The Executive Director of YIAGA Africa, Samson Itodo, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s speech to Nigerians, saying the broadcast failed to address the demands of the protesters. In the wake of the #EndBadGovernance protests against hunger and poverty in the…
INEC probes “filled result sheets” discovered in Kogi
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its “senior officials” are currently investigating the incident(s) of pre-filled election result sheets in Ogori/Magongo, Eika/Ohizenyi and some other areas of Kogi State. Civil society organisation, YIAGA Africa, on Saturday morning, in a…
Yiaga Africa advocates legal timelines for testing new electoral technologies
Yiaga Africa, a Civil Society Organisation, has recommended legal timelines for testing new electoral technologies in Nigeria’s electoral legal framework. The CSO made this suggestion in Abuja on Wednesday in its post-election statement signed by Dr Aisha Abdullahi, the Board…
CSOs protest exclusion of e-voting in Electoral Act, demand INEC independence
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations yesterday protested at the National Assembly against the non-inclusion of electronic voting, provision of financial autonomy for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), protection of people with disabilities, among others, in the new Electoral…
Vote-buying threatens Nigeria electoral process- group
Yiaga Africa, an election observer and monitoring group, on Wednesday, described vote buying as a new method Nigerian politicians use in rigging elections. Cynthia Mbamalu, the projector director of the non-governmental organisation, who averred that such act frustrates electoral processes…