Nigeria’s Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) says politicians have submitted applications for 110 new political parties.
There are currently 18 registered political parties in the country.
Breaking the news on Wednesday, INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu told the press briefing at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja that they were already processing the requests.
He said: “As at Monday, 23rd June 2025, the Commission has received letters of intent from 110 associations that wish to register as political parties.
“We are diligently processing the requests in line with the procedure outlined in the law as well as our Regulations and Guidelines.
“We have acknowledged all requests received so far, except six of them received recently, which will be done before the end of the week.”
The details released by INEC indicate the proposed names, acronyms, addresses and the names of the Chairmen and Secretaries for each of the associations seeking approval to become political parties.
As released by INEC, the full list appears here:
- Abiding Greatness Party
- About All (Nigerian)
- About Nigeria Party (ABNP)
- Above All
- Absolute Congress (ABC)
- Abundance Africa Alliance
- Abundant Social Party (ASP)
- Accelerated African Development Association (AADA)
- Access Party
- Advance Nigeria Congress (ANC)
- Advanced Democratic Alliance.
- African Action Group
- African Reformation Party (ARP)
- African Union Congress (AUC)
- All Allies Alliance
- All Democratic Alliance
- All For All Congress
- All Gender Party
- All Grassroots Party (AGP)
- All Labour’s Party (ALP)
- All Nigerians Alliance (ANA)
- All Nigerians’ Party (AND)
- All Youth Reclaim Party
- Alliance for Youth and Women Party
- Alliance of Patriots (AOP)
- Alliance Social Party
- Alliance Youth Party of Nigeria
- Allied Conservative Congress (ACC)
- Citizen Democratic Alliance
- Citizen Progressive Party
- Citizen United Congress
- Citizens Party of Nigeria (CPN)
- Coalition for Nigerian Democrats
- Community Alliance Party (CAP)
- Congress Action Party (CAP)
- Democratic Leadership Party
- Democratic People’s Party
- Democratic Peoples Congress
- Democratic Union for Progress
- Development & Freedom Party
- Economic Liberation Party
- Far-Right Party
- Freewill Humanitarian Party
- Good Guardian Party
- Grassroot Alliance Party (GAP)
- Grassroot Ambassador’s Party
- Grassroot Ambassadors’ Party
- Great Alliance Party (GAP)
- Great Nigeria Party (GNP)
- Great Transformation Party
- Key of Freedom Party (KFP)
- LA RIBA Multipurpose Cooperative Society
- Liberation People’s Party (LPP)
- Movement of the People (MOP)
- National Action Congress Party (NACP)
- National Action Network
- National Democratic Movement
- National Democratic Party
- National Freedom Party (NFP)
- National Reform Party (NRP)
- National Youth Alliance (NYA)
- New Green Coalition Party (NGCP)
- New Green Congress (NGC)
- New Green Generation Coalition Party (NGOCP)
- New National Democratic Party
- New Nigeria Congress (NNC)
- New Nigeria Democratic Party
- New Nigeria Leadership Party
- Nigeria Democratic Alliance
- Nigerian Liberty Movement
- Nourish Democratic People’s Congress
- Obedients Peoples Party (Not Provided)
- Obidient Peoples Party (OPP)
- Party for Socialist Transformation (PST)
- Patriotic Congress Party (PCP)
- Patriotic Nigerians Party
- Patriotic Peoples’ Party
- Patriots Alliance Network
- Patriots Party (PP)
- Peace, Unity & Prosperity Culture
- People Democratic Alliance
- Peoples Democratic Congress
- Peoples Emancipation Party
- Peoples Freedom Party (PFP)
- Peoples Liberation Congress Party
- Peoples Liberation Party
- Peoples National Congress (PNC)
- Pink Political Party
- Polling Unit Ambassadors of Nigeria
- Progressive Obedients Party (POP)
- Rebuild Nigeria Group
- Republican Party of Nigeria
- Republican Party of Nigeria (appears twice – possibly same group or variant)
- Reset Nigeria
- Save Nigeria People Party
- Sceptre Influence Party
- Socialist Equality Party (SEP)
- Team New Nigeria (TNN)
- The Populist Party
- The True Democrats
- United Citizens Congress
- United National Youths Party of Nigeria
- United Peoples Victory Party (UPVP)
- United Social Democrats (USDP)
- Village Intelligence Party
- Young Democratic Congress
- Young Motivation & Awareness for Development Forum
- Youth Progressive Empowerment Initiative
- Zonal Rescue Movement (ZRM)
- Zuma Reform (ZR)