Tag: YIAGA Africa

The head of the group’s election mission, Ezenwa Nwagwu, said both political parties and residents of Ondo State should have ...

Yiaga Africa listed the infractions to include vote buying, disruption of voting, and obstruction of observers.

The observer said the ongoing Ondo election has better coordination than the September 21 Edo governorship poll.

But APC has denied the allegations, saying Yiaga might have been misled by its observers.

It will be recalled that the methodology was deployed in the recently concluded governorship election in Edo State.

Yiaga said to improve the local elections, the state electoral commissions must promote civic education, ensure transparency in electoral processes ...

"Most of the recently held local elections are a travesty of democratic elections and fall short of electoral integrity standards.".

"Yiaga Africa's report is a travesty, replete with methodological flaws, politicized observations, inconsistencies, inaccuracies, and called its credibility into question."

The group said election observers and INEC officials were teargassed.

Yiaga said logistical challenges caused delays in the commencement of accreditation and voting in several polling units.

Yiaga lists some polling units where it observed vote buying during the Edo State governorship election.

EFCC chairman Mr Olukoyede said his organisation is determined to shield voters from financial influence.

“The purpose of the training is for the participants to know the purpose of watching the votes.”

The expert said there should be a robust mechanisms at the local government level to ensure transparency and accountability, in ...

In South Africa in 2024, freedom means a lot more to the people than just the ability to vote in ...

Yiaga Africa said despite the technological strides by INEC, citizens do not trust the umpire to conduct free and fair ...

As stakeholders explore AI adoption and machine learning in African elections, attention must be placed on the risks and opportunities ...

All three states saw low voter turnout - indicating that many Nigerians have little interest or confidence in the system ...

Yiaga Africa says its team of election observers, Watching The Vote (WTV), have found results uploaded on IReV from sampled ...

A civil society organisation, Yiaga Africa uploaded on X, photos of the alleged pre-filled result sheets.

A civil society organisation, Yiaga Africa uploaded on X, photos of the alleged pre-filled result sheets.

Binani, the candidate of Nigeria's ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) seeks to become the first woman to be elected ...

He said that Yiaga Africa condemned acts of voter suppression fuelled by ethnic profiling, political thuggery and desperation to secure ...

Mr Ezenwa said voters were wooed and ridiculously patronised to sell their votes by politicians and party agents.

YIAGA said it has observed some improvements in the logistic deficits that marred the 25 February presidential elections