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Welcome to Chukwuemeke O.K. Victor's Blog, a home of news and information.: FRESH EXPLOSION IN KADUNA : An explosion has occurred in Kaduna today. “The blast scattered debris and dead bodies on the Alkali Road in the city,”  Additional det...

An explosion has occurred in Kaduna today. “The blast scattered debris and dead bodies on the Alkali Road in the city,”  Additional details will be provided as soon as more information becomes available.  

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Nobel Peace prize winner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu; wife of late Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel;  Pakistani girl education rights activist, Malala Yousafzai and two other civil rights campaigners, have written a letter to world leaders, including President Goodluck Jonathan, warning of dangers that lie ahead in 2015 as a result of growing insecurity. South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu In the letter by the trio, Mo Ibrahim and Muhammed Yunus Bono, they said the leaders had failed to build on progress and allowed poverty, hunger and pandemics to spread. They, therefore, drew the attention of the world leaders to a movement that is on the way, which will hold accountable those leaders who fail to help secure a better, safer world and as well celebrate leaders who rise to the occasion. Their letter read: “Dear world leaders, we write to sound a warning. A warning that 2015 will be a year of huge oppor-tunity, but also of huge risk. “What is at st...

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(source - forbes) Startup investing can be rewarding both financially and personally. By investing in a startup you are contributing to job creation and capital formation. The influence of entrepreneurs has shaped the U.S. since before its founding and the contribution with such innovation its absolutely immeasurable. Even though picking winners is not an easy game, making a home run by investing in startups means that the returns could yield between 5x to 100 times returns on the initial investment. However, it is crucial to conduct the appropriate due diligence on the business, market, competitive landscape and founding members to mitigate against risk. At the company I co-founded for instance,  RockThePost , an investment platform for startups, we help with the due diligence process by only showcasing highly vetted startups. Each entrepreneur and their high level officers have to pass throu...

Welcome to Chukwuemeke O.K. Victor's Blog, a home of news and information.: #BringBackOurGirls: Campaigners to hold conference... :  Wednesday marks the 100th day of the girls stay in captivity. ——————————- The #BringB...

 Wednesday marks the 100th day of the girls stay in captivity. ——————————- The #BringBackOurGirls protesters on Tuesday said they would hold conferences in various countries across the globe to mark the 100th day of the abduction of the over 200 girls in Nigeria. According to a statement released by the group, the conferences aim to show that Nigerians would not be silenced in their efforts to ensure that the Nigerian government lived up to its responsibility to the citizens. “The continued pattern of intolerance to the activities of the Bring Back Our Girls Campaign is at variance with our effort to promote healthy civic engagement by citizens to strengthen the resolve of government to rescue the girls. As we denounce the wave of terror and insecurity across the country, we continue to demand that the Federal Government deploy its resources to ensure that the missing girls are brought home, and the errors leading...

Welcome to Chukwuemeke O.K. Victor's Blog, a home of news and information.: Jonathan Meets Chibok Girls, Parents, 100 Days Aft... : The president promises to visit Chibok only when the remaining abducted girls are freed. ...

The president promises to visit Chibok only when the remaining abducted girls are freed. President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday finally met with the Chibok school girls who escaped from their Boko Haram abductors and reassured them that his administration was doing everything humanly possible to rescue their colleagues and return them safely to their parents. He also said Chibok or other communities in the North-East ravaged by insurgent activities would be the first beneficiaries of the Victims’ Support Fund, the Presidential Initiative for the North-East, the Safe Schools Initiative and other developmental programmes which the Federal Government was evolving to address the damage, losses, setbacks, economic and social dislocations of the region. Mr. Jonathan gave the assurance during a meeting with the parents of the abducted girls, some of the girls who escaped from their abductors and leaders of the Chibok community ...

