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Google to reward startups with $150,000 cash awards in third cohort of Black Founders Fund

In line with its commitment to digital transformation and support to black-founded startups, search engine giant, Google has announced applications for the third cohort of the Black Founders Fund for Startups opened in Africa and Europe. This year, Google has committed $4 million to support eligible black-founded startups.Startups operating and

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Buhari congratulates President-elect Tinubu , tasks aggrieved candidates to approach court

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his victory at the polls.In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, Buhari said Tinubu’s victory indicated that he is the choice of Nigerians to take them to the next level.He

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INEC declares APC Tinubu winner of 2023 presidential election

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as the 2023 winner of the presidential election.Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, was declared the president-elect after the 70-year-old polled 8,794,726 votes to win the 2023 presidential election.The INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced

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I thought BVAS would help stop rigging but now rigging is worse than ever – Sen Ohuabunwa

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Candidate for Abia North, in the last Saturday’s  Presidential and National Assembly elections, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa has said that the claimed introduction of Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS machine for 2023 elections has done more harm than good.Sen Mao said that,  contrary to earlier promises

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Don’t incite Nigerians to violence, FG replies Obasanjo over latest letter

The Federal Government has warned the former President Olusegun Obasanjo, not to truncate the 2023 general elections with his “inciting, self-serving and provocative” letter on the elections.Obasanjo had on Monday worried over the conduct of the 2023 presidential election, accusing the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of having failed the

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EU Observers says INEC lacks planning, transparency

The European Union Election Observation Mission to Nigeria (EU EOM)  has observed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lacks planning and transparency in the 2023 presidential election.The EU noted that voters’ earlier trust and confidence in INEC before the election decreased due to the manipulation of results alleged by

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