NEWS Nigeria Security & Civil Defence Corps OFFICIAL_NSCDC Commandant-General, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi gets second 5-year term, effective Friday, February 27.

Contest closes Tuesday, March 3, 2026.

On same day, 35 years after, US–Israel attacked Iran, killing the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had ruled since 1989.

#ThisDayinHistory INEC declared PDP’s Olusegun Obasanjo as the winner of the February 27 Presidential election with 62.7% of the vote. This ended 15 years of military rules, and Nigeria’s return to democracy.