Tag: YIAGA Africa

The Executive Director of Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), Tobi Oluwatola, said the platform will offer another opportunity ...

The groups launched PVC Bus Drive project, to encourage meaningful participation of Nigerian youthmong other age groups in Nigeria’s coming ...

The initiative will hopefully see 60 per cent of eligible young voters register collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) and ...

The group further noted that the Nigerian Constitution, described as the supreme law, does not recognise blasphemy.

Compared with other political parties, APC has always charged the highest fees for aspirants seeking party tickets for elections into ...

Mr Fadeyi called on citizens to vote wisely this time and shun the vices of election violence and vote-buying.

The CSOs say the delay in assenting to the bill will affect INEC’s preparations for the 2023 general elections.

“He (Buhari) will sign it (the Electoral Bill) any moment from now. It could be today, it could be tomorrow, ...

Voting commenced late at various polling units across the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Saturday.

In 2020 alone, 78,899 cancer-related deaths were recorded in Nigeria, according to Globocan statistics.

A coalition of CSOs led by Yiaga Africa, had in December called the attention of the National Assembly to the ...

In the bill, passed by the National Assembly in 2021, Clause 87 allows political parties to adopt only a direct ...

President Muhammadu Buhari had declined assent to the bill on 21 December, citing insecurity and high cost of conducting direct ...

“The world will be looking at the 2023 elections. Will it be relatively secure, will it be conducted relatively well ...

Mr AbdulRazaq says he is open to any mode of primary election, whether direct or indirect.

"Because the official results fall within the estimated ranges, governorship contestants, parties, and voters should have confidence the official results ...

Comfort Omoregie, an electoral officer, had allegedly compelled a returning officer, Michael Otu, for Orumba North LGA to declare false ...

In the last three years, the South East has been in a state of war, partly as a result of ...

Ms Mbamalu says insecurity has continued to remain a major threat to the election.

“We have enabled the politicians, through our political apathy, to continue to play with our lives, and unless we are ...

The Senate and the House of Representatives passed different versions of the bill, especially with regards to Section 52, which ...

The governorship election in the state is scheduled for November 6.

Yiaga says Nigeria risks losing any meaningful mileage in its quest for national unity and democratic consolidation if a new ...

An official of the group says there were no visible signs to suggest that insecurity would hamper the Anambra election.

The local government areas include Badagry, Eti-Osa, Ikorodu, Kosofe, Ajeromi/Ifelodun, Surulere, Shomolu, and Lagos Island