Serena Williams’s venture capital firm and others are backing a Nigerian data and insights firm, Stears, in a $3.3 million seed round. Eko Hot Blog reports that the round is led by MaC Venture Capital with participation from Serena Ventures, Melo 7 Tech Partners, Omidyar Group’s Luminate Fund and Cascador. EDITOR’S PICKS Tennis Queen Serena … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says three university lecturers who allegedly manipulated the results from the 2019 elections in Akwa Ibom state will be prosecuted. The state resident electoral commissioner, Mike Igini, made this known on Tuesday while addressing newsmen in the state capital, Uyo. He said the lecturers — in the rank of … Read more
The vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Peter Obi, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission of disenfranchising over eight million eligible voters in the South-East during the February 23, presidential election. He said the election was deliberately programmed to ensure that the zone did not participate fully. Obi made the allegation on … Read more
Following his victory at the just concluded presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari has described his re-election as humbling. The president, had defeated his main opponent Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in the election held on Saturday, February 23,2019. He polled 15,191,847 votes while Atiku Abubakar scored 11,262,978 votes. Reacting to his re-election … Read more
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has won 11 out of the 17 local governments areas of Plateau state while the APC won six in the just concluded presidential election. The PDP scored a total of 548,665 votes while the APC scored a total of 468,555 votes, with the difference being 80,110.
Three Card readers have broken down at the polling unit of Governor Nasir El-Rufai in Kaduna. According to our reporter on the ground, the incident took place at Unit 024 Ungwar Sariki ward where the governor is expected to vote. The three card readers developed a technical fault midway into accreditation and voting. But INEC … Read more