Nigeria, Jan. 30 -- The All Progressives Congress (APC) has extended the deadline for its ongoing electronic membership registration exercise to 8 February.

The shift from the earlier cut-off date of 31 January followed what the party described as overwhelming interest from prospective and existing members.

The decision was announced on Friday after the 183rd meeting of the party's National Working Committee (NWC) in Abuja, where party leaders reviewed progress made so far in the exercise.

According to the APC, more than 7 million people have already been registered on the digital membership platform since registration commenced.

Briefing journalists after the meeting, the party's National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, said the ex...