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Nigeria will vote in 2027 under a new law. The Electoral Act 2026, signed on 18 February 2026, repeals the 2022 Act and amends at least 20 provisions. It has already been applied in the Ekiti and Osun governorship elections.

Key insights:
- Polling-unit results must now be transmitted electronically to IReV, but the signed Form EC8A remains the primary source if transmission fails.

- Indirect primaries are scrapped. Parties must now hold direct primaries or consensus and submit digital membership registers to INEC beforehand.

- The presidential spending cap doubles from N5 billion to N10 billion, and the limit on individual donations rises from N50 million to N500 million.

Follow Dataphyte for more Election Watch 2027 analysis, and read the full article here: https://dataphyte.com/topic/uncategorized/election-watch-2027-new-electoral-act-and-expectations-for-2027

Happy birthday, Chinenye Oguadinma🎉

Your work as a Communications Officer continues to make an impact.

We wish you a great year with more impact, growth, and stories.

Join us for the Dataphyte Election Story Lab 4.0! Explore election technologies and learn how to use BVAS and IReV data for impactful journalism.

We’re excited to introduce our amazing speakers who will guide us in understanding election technologies and data.

📆 Date: October 3, 2026
⏰Time: 10 AM
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Join us for the Dataphyte Election Data Lab 4.0! Explore election technologies and learn how to use BVAS and IReV data to produce impactful journalism.

📆 Date: October 3, 2026
⏰ Time: 10 AM
📍 Venue: Zoom (https://bit.ly/4ACCzCg)

Hear from experts Kehinde Ogunyale and Daniel Olayinka as they guide you through the complexities of Nigeria's electoral process and how to uncover compelling stories from digital records.

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Nigeria's Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) is now 23 per cent, its lowest since March 2024. The CBN said the move strengthens monetary policy transmission and restores the MPR as a principal signal of monetary policy.

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Less than 10% of candidates running for president, vice president, and the National Assembly in Nigeria are women.

INEC has released its final list of candidates for the 2027 general election. Women account for only 9.7 per cent of the 4,899 candidates contesting the presidency, vice-presidency, and National Assembly despite making up nearly half of Nigeria's population and registered voters.

Key Insights:
- Only 2 of 18 presidential candidates are women.
- Since 1999, just 176 women have ever been elected to the National Assembly, which is 5.36 per cent of all seats filled.
- 23 of Nigeria's 36 states, plus the FCT, currently have no woman representing them in either chamber.

Nigeria's National Gender Policy set a 35 per cent affirmative action target for women in governance in 2006, but its implementation has remained weak.

Read the full report here:https://dataphyte.com/topic/elections/election-watch-2027-women-make-up-97-of-2027-election-candidates

Nigeria is at 81ST UNGA: Here’s what’s happening so far

Vice President Kashim Shettima led the Nigerian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly with ministers and government officials. Prominent business figures like Tony Elumelu and Aliko Dangote have also participated in high-level side events.

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