The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received applications from 110 associations seeking registration as political parties in Nigeria. The announcement was made on Wednesday by the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who said the applications are being processed in line with the Electoral Act and the Commission’s Regulations and Guidelines.
According to Professor Yakubu, the Commission had, as of Monday, 23rd June 2025, received and acknowledged all applications except six, which were submitted recently and are expected to be acknowledged before the end of the week. He stressed that INEC is handling the applications diligently and transparently, following the procedures prescribed by law.
Yakubu urged individuals and organisations interested in registering political parties to consult the Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties 2022, which is available on INEC’s official website. He said compliance with the guidelines is crucial to avoid unnecessary delays or rejections during the registration process.
He also disclosed that INEC has released a full list of the 110 associations applying for registration. The list contains the proposed names of the political parties, their acronyms, addresses, as well as the names of their Chairmen and Secretaries. He noted that the full list would be uploaded to the Commission’s website and social media platforms, while hard copies had already been distributed to stakeholders during the meeting.
The proposed political parties include: Key of Freedom Party (KFP), Absolute Congress (ABC), All Grassroots Party (AGP), Congress Action Party (CAP), United Social Democrats (USDP), National Action Congress Party (NACP), Great Alliance Party (GAP), New Nigeria Congress (NNC), United Peoples Victory Party (UPVP), and Allied Conservative Congress (ACC).
Also on the list are: Peoples Freedom Party (PFP), All Nigerians’ Party (AND), Abundant Social Party (ASP), Citizens Party of Nigeria (CPN), National Freedom Party (NFP), Patriots Party (PP), Movement of the People (MOP), Peoples National Congress (PNC), African Union Congress (AUC), Alliance of Patriots (AOP), Socialist Equality Party (SEP), About Nigeria Party (ABNP), African Reformation Party (ARP), and Accelerated African Development Association (AADA).
Other applicants include: Obidient Peoples Party (OPP), Zonal Rescue Movement (ZRM), Zuma Reform (ZR), Party for Socialist Transformation (PST), Liberation People’s Party (LPP), Progressive Obedients Party (POP), Great Nigeria Party (GNP), National Youth Alliance (NYA), National Reform Party (NRP), Patriotic Congress Party (PCP), Community Alliance Party (CAP), Grassroot Alliance Party (GAP), Advance Nigeria Congress (ANC), and All Nigerians Alliance (ANA).
Further applications were received from: Team New Nigeria (TNN), All Labour’s Party (ALP), New Green Generation Coalition Party (NGOCP), New Green Congress (NGC), New Green Coalition Party (NGCP), About All (Nigerian), Nigerian Liberty Movement (NLM), National Democratic Party (NDP), Citizen United Congress (CUC), All Gender Party (AGP), Polling Unit Ambassadors of Nigeria (PUAN), Village Intelligence Party (VIP), Great Transformation Party (GTP), and Alliance Social Party.
Others include: Nigeria Democratic Alliance (NIDA), New National Democratic Party (NNDP), Nourish Democratic People’s Congress (NDPC), All Youth Reclaim Party (AYRP), LA RIBA Multipurpose Cooperative Society, Alliance Youth Party of Nigeria (AYPN), The True Democrats (TTD), Democratic Peoples Congress (DPC), National Democratic Movement, Economic Liberation Party (ELP), Grassroot Ambassador’s Party (GAP), All For All Congress (AFAC), People Democratic Alliance (PDA), United National Youths Party of Nigeria, Peoples Liberation Party (PLP), Democratic Union for Progress (DUP), Citizen Democratic Alliance (CDA), and African Action Group (AAG).
Further entries are: Patriots Alliance Network (PAN), Democratic Leadership Party (DLP), Pink Political Party (PPP), Young Motivation & Awareness for Development Forum, Access Party (AP), Youth Progressive Empowerment Initiative (YPEI), Grassroot Ambassadors’ Party (GRAP), Republican Party of Nigeria, Sceptre Influence Party (SIP), Young Democratic Congress (YDC), Patriotic Nigerians Party (PNP), Far-Right Party, Democratic People’s Party (DPP), United Citizens Congress (UCC), Reset Nigeria (RN), and New Nigeria Democratic Party.
Also included are: Save Nigeria People Party (SNPP), Above All (AA), Alliance for Youth and Women Party (AYWP), Rebuild Nigeria Group (RNG), Citizen Progressive Party (CPP), Good Guardian Party (CG PARTY), Abiding Greatness Party (AGP), Patriotic Peoples’ Party (PPP), Development & Freedom Party (DFP), Peace, Unity & Prosperity Culture (PUP Culture), The Populist Party (Party P), New Nigeria Leadership Party (NNLP), All Allies Alliance, National Action Network (NAN), Coalition for Nigerian Democrats (CND), Republican Party of Nigeria (RPN), Abundance Africa Alliance (AAA), Freewill Humanitarian Party (FHP), Peoples Emancipation Party (PEP), Peoples Liberation Congress Party (PLPC), Peoples Democratic Congress (PDC), All Democratic Alliance (ADA), and Advanced Democratic Alliance (ADA).
With 110 groups seeking political party registration, the applications represent a significant wave of political interest and could reshape Nigeria’s political terrain ahead of future elections.
