The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on Saturday, 29 August 2026, display the list of candidates nominated by political parties for the 6 February 2027 governorship and state assembly elections.
According to the commission, the governorship poll will hold across 28 states, while state assembly elections will take place in all 36 states of the federation.
Staggered cycle excludes eight states from governorship polls
INEC’s electoral timetable shows that governorship polls are scheduled for Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Delta, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Enugu, Ebonyi, Abia, Kwara, Benue, Plateau, Niger and Nasarawa. Others are Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Taraba, Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Kebbi and Sokoto.
Governorship elections will not hold in Ondo, Osun, Ekiti, Edo, Bayelsa, Anambra, Imo and Kogi states, where polls are conducted under Nigeria’s staggered electoral cycle.
