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…
