NAMES OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND THEIR RUNNING MATES FOR 2015 ELECTIONS

Nigeria 2015 Presidential Candidates are;

Party	Acronym	Presidential Candidate	Running Mate
Hope Democratic Party	HDP	Ambrose Albert	Haruna Shaba
United Progressive Party	UPP	Chekwas Okorie	Bello Umar
Allied Congress Party of Nigeria	ACPN	Ganiyu Galadima	Balarabe Ahmed
United Democratic Party	UDP	Godson Okoye	Haruna Adamu
All Progressives Grand Alliance	APGA	Goodluck Jonathan	Namadi Sambo
Labour Party	LP	Goodluck Jonathan	Namadi Sambo
Peoples Democratic Party	PDP	Goodluck Jonathan	Namadi Sambo
National Conscience Party	NCP	Martin Onovo	Ibrahim Mohammed
All Progressives Congress	APC	Muhammadu Buhari	Yemi Osinbajo
African Democratic Congress	ADC	Nani Ibrahim Ahmad	Obianuju Murphy-Uzohue

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released the names of the presidential candidates and their running mates who will contest the 2015 elections.

Out of the 26 registered political parties in Nigeria, only 11 submitted names candidates to run for presidency.

The Labour Party, LP, and the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, have already adopted the PDP candidate, Goodluck Jonathan as their candidate as well.

Out of the 11 candidates, only Pres. Jonathan and Buhari were candidates in the last election in 2011.