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18 of 18 sources

Exports contain the 18 source records currently shown, as audited on 2026-10-04.

  • Political financeSINGLE_SOURCEPARTIALLY_ACCESSIBLE

    INEC party finance & audit resources

    Independent National Electoral Commission · OFFICIAL_GOVERNMENT_RECORD · 2015 and 2018 audit references; 2019 compliance reference; full coverage unconfirmed

    Official discovery leads for annual party accounts, campaign-finance reporting forms and historical audit materials.

  • ElectionsSINGLE_SOURCEPARTIALLY_ACCESSIBLE

    INEC election documents & results

    Independent National Electoral Commission · OFFICIAL_GOVERNMENT_RECORD · 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023 references; FCT 2022; older cycles unaudited

    Primary-source starting point for results, candidate lists and election reports, including off-cycle and FCT elections.

  • Company ownershipSINGLE_SOURCEACCESSIBLE

    CAC Beneficial Ownership Register

    Corporate Affairs Commission · OFFICIAL_GOVERNMENT_RECORD · CAMA 2020 framework; record-level historical coverage unconfirmed

    Public starting point for Persons with Significant Control and corporate entity matching.

  • Public procurementSINGLE_SOURCEPARTIALLY_ACCESSIBLE

    NOCOPO — public contracting

    Bureau of Public Procurement · OFFICIAL_GOVERNMENT_RECORD · Not established in this audit

    Federal procurement enrichment layer for contracts, bids, suppliers and procuring entities.

  • Government paymentsUNKNOWNDISCOVERED

    Federal Open Treasury Portal

    Federal Government of Nigeria · OFFICIAL_GOVERNMENT_RECORD · Unconfirmed

    Seed lead for treasury statements, payment reports and budget-performance disclosures.

  • Laws & complianceSINGLE_SOURCEACCESSIBLE

    International IDEA Political Finance Database

    International IDEA · ACADEMIC_SOURCE · Current database; edition dates require verification

    Comparative political-finance rules and citations, useful for tracing Nigerian primary legislation.

  • Election observationSINGLE_SOURCEACCESSIBLE

    Yiaga Africa election observation reports

    Yiaga Africa · OBSERVER_RECORD · 2023, 2024 and 2026 reports listed; full historical inventory pending

    Observer reports on general, governorship and local-government elections and campaign conditions.

  • Political advertisingUNKNOWNREQUIRES_REGISTRATION

    Meta Ad Library & API

    Meta · PLATFORM_DISCLOSURE · Search-index description: rolling seven-year political-ad archive; Nigeria coverage untested

    Discovery lead for political-ad archives and advertiser-level spend/impression ranges.

  • Company ownershipUNKNOWNDISCOVERED

    NEITI extractive-sector ownership portal

    Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative · OFFICIAL_GOVERNMENT_RECORD · Unconfirmed; search-index footer refers to 2023

    Additional source beyond the seed list: sector-specific ownership leads for oil, gas and solid minerals.

  • Public procurementSINGLE_SOURCEPARTIALLY_ACCESSIBLE

    BPP approved contracts & procurement templates

    Bureau of Public Procurement · OFFICIAL_GOVERNMENT_RECORD · Not established

    An additional acquisition route linked by BPP, separate from the NOCOPO application.

  • ElectionsVERIFIEDINGESTED

    INEC final lists of candidates, 2027

    Independent National Electoral Commission · OFFICIAL_GOVERNMENT_RECORD · 2027 (presidential and National Assembly); governorship and State Assembly list scheduled for 10 Oct 2026 (reported)

    Statutory notices listing every cleared candidate for the January 2027 presidential, Senate and House of Representatives elections.

  • ElectionsVERIFIEDINGESTED

    INEC register of political parties

    Independent National Electoral Commission · OFFICIAL_GOVERNMENT_RECORD · Current register only (no history on the page)

    The list of registered parties with national chairman, national secretary and secretariat address.

  • ElectionsSINGLE_SOURCEPARTIALLY_ACCESSIBLE

    INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV)

    Independent National Electoral Commission · OFFICIAL_GOVERNMENT_RECORD · From 2020 (first used for the Edo governorship election, per press coverage) to the 2026 off-cycle elections

    Images of polling-unit result sheets (Form EC8A) uploaded from polling units, browsable by state, LGA, ward and polling unit.

  • Public spendingSINGLE_SOURCEACCESSIBLE

    GovSpend (BudgIT)

    BudgIT Foundation · CIVIL_SOCIETY_REPORT · 2020 to present (BudgIT); exact range of the live dataset not measured

    Federal government daily payment transactions from the Open Treasury Portal, with named beneficiaries (organisations and individuals).

  • Political financeSINGLE_SOURCEPARTIALLY_ACCESSIBLE

    PoliMoney (Kimpact Development Initiative)

    Kimpact Development Initiative · OBSERVER_RECORD · 2024 Edo and Ondo confirmed; later off-cycle elections suggested by the app but unconfirmed

    Field-monitored campaign income and spending estimates for off-cycle governorship elections, with a companion report.

  • Political financeVERIFIEDINGESTED

    INEC summaries of political parties' audited accounts

    Independent National Electoral Commission · OFFICIAL_GOVERNMENT_RECORD · Financial year 2011 located; 2012–2023 summaries not located online

    INEC's published executive summary of external auditors' reports on party accounts: income and expenditure each party claimed for the year.

  • Political financeSINGLE_SOURCEINGESTED

    Centre for Social Justice campaign-finance monitoring reports

    Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) · CIVIL_SOCIETY_REPORT · 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018 located; a 2011 report is cited but its file was not found

    Field monitoring of campaign spending, priced at market rates, for the 2015 presidential election and governorship elections in Edo, Ondo, Anambra and Ekiti (2012–2018).

  • Election observationSINGLE_SOURCEINGESTED

    EU Election Observation Mission final reports

    European Union Election Observation Mission · OBSERVER_RECORD · 2023 used; 2019 report says online ad spend could not be assessed

    Final reports on Nigerian general elections, including campaign finance, media and online political advertising.

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