Nigeria’s new electoral act will be tested on a national scale during the 2023 general elections. The election is holding one year after the law came into effect following presidential assent on February 25th, 2022. The Electoral Act 2022 legalises the use of technology for accreditation and transmission of election results. While this is not...

Background Nigeria’s 2023 general elections is Africa’s biggest elections in 2023. The election is an opportunity for Nigerians to elect leaders for respective offices which include the office of the President, 469 Legislators of the National Assembly, 28 Governors and 993 State Assembly legislators in a potentially contentious election. The elections which will be conducted...

Yiaga Africa’s Watching The Vote Second National Pre-Election Observation (PREO) Report The 2023 election will no doubt be conducted amidst varying levels of insecurity with a likelihood of an increase in politically motivated violence. The growing threat of violence and attacks on the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) facilities is also becoming a recurring incident...

Introduction The 2023 general elections in Nigeria will usher in the seventh uninterrupted electoral cycle in Nigeria since the transition to democratic rule in 1999. It marks a pivotal phase in Nigeria’s electoral democracy, especially in light of the new Electoral Act which was passed on 25th February 2022. The previous six general elections; 1999,...

Yiaga Africa’s Watching The Vote Fourth Osun Pre-Election Observation Report In the weeks leading to the 16 July 2022 governorship election in Osun state, the major political parties have intensified their campaigns deploying both legal and illegal antics in an attempt to win the race to the Government house. The Osun election is however beyond...

Yiaga Africa’s Watching The Vote Third Osun Pre-Election Observation (PREO) Report The July 16th Osun State Governorship election is coming on the heels of the just-concluded Ekiti governorship election, which poll watchers and other election stakeholders have judged as an improvement from the November 2021 Anambra governorship election and the February 2022  FCT local council...

Yiaga Africa’s Watching The Vote Fourth Pre-Election Observation (PREO) Report The Ekiti governorship election has so far witnessed an increase in money politics as the big spenders dole out cash in the supposed door to door campaigns. A practice now becoming commonplace in Nigeria’s election. With the elections happening alongside the primaries for the 2023...

The 2022 Ekiti state governorship election will be the first state-wide election to be conducted post the passage of the Electoral Act 2022 and will serve as a litmus test in assessing the implementation of key provisions of the new Act. The political significance of the Ekiti elections goes beyond the operationalisation of the new...

8 Days to the Anambra Election: Security concerns remain while INEC & Election Stakeholders Intensify Election Preparatory Activities and Voter Education Yiaga Africa’s pre-election observation efforts in the fourth reporting period focused on three (3) emerging trends that are likely to impact the conduct of the election. These include election preparatory activities by stakeholders, election...

Barely 3 Weeks to the Anambra Elections, Threats and acts of Violence Impedes Voter Education and Voter Mobilization With the November 6th, 2021 Anambra governorship election fast approaching, the incessant insecurity issues bedevilling the state continues to pose serious concerns with respect to the conduct of the election. The insecurity in the state may be...