Overview
- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu formally accepted the APC nomination after the party's nationwide primary, which the APC reported produced about 10,999,162 votes for him.
- The APC ran voting and collation across all states, local councils and wards and presented Tinubu with a certificate of return as party leaders hailed the process as following electoral rules.
- Analysts and bookmakers view Tinubu as the frontrunner because his party has expanded control of state governments through defections, giving the APC material advantages in organization and voter mobilization.
- The main opposition remains fragmented, with the African Democratic Congress split into rival factions that on May 25 advanced different routes — one naming Dumebi Kachikwu as sole candidate while other ADC structures held open ward primaries clearing figures such as Atiku Abubakar and Rotimi Amaechi.
- Economic issues that will shape the campaign include high inflation and widespread poverty despite Tinubu's reforms such as fuel subsidy removal, power-sector measures and an education loan fund, and these conditions will drive voters' judgment of competing candidates.