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The race for president
Showing 6 of 17Makinde Oluseyi Abiodun
APM
Aliyu Bin Abbas
ADP
Onor Sandy Ojang
PDP
Bola Ahmed Tinubu
APC
Ada Elizabeth Fredrick Okwori
NDP
Adenuga Sunday Oluwafemi
BP
Latest changes
6 most recentAbimbola Akeem Atanda dropped from active future candidate watchlist
thenationonlineng.net · 6d ago
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan dropped from active future candidate watchlist
thesun.ng · Aug 1
Gbenga Olawepo Hashim dropped from active future candidate watchlist
thenationonlineng.net · Jul 29
Kennedy Ahanotu dropped from active future candidate watchlist
thenationonlineng.net · Jul 29
Gbenga Olawepo Hashim named as a possible contender
guardian.ng · Jul 16
Dumebi Kachikwu dropped from active future candidate watchlist
punchng.com · Jul 15
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2027Governorship
Statewide races · vote 6 Feb 2027
Senate
Vote 16 Jan 2027
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