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Apple Inc. Buys Nigerian Born Chinedu Echeruo’s Hopstop.com For $1 Billion

Apple has acquired Chinedu Echeruo’s HopStop.com, The Wall Street Journal’s publication, AllThingsDigital reports. Founded in 2005, HopStop.com makes mobile applications for both iOS and Android that covers over 300 cities and that helps people get directions or find nearby subway stations and bus stops. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed as at the time of this publication.
Chinedu Echeruo, formerly an analyst at investment banks and hedge funds founded HopStop in 2005. Echeruo is now Chairman of the Board for HopStop.
HopStop has oft been compared to Israel’s Waze which was recently acquired by Google for $1 billion. The move is seen as Apple’s plan to bolster its map offering especially given Google’s recent acquisition of Waze.
A serial entrepreneur, Chinedu Echeruo grew up in Eastern Nigeria and attended Kings College, Lagos. He attended Syracuse University and the Harvard Business School in the United States and founded HopStop.com after working for several years in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Leveraged Finance groups of J.P Morgan Chase where he was involved in a broad range of M&A, Financing and Private Equity transactions.
He also worked at AM Investment Partners, a $500 million volatility-driven convertible bond arbitrage hedge fund.
He founded and raised nearly $8 million for his two U.S based internet companies; Hopstop.com andTripology.com. Tripology.com was acquired in 2010 by American travel and navigation information company, Rand McNally. He was named Black Enterprise Magazine’s Small Business Innovator of the year and listed in the magazine’s Top 40 under 40 and is currently a partner and head of the Principal Investing group at Constant Capital, a West Africa based investment bank.
True to form, Echeruo is working on yet another venture but this time, focused on small businesses in Africa. Check out a video of Chinedu Echeruo below at last year’s TedxIkoyi where he talks about his latest project for small businesses in Africa; “crowd sourced business in a box.”

According to him:
“There is no reason why every entrepreneur should have to reinvent the wheel every single time in all the countries in Africa. My idea is to essentially to have one place where a budding entrepreneur can access a template for starting a business, and then customize it to suit their own situation. Essentially a business-in-a-box.”

Man rapes neigbour's pregnant wife

Twenty-five-year-old Monday Maule has been accused of raping one Mrs. Chinyere Samuel, his neighbour’s wife, who is eight months pregnant and has four children.
Maule was said to have committed the act on Monday, February 23, 2015.
It was gathered that Mr. Samuel, Chinyere’s husband, was not always at home due to the nature of his job. Samuel, a Ghanaian by nationality works with a Chinese construction company and hardly returns home to his family.
Our correspondent learnt that Maule allegedly committed the act by sneaking into the couple’s apartment during the early hours of the day (5am) at Friends Colony Agungi, Lekki, Lagos.
It was learnt that Chinyere and her children were fast asleep and Maule seized the opportunity to overpower her.
Chinyere was said to have woken up to find Maule on her. She quickly raised the alarm and attracted other neighbours. The incident was said to have caused her emotional and physical damage.

Mariam Sani Abacha's 68th Birthday Pictures

Hajia Mariam Sani Abacha, marked her 68th birthday in a low key event, flanked by daughter, son in law, grandchildren, family and friends, in Douala Cameroon.
She's the widow of the former Military Head of State, Late General Sani Abacha, who died in June 1998.More pics after cut...

We know where you are,surrender of face death- Chadian president warns Shekau

President of Chad, Idriss Deby on Wednesday called on Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, to surrender or face death.
Speaking at a news conference in N’djamena,the president noted he knows the whereabouts of Shekau, who was sighted in Dikwa , a village in Borno State two days ago.
“Abubakar Shekau must surrender. We know where he is. If he doesn’t give himself up he will suffer the same fate as his compatriots“He (Shekau) was in Dikwa two days ago. He managed to get away but we know where he is. It’s in his interests to surrender,”

Buhari is Nigeria’s next president, says Chief Obasanjo

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has predicted that Maj. General Muhammadu Buhari will be elected on 28 March as Nigeria’s new president, to succeed incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan.
At the same time, he dismissed fears of any election annulment as it happened in 1993, under the Babangida administration, when the election of Moshood Kashimawo Abiola was annulled by the military junta.
Obasanjo spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun state today, when he met a group that styles itself, Concerned Citizens of Nigeria.
According to the former Nigerian leader, there will never be a repeat of what happened in the country in 1993 after the Presidential election.
Obasanjo declared that he has confidence in the All Progressives Congress,APC Presidential candidate, General Muhammed Buhari because he was a trained military officer.

