Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- The All Progressives Congress (APC) wants a court to stop some of its former members from contesting next year's elections under opposition parties in Niger State.

Among those whose nominations it is challenging are the governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Social Democratic Party (SDP), both of whom left the ruling party after disagreements over its primary.

If the APC succeeds, candidates already nominated by opposition parties could be prevented from appearing on the ballot.

In Kano, another dispute raises a question for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC): why was a governorship candidate's name missing from a list published on 10 October when the court order subsequen...