The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed receiving letters of intent from 110 associations seeking registration as political parties across the country.
INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Wednesday, explaining that the applications are being processed in line with the Electoral Act, the Commission’s regulations, and guidelines.
“As of Monday, June 23, 2025, the Commission has received letters of intent from 110 associations wishing to register as political parties. We are processing the requests diligently, following the stipulated procedures in our regulations and guidelines,” Yakubu said.
Notably among the applicants are the Obidient Peoples Party (OPP), Advanced Democratic Alliance (ADA), and the All is Well Party, alongside other groups with unique names such as Village Intelligence Party, Pink Political Party, and Team New Nigeria.
Professor Yakubu added that all applications received have been acknowledged, except six submitted recently, which will be acknowledged before the end of the week.
He advised interested groups to consult the Commission’s 2022 Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties, available on INEC’s official website, to avoid errors in the registration process.
The Commission also released the full list of the 110 associations applying for registration as political parties, including their proposed names and acronyms:
FULL LIST:
1. Key of Freedom Party (KFP)
2. Absolute Congress (ABC)
3. All Grassroots Party (AGP)
4. Congress Action Party (CAP)
5. United Social Democrats (USDP)
6. National Action Congress Party (NACP)
7. Great Alliance Party (GAP)
8. New Nigeria Congress (NNC)
9. United Peoples Victory Party (UPVP)
10. Allied Conservative Congress (ACC)
11. Peoples Freedom Party (PFP)
12. All Nigerians’ Party (AND)
13. Abundant Social Party (ASP)
14. Citizens Party of Nigeria (CPN)
15. National Freedom Party (NFP)
16. Patriots Party (PP)
17. Movement of the People (MOP)
18. Peoples National Congress (PNC)
19. African Union Congress (AUC)
20. Alliance of Patriots (AOP)
21. Socialist Equality Party (SEP)
22. About Nigeria Party (ABNP)
23. African Reformation Party (ARP)
24. Accelerated African Development Association (AADA)
25. Obidient Peoples Party (OPP)
26. Zonal Rescue Movement (ZRM)
27. Zuma Reform (ZR)
28. Party for Socialist Transformation (PST)
29. Liberation People’s Party (LPP)
30. Progressive Obedients Party (POP)
31. Great Nigeria Party (GNP)
32. National Youth Alliance (NYA)
33. National Reform Party (NRP)
34. Patriotic Congress Party (PCP)
35. Community Alliance Party (CAP)
36. Grassroot Alliance Party (GAP)
37. Advance Nigeria Congress (ANC)
38. All Nigerians Alliance (ANA)
39. Team New Nigeria (TNN)
40. All Labour’s Party (ALP)
41. New Green Generation Coalition Party (NGOCP)
42. New Green Congress (NGC)
43. New Green Coalition Party (NGCP)
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
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
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)
INEC is expected to screen the applications in phases, after which only qualified groups meeting the constitutional and administrative requirements will be granted full political party status.
Professor Yakubu stressed that the Commission remains committed to transparency, fairness, and the rule of law in handling all party registration processes.
