Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered five new political parties.
According to the Commission, 95 associations applied for registration as political parties, but it approved five applications which met the constitutional requirements for registration.
The parties are Young Progressive Party (YPP); Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA); New Generation Party of Nigeria (NGP); All Democratic Peoples Movement (ADPM) and Action Democratic Party (ADP). (Channelstv)