United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington has urged elected lawmakers at the state and national levels to be instruments of change by promoting...

Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has decried the influence of godfathers in Nigeria’s politics. Speaking in Abuja yesterday at a conference organised by the #NotTooYoungToRun Movement and YIAGA Africa for young lawmakers at both the national and state levels, he said it behoves up-and-coming politicians to free themselves from the negative influence of godfathers…

The Not-Too-Young-To-Run Movement' is to host no fewer than 300 young elected legislators in the National and State Houses of Assembly on May 7 and May 8, 2019 in Abuja. With the theme: Leadership, Power and Politics, the meeting is designed to inspire, empower and expose newly elected lawmakers in the 2019 general elections to…

A group, YIAGA Africa, has condemned the drastic reduction of women representation in the 9th National Assembly. According to YIAGA, out of 2,970 women that ran for various offices in this year’s general elections, only about 57 were elected, which represents 3.83 per cent of all the position in the country, from the office of…

A former lawmaker in Kwara State in the Second Republic, Chief Wole Oke, has recommended the registration of only three political parties by the Independent...

Civil Society Organisation (CSO), YIAGA Africa yesterday said the level of interference by the judiciary in the governorship and state assemblies’ election casts a doubt on the integrity of the electoral process.

Civil Society group, has expressed concern over the increasing reports of attacks on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) materials and structures. Dr Hussaini Abdu, Chairman, Watching The Vote Working Group at a news conference on YIAGA AFRICA’s pre-election report, also condemned attacks on INEC officials. Abdu called on the security agencies to effectively deploy…

YIAGA AFRICA, a civil society organisation, on Wednesday verified the Presidential elections results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

YIAGA Africa yesterday said Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections were characterised by the same shortcomings that marred previous elections in the country. Election observers said as with past elections, the logistics challenges experienced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) resulted in late opening of balloting in 59 per cent of polling units. It…

A Civil Society Organisation (CSO) and accredited election observer, YIAGA AFRICA, described yesterday’s postponement as an indication that “INEC might...

Ahead of the governorship election, a group, Youth Initiative For Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA Africa) has expressed concern over alleged growing trend of voter inducement by politicians.

The game has changed. The days are gone where rampant and widespread ballot-box snatching, political thuggery, and falsification of figures at collation centres define election rigging in Nigeria. Today, vote-buying is the name of the game and just as an election observer and monitoring group, Yiaga Africa, has described, vote-buying is the new way of…