Football is more than a sport in Nigeria — it’s a refuge. While politics often feels chaotic and unrewarding, football offers clarity, fairness, and hope. Nigerians defend clubs thousands of miles away with fierce loyalty because those clubs embody values our institutions rarely deliver: merit, accountability, and structure. From Messi’s artistry to Ronaldo’s discipline, the...
Nigeria’s story has long been one of missed opportunities. Decades of leadership failures meet with an unbreakable national hope. Today, that hope has a new face: Generation Z. With their digital fluency, global perspective, and growing influence in activism, tech, and entrepreneurship, Gen Z is reshaping what leadership can look like in Nigeria. But hope...
This article explores how politics is increasingly shaped by money, loyalty, and fear rather than ideas, vision, or accountability. It highlights the challenges young Nigerians face in pushing for genuine democratic reforms. It calls on citizens to reflect on the future of governance and demand a system that prioritises people over patronage. Download Here
Oluwatosin Jaiyeola, a guidance and counselling psychology graduate with experience in teaching, counseling, and community development, reflects on the state of democracy in Nigeria through her personal lens as a young citizen. In this piece, she shares her belief that while freedom is a cherished gift of democracy, it can only thrive when citizens pair...
Using the Process and Results Verification for Transparency (PRVT) methodology, Yiaga Africa, under the Anambra Election Observation Hub, independently verified the official results announced by INEC following the 2025 Governorship election. The Election Observation Hub, comprising The Kukah Centre, IPC, CEMESO, NWTF, ElectHER, and TAF Africa, deployed a total of 711 citizen observers across all...
Everywhere you turn, young Nigerians cry for change; on social media, in the streets, in conversations that always end with “this country is finished.” We talk about poor leadership, rigged systems, and a stolen future. But the truth is this: while the state has failed us, many of us have also failed or are failing...
In every voice lies a promise, in every gathering a dream, that democracy, when tended by its people, shall never wither. These words came alive in Brussels, Belgium, as the Democracy R&D 2025 Annual Conference gathered over 150 visionaries from across continents between October 14th and 17th. From deliberative democracy practitioners and civil society leaders...
About the program Yiaga Africa, with support from the Open Society Foundations (OSF), announces the call for applications for the Civic and Political Organising Lab for young creatives. The lab sessions aim to inspire and mobilise creatives to promote civic engagement by producing content that promotes political education, civic activism, good governance, and social cohesion...