The group called on the former President to intervene in the country’s looming political crisis before matters degenerate.
“We have come to express our deep concern over series of dangerous political miscalculations currently going on under Jonathan administration.
“We are afraid that crisis is seriously looming and it is like another June 12 crisis is on the way and it may be very tragic for the country. We want you to as a matter of urgency intervene into the matter before it is too late sir,” the group opined.
In his response,the former President allayed their anxieties, saying that the 2015 election will never be like the June 1993 election.
“You need not to worry about anything. There can never be any June 12 annulment again. Buhari is not Abiola, he is a trained and highly intelligent soldier.
“Oyegun is not Anenih, Osinbajo is not Kingibe. Jega is not Nwosu, Jonathan is not IBB and this time around, Obasanjo will not support any interim government.
“Obasanjo will rather support a free, fair and credible election.”

Billionaire Harry Akande’s Birthday Party[Photos]

Billionaire Harry Akande was a year older yesterday and a little party was held for him in Lagos with friends and family members in attendance.More pics after cut...

Julius Agwu gives advise to Nollywood Actors

Naked man climbs out of a window at Buckingham Palace[Photos]

A bizarre video was posted on Youtube showing a naked man climbing down from a window at Buckingham Palace.

Boko Haram;Nigerian Govt stalling our operations – Chadian soldiers complain

When battle-hardened Chadian troops overran a Boko Haram camp in northern Nigeria last week, they wanted to press deep into territory controlled by the Islamist group but Nigeria refused to let them.
Having defeated al Qaeda in Mali two years ago, Chad's military believes it could could finish off Boko Haram alone. It has notched up victories that have pushed the Nigerian militants back from the Cameroonian border.
But with presidential elections this month, Nigeria is keen to press ahead with its own military campaign against Boko Haram, aiming to push it out of major towns before the March 28 ballot.
In a country proud to be a major African power, it would be an embarrassment to President Goodluck Jonathan as he seeks reelection for a smaller nation to tackle Nigeria's security problems, diplomats say.

West Midlands UK Police Reports Nigerian Boy Ozi Akerele Missing

A 24 year old Nigerian post grad student has been reported missing by the West Midlands UK police. Ozeibo ‘Ozi’ Akerele, who arrived the UK in January 2015 was last seen coming out of Iglu club in Coventry.
Here’s an excerpt from the report by the West Midlands police:
Ozi is described as black, 6’ 2″ tall and of a slim build. He was last seen wearing jeans, distinctive blue and white converse trainers and a grey/black zip-up jacket.
Inspector Alastair Orencas is leading the search for Ozi. He said: “We believe that Ozi made a call asking to be picked up near to Coventry University in the early hours of Saturday 31 January. However, when his lift arrived he was not there and has not been seen since.
“He may have been on Foleshill Road, specifically between Park Street and the A444, around 7am on Saturday 31 January. A man of similar description was seen talking to a taxi driver in a black hackney cab opposite Lloyds Bank and a short time later the same man is believed to have been seen attempting to talk to motorists further up Foleshill Road, near to Cross Road.”
If anyone has any information then please call Coventry police on 101.Ozeibo’s mother has gone to the UK in search of her missing son.

The 3 Lucky Sisters Who Survived UNIJOS Bomb Blast (Photo)

For Amina Sani Mudi, a 19-year-old 100-level student of Medicine at the University of Jos, it was unbelievable that she escaped the terror.

She said, “I had just finished my Chemistry paper, which I had from 3pm to 6pm and it was raining.
As I walked to the gate of the university, I called my sisters who were at the School of Forestry to buy one of the JME recommended books. I walked down and joined them as they were already waiting for me in front of Bauchi Park.

Meet Prof. Yemi Osinbajo's Family (Photos)

The APC vice presidential candidate, Prof Yemi Osinbanjo  must be a jolly good fellow. See some happy moments.

5 Nigerians Among 2015 Forbes List of World Billionaires

5 Nigerians were included on the list with Aliko Dangote leading the pack at number 67.
The other Nigerians who feature on the list are Mike Adenuga at 393 with $4.2 Billion, Folorunsho Alakija at 941 with $2 Billion, Femi Otedola at 1741 with $1 Billion and Abdulsamad Rabiu at 1741 with $1 Billion too.

