BEYOND UNDERSTANDING policy and campaign issues as campaign activities continue, our tracking has established that stakeholders are being careful about how they discuss and challenge the personal attributes of candidates and political parties ahead of the 2027 elections. Our analysis shows that the main indicator, highly personality disparagem...
OUR CURRENT polarisation indicator shows that political party affiliation, support for political actors and stakeholder alignments remain significant factors shaping how Nigerians could become divided before, during and after the 2027 elections. The tracking evidence shows that political and emotional polarisation are already receiving signifi...
THREE AREAS are emerging as important to Nigeria’s democratic stability after the 2027 elections: democratic norms, political stability and constitutional order. As captured by our analysts, these areas highlight the need for stakeholders, particularly political actors, to engage in strategic discussions before and immediately after the electi...
By JKNewsMedia INTERCEPTION OF 204 pump-action rifles and firearm components at Tin Can Island Port has intensified concerns over international arms trafficking through Nigeria’s ports ahead of the 2027 general elections. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the weapons were concealed in a 20-foot container, TEMU 184536/9, which arrived from Turkey a...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter ECONOMIC GROWTH and national security must remain central to Nigeria’s 2027 elections as the country seeks to consolidate democratic gains, strengthen reforms and create greater opportunities for its growing young population, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said. JKNewsMedia.com reports that...
By Joke Kujenya INCREASING USE of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in political communication, political rivalry and concerns over electoral technology and law enforcement have emerged as key issues shaping Nigeria’s 2027 elections, an early monitoring exercise has found. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the findings were released by the Centre for R...
By JKNewsMedia THREE HUNDRED trained volunteers have begun monitoring developments that could shape the credibility, peace and inclusiveness of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. JKNewsMedia.com reports that three hundred volunteers have been deployed to track developments capable of affecting the credibility, peace and inclusiveness of Nigeri...
By JKNewsMedia LAGOS STATE Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will deliver the 7th yearly lecture of Freedom Online newspaper in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, with discussions centred on Nigeria’s 2027 elections, economy, security and future. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the lecture themed “2027 Elections, Economy, Security and Nigeria’s Future”, the e...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter CHALLENGES FACING Nigeria’s economy and insecurity, particularly those associated with elections, will feature prominently at the seventh yearly lecture of Freedom Online in Lagos on September 3. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the lecture will examine how Nigeria can tackle insecurity and conduct the 2027 ...
By JKNewsMedia TWENTY COASTAL communities in the oil-producing areas of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State have threatened to boycott the 2027 general elections unless the Federal and Ondo State governments intervene to protect them from an advancing ocean surge threatening their existence. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the communities,...
