Nigeria, March 18 -- Nigeria and Kenya, two of Africa's economic powerhouses, will hold general elections in 2027. Nigeria's election has been slated for 16 January, 2027, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). It will be the eighth general election since military rule came to an end on 29 May, 1999, in Africa's most populous nation. Kenya's holds on 10 August, 2027, the second Tuesday in August, in adherence to Article 136(2)(a) of the Kenyan Constitution, which stipulates that elections must hold on the second Tuesday in August every five years.

As in other elections, these will be keenly contested not just at the polls but in the law courts and courts of public opinion. In the latter, digital technology - the Interne...