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Your vote na your voice

The 2027 general elections go decide who go spend public money for your name for the next four years. Everything wey you need to vote dey here, from official sources.

104 days remain Presidential and National Assembly elections Saturday 16 January 2027
The dates na from INEC. If INEC change am, we go update this page.

Important dates

INEC timetable for 2027 general elections, wey dem change for February 2026 after dem sign the Electoral Act 2026.

  1. Party primaries end

    Party primaries, plus settling of quarrel, run from 23 April to 30 May 2026.

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  2. Voter registration don close

    The last part of registration run from 11 May to 26 July 2026. Pass 10.7 million people register for the three parts.

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  3. Presidential and National Assembly campaigns start

    Campaign must stop 24 hours before election day.

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  4. Governorship and State Assembly campaigns start

    Campaign must stop 24 hours before election day.

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  5. Collection of new voter cards (PVC) start

    For people wey register, or wey ask for transfer or new card, for the last registration. Check your collection centre for INEC PVC portal.

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  6. Governorship and State House of Assembly elections

    You go vote for your Governor and your State House of Assembly member. States wey dey do their governorship election for another time no go get governorship election that day.

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Get ready, step by step

Do these ones now. Queue go long pass as election day dey near.

  1. Check say you register

    Use INEC voter verification portal to confirm say your name dey the register and see your polling unit. Registration for 2027 don close.

    Check my registration for INEC

  2. Collect your Permanent Voter Card (PVC)

    You need your PVC to vote. Collection of new cards go start 9 October 2026. The PVC portal go show whether your card ready and where you go collect am. Collection na free: no pay anybody for your PVC, and no ever sell am or give am to anybody.

    Check where I go collect my PVC

  3. Know your polling unit

    You fit vote only for the polling unit where you register. Find am, and plan how you go reach there early that day.

    INEC polling unit locator

  4. Know who dey your ballot

    Look wetin the people wey dey beg for your vote don do before, and wetin dem dey promise now. Compare the people wey dey office now with wetin dem don do.

    See the candidates My leaders now Promise tracker

For election day

Wetin you go see for your polling unit. Follow wetin INEC officials talk that day.

Wetin you go vote for

Saturday 16 January 2027
President, Senator and House of Representatives member: three ballot papers.
Saturday 6 February 2027
Governor (for most states) and State House of Assembly member.
  1. Go early with your PVC. Join queue for your own polling unit. Old people, pregnant women and people wey get disability fit go first.
  2. Do accreditation. Official go check your PVC and confirm you with BVAS machine, with your finger or your face.
  3. Collect your ballot paper. Dem go stamp am and sign am for you. Make sure say you get one for each election.
  4. Vote for secret. Inside the voting cubicle, put ink for your thumb and press am once inside the box of the party wey you choose. No show anybody your ballot.
  5. Fold am and drop am for the correct box. Each election get im own ballot box.
  6. Make you calm down, and watch the counting if you want. Dem dey count votes for open for the polling unit, and dem go paste the result there. INEC still dey put polling unit results for im IReV portal. IReV results portal

Know the rules

Election dey work when everybody follow the same rules. These rules dey protect your vote.

Your vote no be for sale

To buy vote and to sell your vote, both na crime under Naija electoral law. Money for your vote today mean four years of the same wahala.

No campaign near polling unit

Campaign must stop 24 hours before election day. Nobody suppose campaign or wear party cloth for polling unit that day.

No weapon, no fight

To carry weapon go polling unit, to threaten voters, or to snatch ballot box, na serious crime. If you see fight, comot go safe place and call 112.

Your vote na secret

Nobody get right to see who you vote for. No snap your ballot, and no let anybody follow you enter the cubicle.

Na only INEC dey announce result

Na INEC returning officers dey announce results. Any other announcement, no believe am yet.

Everybody wey register fit vote

Whatever your religion, tribe or party, your vote get the same power. Help old neighbours and people wey get disability reach their polling unit.

Check before you share

Fake news dey spread fast for election time, especially for WhatsApp. Before you forward anything:

  • Look for the same news for INEC official website or their verified social media accounts. inecnigeria.org
  • Shine your eye with screenshots, voice notes and results wey no talk where dem come from.
  • If message make you vex well well or fear well well, stop and check. Na wetin dem make am for be that most times.
  • If you no sure, no forward am.
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