The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday, said it has received 110 Associations seeking registration as political parties as of June 23, 2025.
Yakubu disclosed this during the second quarterly consultative meeting with the media at the commission’s headquarters.
He said the commission will process the request in line with the law guiding registration of political parties.
Among the applications are the Movement of the People MOP being promoted by Seun, son of late Afro Beats king, Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
Others included La Riba Multipurpose Cooperative Society submitted by one Suwaiba Bello Abdullahi, with no acronym and logo; All Democratic Alliance ADA by Chief Akin Ricketts; Obidient Peoples Party by Barry Avotu Johnson and many others.
Curiously, one Malam Idris A. Abdulkarim submitted three associations for registration as political parties. They are: New Green Generation Coalition Party NGGCP, New Green Congress NGC, and, New Green Coalition Party NGGCP. While all of them have the same office address in Kubwa, Abuja, they also have the same logo.
Prof. Yakubu, who promised to follow the rules on the registration of new parties, said the commission would not favour one above the other or consider the status of the promoters.
He said, “Clearly, one of the topical issues on election administration in our country today is the status of the letters of intent we received from associations seeking registration as political parties amidst partisan insinuations in some quarters that the Commission is equivocating on the matter in a manner that compromises our independence.
“Nothing can be further from the truth. Nigerians may recall that the same unfounded accusation was made under similar circumstances in 2013 that the Commission was not keen on the proposed merger of political parties because INEC had ‘merged with the ruling party’ at the time.
“For the records, the present Commission registered the largest number of political parties in Nigeria strictly following the provision of the electoral legal framework. For the 2019 General Election, there were 91 political parties and 73 presidential candidates. The Commission was criticised in some quarters for registering too many political parties.
“After the election, the Commission also deregistered over 70 political parties as provided by law. We wish to reassure Nigerians that under the current situation, we will continue to be guided by law and act with fairness to all associations seeking registration as political parties. We will treat all requests fairly irrespective of the status of their promoters, be they ordinary or prominent citizens. Nigerians will be fully briefed of the actions taken by the Commission every step of the way.
“As of 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 procedures 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. For emphasis, I wish to inform Nigerians, particularly those interested in registering new political parties, that the handbook containing the Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties 2022 is already available on the Commission’s website.
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“Meanwhile, the Commission is today releasing the full list of the 110 associations seeking registration as political parties indicating their proposed names, acronyms, addresses and the names of their protem Chairmen and Secretaries. For transparency and public information, the list will be uploaded to our website and social media platforms shortly while hard copies are included in your folders for this meeting,” he stated.
Full list of 110 associations seeking INEC registration as political parties:
1. Key of Freedom Party
2. Absolute Congress
3. All Grassroots Party
4. Congress Action Party
5. United Social Democrats Party
6. National Action Congress Party
7. Great Alliance Party
8. New Nigeria Congress
9. United Peoples Victory Party
10. Allied Conservative Congress
11. Peoples Freedom Party
12. All Nigerians’ Party
13. Abundant Social Party
14. Citizens Party of Nigeria
15. National Freedom Party
16. Patriots Party
17. Movement of the People
18. Peoples National Congress
19. African Union Congress
20. Alliance of Patriots
21. Socialist Equality Party
22. About Nigeria Party
23. African Reformation Party
24. Accelerated African Development Association
25. Obidient Peoples Party
26. Zonal Rescue Movement
27. Zuma Reform
28. Party for Socialist Transformation
29. Liberation People’s Party
30. Progressive Obedients Party
31. Great Nigeria Party
32. National Youth Alliance
33. National Reform Party
34. Patriotic Congress Party
35. Community Alliance Party
36. Grassroot Alliance Party
37. Advance Nigeria Congress
38. All Nigerians Alliance
39. Team New Nigeria
40. All Labour’s Party
41. New Green Generation Coalition Party
42. New Green Congress
43. New Green Coalition Party
44. About All (Nigerian)
45. Nigerian Liberty Movement
46. National Democratic Party
47. Citizen United Congress
48. All Gender Party
49. Polling Unit Ambassadors of Nigeria
50. Village Intelligence Party
51. Great Transformation Party
52. Alliance Social Party
53. Nigeria Democratic Alliance
54. New National Democratic Party
55. Obedients Peoples Party (duplicate name – possibly error or variation)
56. Nourish Democratic People’s Congress
57. All Youth Reclaim Party
58. LA RIBA Multipurpose Cooperative Society
59. Alliance Youth Party of Nigeria
60. The True Democrats
61. Democratic Peoples Congress
62. National Democratic Movement
63. Economic Liberation Party
64. Grassroot Ambassador’s Party
65. All For All Congress
66. People Democratic Alliance
67. United National Youths Party of Nigeria
68. Peoples Liberation Party
69. Democratic Union for Progress
70. Citizen Democratic Alliance
71. African Action Group
72. Patriots Alliance Network
73. Democratic Leadership Party
74. Pink Political Party
75. Young Motivation & Awareness for Development Forum
76. Access Party
77. Youth Progressive Empowerment Initiative
78. Grassroot Ambassadors’ Party
79. Republican Party of Nigeria
80. Sceptre Influence Party
81. Young Democratic Congress
82. Patriotic Nigerians Party
83. Far-Right Party
84. Democratic People’s Party
85. United Citizens Congress
86. Reset Nigeria
87. New Nigeria Democratic Party
88. Save Nigeria People Party
89. Above All
90. Alliance for Youth and Women Party
91. Rebuild Nigeria Group
92. Citizen Progressive Party
93. Good Guardian Party
94. Abiding Greatness Party
95. Patriotic Peoples’ Party
96. Development & Freedom Party
97. Peace, Unity & Prosperity Culture
98. The Populist Party
99. New Nigeria Leadership Party
100. All Allies Alliance
101. National Action Network
102. Coalition for Nigerian Democrats
103. Republican Party of Nigeria (appears twice – possibly same group or variant)
104. Abundance Africa Alliance
105. Freewill Humanitarian Party
106. Peoples Emancipation Party
107. Peoples Liberation Congress Party
108. Peoples Democratic Congress
109. All Democratic Alliance
110. Advanced Democratic Alliance (ADA)
How many political parties are in Nigeria?
Currently, according to INEC, there are 19 political parties in Nigeria. These are;
1. Accord (A)
2. Action Alliance (AA)
3. African Action Congress (AAC)
4. African Democratic Congress (ADC)
5. Action Democratic Party (ADP)
6. All Progressives Congress (APC)
7. All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
8. Allied Peoples Movement (APM)
9. Action Peoples Party (APP)
10. Boot Party (BP)
11. Labour Party (LP)
12. National Rescue Movement (NRM)
13. New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)
14. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
15. Peoples Redemption Party (PRP)
16. Social Democratic Party (SDP)
17. Young Progressive Party (YPP)
18. Youth Party (YP)
19. Zenith Labour Party (ZLP)