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Love Potion: Native Doctor Dupes 70-Year Old Woman (Photo)

A 48-year old native doctor has been arrested and charged before Ejigbo Magistrate’s court for allegedly defrauding a 70-year old jilted woman. The woman, Grace Dinah, had contacted the native doctor to prepare her love potion that will enable her win back her husband after years of separation in Lagos State. The Osun State-born Akin Babalola allegedly collected N500,000 from Grace under false presence of preparing the love potion for her. Instead of Babalola keeping his own part of the bargain, he allegedly duped the septuagenarian, claiming he could not prepare such medicine which might cause the death of her estranged husband. Though Dinah denied that she asked Babalola to prepare love potion for her, saying she was merely duped, a police source said there was suspicion about a failed transaction between them.

P.M.NEWS gathered from Dinah that her husband dumped her and her children and married another woman some years ago, leaving only her to raise the children. She said the strange woman her husband married made him not to remember her own children.

On his part, Babalola said that he specialises in preparing love medicine and solve other spiritual problems and most of his clients are those who have broken homes and marriages which he uses his spiritual powers to restore back. Trouble started after Dinah asked Babalola to refund her money since he did not fulfill their agreement. He refused to refund the N500,000, threatening to expose her if she asked for the money again. She went to Igando Police Division and reported that Babalola defrauded her under false pretence. Babalola was arrested and taken to the station where he told the police that he collected the money and did not continue with their initial agreement because it involved human life. The police charged Babalola to court on a three-count charge of felony, obtaining under false pretence and stealing under the Criminal Code. He pleaded not guilty and the presiding Magistrate, Mrs. M.B. Folami granted him bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum. He was remanded in prison custody pending when he will fulfill the bail conditions. The matter was adjourned till 18 May, 2015 for mention.

Okada Rider Rapes Pregnant NYSC Member (Photo)

Men of the Ondo State Police Command have apprehended a 20-year old suspected rapist, Tumi Ayileka, who allegedly raped a two months old pregnant National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member at Imoru in Ose local government area of the state.
Ayileka, who claimed to be an Okada rider in the community, was among the 27 suspected criminals paraded by the State Commissioner of Police, Isaac Eke during his monthly press conference held in Akure, the State Capital.
‎Eke said the rape victim (name withheld) boarded a motor cycle from Ifon to Imoru where she was posted to by the NYSC.He narrated that the suspected rapist allegedly dragged the youth corps member into the bush and raped her.
Confessing to the crime, Ayileka admitted that he raped the young youth corp member unknowingly.
He said it was his first time of committing the crime , saying he drove the victim home after the incident.According to him,
“she approached me around 7.p.m at Ifon that I should take her to Imoru community where she serves and I obliged after agreeing on N500 charges fee. On our away going, I don’t know the spirit that fell on me and I don’t know when I branched inside the bush and had carnal knowledge of her.
“Immediately after that incident, the spirit went off and I was ashamed of myself. I don’t know she was pregnant before and I even took her home. Later on, she reported to the Police station and I was arrested. I don’t know the spirit that fell on me because I have never done that before”.
The Police Commissioner assured that the suspect would soon be charged to court as soon as the judicial workers end their industrial strike.

Nigerian Witchdoctors Planned To Kill Me —President Robert Mugabe

Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, has alleged that his former Vice President and other top officials in his ruling Zanu-PF sought the services of Nigerian witchdoctors in a bid to kill him.
According to the Africa Review, President Mugabe made the bizarre claims last weekend as he celebrated his 91st birthday at a lavish party hosted by the party’s communist-styled 21st February movement.

Releasing Chibok girls information’ll damage ties with Nigeria - UK

UK Ministry of Defense says it has information about the missing Chibok girls but cannot share it with Nigeria because according to them, revealing details of what it found about the whereabouts of the abducted girls would clearly damage its relationship with Nigeria and other allies.

Flavour says he is still single & searching

Flavour may be looking loved up with his baby mama but has confessed he is single and searching .
He told City People
"Yes though I have a baby mama, I am still single and searching. Not that I wouldn't want to get married one day, I will definitely get married but I don't have the time to settle down for marriage now. I am all over the place pursuing my career. I will want to give my family attention and the best when I finally decide to settle down as my parents gave me. My family raised me up by monitoring my activities so I will like to do same for my family. But that is not my priority now because I need more time to plan for that and I need to pursue my career first"

Tiwa Savage Controversial Dress to BET AWARD

 Nigerian pop singer tiwa savage was talk of the event few days ago at the 2014 BET award. Thousands of fans took to social media to criticize her style of dressing.