Elections are very critical to the sustenance of any democracy because they give voters the opportunity to select those who will preside over their affairs. Since 2011, the Youth Initiative for Advocacy Growth and Advancement (YIAGA) has been involved in election observation in Nigeria. YIAGA’s Programs Manager, Cynthia Mbamalu says the organization’s involvement in election...

Contrary to the popular perception held by the general public that inconclusive elections are as a result of weak electoral processes, National Commissioner and Chairman of the Board of the Electoral Institute (BEI), Amina Bala Zakari has argued that they are as a result of a strengthened electoral process which is robust and has progressed...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the Youth Initiative for Advocacy Growth and Advancement (YIAGA) and forty (40) other observer groups to participate in the forthcoming Edo State Governorship Election scheduled for September 10, 2016. A total of thirty-three (33) domestic and eight (8) foreign groups were cleared by the election management body...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Friday that it had started issuing Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) to all those it registered in 2014 in the state. This is contained in a statement signed by the commission’s Head of Voter Education and Publicity in the state, Alhaji Garba Galadima, in Gusau. The statement stated...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the commission is ready to conduct the Edo State governorship poll as scheduled for 10th September, 2016. The Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Sam Olumekun made this known at the Civil Society/INEC Dialogue on Edo State Governorship Election held at Ibeto Hotel, Abuja. “In determining whether or not INEC...