Bamisaye Ayeni have defected to the PDP, at a ceremony in Osi, Ekiti LGA, Kwara State.
VerifiedIn a recent House of Representatives defection round, the PDP lost five members and the APC lost two, with Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu reading the letters at plenary.
VerifiedThe traffic is two-way: in late September, APC officials in Kwara said they received no fewer than 1,500 PDP members from Alapa/Onire/Odegiwa ward.

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'Judge my record': Ruto dares his rivals while the opposition shops for a single candidate

President William Ruto used Mashujaa Day in Eldoret to warn that the 'political transition' of 2022 'must not be reversed', and days earlier challenged rivals to match his record. The opposition's answer is a rolling series of rallies — and an unresolved argument about who should lead it into August 2027.

VerifiedAt Mashujaa Day in Eldoret on 20 October 2026, Ruto said the political transition begun in 2022 'must not be reversed' and that the 2027 contest should turn on track records and development agendas.
VerifiedAt Eldama Ravine, Baringo, on 15 October, Ruto said he was ready to be held accountable for the plan he sold Kenyans, and challenged rivals to present alternative programmes.
VerifiedOn 25 October, Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro and former Interior CS Fred Matiang'i addressed a rally in Rongai, Kajiado County, criticising the government over school funding, the cost of living, unemployment and the ongoing university lecturers' strike.

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One year on: Cameroon's 2025 election still has two winners on paper — and no agreed toll

Cameroon's October 2025 election produced an official winner, a rival winner, two incompatible tallies and a protest crackdown whose death toll still has no agreed number. A year on, Vozia's labels have not moved — because the evidence needed to move them has never been published.

VerifiedCameroon's Constitutional Council proclaimed Paul Biya the winner of the 12 October 2025 election, with 53.66% of the vote.
VerifiedThe African Union congratulated Biya on the proclaimed result while calling for dialogue.
DisputedOpposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary won the election.

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