Zenith Bank has announced the fourth edition of its flagship Startup Pitch Competition and Incubation Program, Zecathon 4.0, as part of the highly anticipated Zenith Bank Tech Fair. Now in its fourth year, the program seeks to identify and fast-track the growth of high-potential Nigerian startups innovating in key sectors,Continue Reading
Flowerbud News The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Dr Olukayode Egbetokun, has deployed Mr Sylvester Alabi as the coordinating Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) for the Nov. 16 governorship election in Ondo State. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen inContinue Reading
Flowerbud News All Progressives Congress (APC) says no amount of shenanigans from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will make it lose its focus of ensuring the success of its candidate, Lucky Ayedatiwa, in Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State. The APC Campaign Council Spokesman, Mr Banji Okunomo, stated this while addressingContinue Reading
Flowerbud News President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday returned to Abuja from an official trip to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he attended the Joint Arab-Islamic summit. The president arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 8. 00 p.m. and was welcomed by members of his administration. On handContinue Reading
Flowerbud News Sen. Mohammed Ndume (APC-Borno) and Sen. Shehu Sani have differed on the President Bola Tinubu’s proposed Tax Reform Bills before the National Assembly. Ndume, a former Senate Chief Whip, in a statement in Abuja on Monday, described the bills as ‘ill-timed’, given the economic challenges Nigerians are currentlyContinue Reading
Flowerbud News Action Alliance (AA) party, has scheduled its 2025 National Convention for Feb. 22 and approved the commencement of sales of intent forms for all elective positions. Mr James Vernimbe, AA National Secretary disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Vernimbe said that the party’s National ThinkContinue Reading
Flowerbud News The year 2024 has seen a staggering 1,000 per cent or ten-fold surge in sexual violence against children in Haiti, during an unprecedented crisis which has seen armed gangs continue to terrorise communities amid a growing humanitarian disaster. Virginia Gamba, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for ChildrenContinue Reading
Flowerbud News Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, National Chairman Independence National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the commission has accredited 111 domestic and international organisations, and will deploy 3,554 observers for the Ondo State Governorship Election. Yakubu made this known on Thursday in Akure during a stakeholders’meeting organised by the commission ahead ofContinue Reading
Flowerbud News The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the troops of Operation Delta Safe destroyed 216 illegal refining sites across the Niger Delta region in October. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while briefing newsmen on the operations of the military on Thursday in Abuja.Continue Reading
