President Tinubu likened calls to restore the petrol subsidy to asking Moses to lead the Israelites back to Egypt. Atiku Abubakar turned the comparison against him and repeated his plan for limited support for locally refined fuel.
Six opposition parties agreed at an August summit to draft five unity documents and a route to a single presidential candidate. Their coordinator says progress has been made, but the ADC and NDC are openly at odds.
Former APC spokesman Timi Frank, now in the ADC, asked US President Donald Trump and other leaders to intervene over alleged threats to Atiku Abubakar. The Tinubu campaign called the claim baseless and dared him to give evidence to security agencies.
The Electoral Act 2026 required INEC to publish the preliminary register online at least 90 days before the 16 January election. That deadline passed on 18 October with nothing online, and the ADC candidate has demanded the full list by ward.
Atiku Abubakar wants a public account of ₦10 billion meant for Ebola preparedness, a day after Nigeria confirmed its first case since 2014. The Senate also told the government to release emergency money.
President Tinubu faces Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Seyi Makinde and 14 others on 16 January 2027. Here is who they are, how they won their tickets and who is running with them.
Bola Tinubu won with 36.6% in the most competitive presidential race since 1999. Peter Obi's rise, a cash crunch and INEC's failure to upload results in real time shaped the vote.
Muhammadu Buhari beat Atiku Abubakar by more than 3.9 million votes in an election delayed by a week, just hours before polls were due to open.
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua won the first handover from one elected president to another, but observers called the polls the worst they had seen, and the new president agreed they needed fixing.
