WHEN HOMECOMING IS DANGEROUS

Reviewing the Assassination of Ogacheko Atanu and a Warning to Nigerians in Diaspora on the State of Insecurity in Nigeria by Frank Tietie Ogacheko Atanu, an Idah born, world acclaimed and Saudi Arabia based drilling engineer was assassinated by unknown gunmen on Saturday, 9th of January, 2021 while holidaying in his country home in Idah, Kogi State of Nigeria. He was scheduled to travel back to Saudi on the morning of the next day before he was killed on that night in his hometown. Ogacheko had such a brilliant career while he was at Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Nigeria.…
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#End Sars: RECALL OF ALL SOUTH EAST MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE.

Igbo Union Of Canada Press Release. RECALL OF ALL SOUTH EAST MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE. The past few days in Nigeria have been marked by the most outrageous of human cruelty and injustice as the world watches with a deafening silence, the shootings and killing of unarmed youths peacefully protesting and demanding an end to Police brutality(#EndSars), harassment, kidnapping and unlawful arrest and detention. Hundreds of the youths including innocent children and women have been killed by a 21st century Hitler, president Mohammed Buhari who unleashed his ill trained military and police against the people. Many more…
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No BVN:Nigeria government got court order to freeze your account

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The federal government of Nigeria has secured a court order to freeze the account of all those that have bank accounts in Nigeria with no associated BVN. You may recall that the federal government gave a directive two years ago urging all Nigerians to identify themselves with the newly instituted process called BVN. BVN means Bank Verification Number. The BVN is managed by VFS Global Services in partnership with Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS). VFS Global Services setup a number of satellite locations to reach as many Nigerians abroad as possible. With this new court order shown below, You…
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Canada Biafra Rally in Pictures

Canada Biafra Rally in Pictures- October 2nd 2017 Igbos in Toronto Canada Gathered in numbers to send strong message to Nigeria to Stop the Killings in Igbo Land. Nigeria: Stop the Killings in Igbo Land The Biafrans in Toronto Canada planned and executed a united Biafra protest today, October 2nd, 2017 to send a strong message to Nigerian government to stop the killing of Biafrans in the South Eastern Nigeria. This protest was well attended. The protest was planned in two stages. The first 2 hour protest was held in front of the Parliament building at Queens Park in the…
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Nigerian Stabbed to death on the Train in Calgary

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Nigerian Stabbed to death on the Train in Calgary   This is not the type of news that anyone would expect from a peaceful country like Canada. Nicolas Nwonye, 46 , an engineer from Enugu state left Nigeria a couple of years ago in search of greener pastures in Canada only to be stabbed to death in cold blood last week. Did Nicolas get into a fight? No! Nicolas started a new carrier change program in Calgary just 4 weeks ago. On this fateful day, he went to the Library to study for his assignments. On his way home, he…
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Many Houses and Land for Sale in Lagos

Many Houses and Land for Sale in Lagos
 Price Drop: Many Houses and Land for Sale in Lagos   There has been lots of rumors that the Igbos have slowed down investments in Lagos. As a result, there are a lot of inventories in the market including land for sale in Nigeria or House for Sale being advertised with C-Of-O. See some Adverts on this here  Prices of properties have gone up in many South East states in Nigeria. Because of this shift, Real Estate Analysts estimated that in the next five years, the south eastern states will be as developed as Lagos. One therefore wonders if the recent developments is related to…
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Nigeria: 130-Year-Old Harvard Law Review Elects Nigerian As First Black Woman President

ImeIme Umanah
Nigeria: 130-Year-Old Harvard Law Review Elects Nigerian As First Black Woman President First black woman president Harvard law, ImeIme Umana. By Idris Ibrahim A Nigerian, ImeIme Umana, has made history as the first black woman president of the Harvard Law Review, a prestigious legal journal in the United States. Former U.S. President Barack Obama was the first black to be elected president of the Harvard Review in 1990. Ms. Umana, who is of Nigerian descent, but hails from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the United States, has become the 131st leader of the organization The job is considered the highest student position…
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Canada Visa Lottery the facts

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Canada Visa Lottery- The Facts   In the context of real visa lottery, Canada has no visa lottery program as of yet. However the surge of immigrants all over the world especially from war torn countries currently being rejected by USA government  (Donald trump) may force Canada to consider the launching the Canada visa lottery program.   Canada Visa Lottery approach   Canada launched a program called Interest to Sponsor Parents to replace the current first come and first served approach of sponsoring parents and grandparents of Canadian citizens and permanent residents. The current process appears not to be working…
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Igbo Youth Connect Software Development Training

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You may not be aware that this is happening but suffice it to say that the Igbo youth in Toronto Canada between the ages of 9-17 are making giant strides this summer season. According to the Youth Leader Adaoma Emenou, "We developed this program to prepare our youths to be part of the next generation leading breakthroughs in technology". The Igbo Union community in GTA Canada is leveraging the catch them young strategy to re-focus the youths to develop new skills in technology. The Igbo Youth Connect program is a program developed to improve the interaction between the youths of Igbo…
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