Welcome to Chukwuemeke O.K. Victor's Blog, a home of news and information.: Woman Stabs Mother Of One To Death Over Chelsea/At... : A woman stabbed her mother in the chest, at Old Ojo Road, Amuwo Odofin local government area of Lagos State, on Thursday over the soccer...

A woman stabbed her mother in the chest, at Old Ojo Road, Amuwo Odofin local government area of Lagos State, on Thursday over the soccer match between Athletico Madrid and Chelsea Football Club. The woman, identified simply as Funmilayo, was said to have made a bet that Athletico Madrid would defeat Chelsea while her neighbour, a man identified as Seun, said that the result would be the other way round. They agreed that Funmilayo bet with N1,000 against Seun’s N5, 000 and the duo agreed to respect their side of the bargain, as they gave the money to a woman identified as Anna. Investigations revealed that immediately the match ended in the night, an excited Funmilayo ran to Anna, demanding  the money. Meanwhile, Anna was said to have been shouting at Seun who had wrenched the money from her and left behind only N2, 000. An eyewitness, Martins disclosed that Seun demanded that Anna give N1000 to Funmilayo, because that was the amount she dropped for the betting....

Welcome to Chukwuemeke O.K. Victor's Blog, a home of news and information.: SSS lambasts Ezekwesili over airport arrest : Former Minister, Oby Ezekwesili   Ms. Ogar accuses Ezekwesili of feeling too big to subjec...

Welcome to Chukwuemeke O.K. Victor's Blog, a home of news and information.: UPDATE: Two dead, one rescued alive in Nigeria Air... : The Mi-35 Helicopter, said to be on a training mission, crashed Monday afternoon at a location South of Bama, accor...

The Mi-35 Helicopter, said to be on a training mission, crashed Monday afternoon at a location South of Bama, according to Mr. Olukolade. Two of the three crew members aboard the Nigerian Air Force helicopter that crashed in Bama on Monday have been confirmed dead, the Defence Headquarters has said. In a statement Monday night, the spokesperson of the Defence Headquarters, Chris Olukolade, said three crew members were aboard the aircraft when it crashed. He said while one, a pilot, was rescued alive, another pilot as well as a technician died in the accident. Mr. Olukolade did not say whether there were other passengers aboard the helicopter at the time of the crash. He only said rescue operation was ongoing. The Mi-35 helicopter, said to be on a training mission, crashed Monday afternoon at a location South of Bama in the North-east state of Borno, according to Mr. Olukolade. Mr. Olukolade’s initial statement did not say whether anyone ...

Former Minister, Oby Ezekwesili   Ms. Ogar accuses Ezekwesili of feeling too big to subject herself to security checks The Department of State Security, DSS, has attacked the former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, for complaining over her arrest by security operatives at the Abuja airport early Monday. Mrs. Ezekwesili, who leads the BringBackOurGirls campaign for the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, was held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on her way to the United Kingdom for a scheduled engagement. Operatives of the State Security Services seized her travelling documents without a formal explanation, and delayed her for about 30 minutes. Mrs. Ezekwesili was later released after the arrest drew widespread condemnations on social media. Responding to the arrest late Monday, the SSS accused the former minister of arrogance and display of “unnecessary self-importance” in the face mounting securi...

President Goodluck Jonathan has responded to comments attributed to a former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, castigating him for an alleged brutal crackdown on the opposition in the country. In a statement by his spokesperson, Reuben Abati, Mr. Jonathan described Mr. Buhari’s statement as uncharitable and unwarranted. The president advised the former head of state not to blame him for his party’s woes. “We therefore urge General Buhari to tarry a while, ponder over his own antecedents and do a reality check as to whether he has the moral right to be so carelessly sanctimonious,” Mr. Jonathan said. “It may well be time to pull the brakes, as General Buhari says in his statement, but it is he and others who have resorted to idle scapegoating and blaming President Jonathan for their self-inflected political troubles who need to stop their inexcusable partisanship and show greater regard for the truth, democracy, constitutionalism, the rule of law, peace, security and the ...