Nigeria’s Electoral Body Shifts 2027 National Elections Earlier
President Bola Tinubu is expected to seek re-election after his All Progressives Congress handed him its ticket.
Photographer: Evaristo Sa/Getty ImagesNigeria will hold next year’s presidential and National Assembly elections a month earlier than planned, after the electoral commission revised the polling schedule.
The elections will be held on Jan. 16, instead of the previously announced date of Feb. 20, the Independent National Electoral Commission said in an X post on Thursday, without giving reasons for the change.