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Friday, 6 November 2026
Local election fallout dominated this Friday edition of The Hive, with 92 hung councils, coalition standoffs and falling trust in the IEC, between long music sets.
- 18:03
Of 138 municipal councils declared so far, 92 are hung, meaning no party has an outright majority, while 46 have clear majority winners.
- 18:04
Al Jama-ah says it will not enter coalition talks until the results are formally announced, rejecting deals made before the final count.
- 18:05
A Nigerian federal high court nullified Atiku Abubakar's ADC presidential nomination, ruling the party's interim leadership was unlawfully constituted. The ADC rejects the ruling and will appeal.
- 18:47
An HSRC survey finds most voters satisfied with how the elections were conducted, but trust in the IEC has fallen to 81%, down from 90% in the 2011 local elections.