Meet John Collison, the 27-year-old Harvard dropout whose tech startup turned him into the youngest self-made billionaire in the world

John Collison founded the tech company Stripe in 2010, when he was only 19.
Now Collison, 27, can call himself the youngest self-made billionaire in the world, with a net worth totaling $1.1 billion after Stripe's $9 billion valuation in 2016. The company was designed to transform the way websites accept online payments, and it's a favorite of huge companies like Lyft and Facebook.
Collison started the company with his older brother Patrick, Stripe's CEO. Though the siblings have struck Silicon Valley gold, they haven't forgotten their humble roots in small-town Ireland.
Today, Collison enjoys flying planes, running, and hiking with members of the Stripe team.
Read on to learn more about the world's youngest self-made billionaire.

Troops arrest 9 members of militia group in Benue

 
Troops of 93 Battalion of the Nigerian Army stationed in Takum, Taraba, have arrested nine members of alleged  sponsored armed militia known as Civilian JTF at Arufu, a boundary town between Taraba and

Serena Williams Revealed She Had Her Baby Through C-section

Serena Williams is on the cover of the February 2018 issue of Vogue Magazine with her daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. The tennis star revealed to the magazine that her daughter was born by emergency C-section. The surgery went well but the next day, while still at the hospital, she felt short of breath due to her history of blood clots. Though she’s fine now, Serena admits she’s always living in fear of blood clots.

Meet John Collison, the 27-year-old Harvard dropout whose tech startup turned him into the youngest self-made billionaire in the world

John Collison, the cofounder and president of Stripe, is the world's youngest self-made billionaire at 27.

He started Stripe, designed to transform the way people make online payments, with his older brother when he was just 19.

Originally from a small town in Ireland, he came to the US to attend Harvard - until he dropped out to focus on Stripe in Silicon Valley.

John Collison founded the tech company Stripe in 2010, when he was only 19.
Now Collison, 27, can call himself the youngest self-made billionaire in the world, with a net worth totaling $1.1 billion after Stripe's $9 billion valuation in 2016. The company was designed to transform the way websites accept online payments, and it's a favorite of huge companies like Lyft and Facebook.

FG orders refund of post-UTME fees to candidates

Minister of Education Malam Adamu Adamu has directed 42 higher institutions that charged over N2, 000 Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) fee during the 2017/18 admission exercise to refund the excess money to applicants.

The minister had also queried the institutions involved to explain why disciplinary actions would not be taken against them for violating the government’s directive which said post-UTME fee per candidate shouldn’t exceed N2, 000.

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede made the remarks yesterday at stakeholders meeting on the 2018 UTME in Abuja. 

He said the minister had queried 42 higher institutions for charging excessive post-UTME fees and subsequently asked them to refund the excess monies to candidates.

He said in the event the candidates could not be found the money should be given to “some non-religious orphanages,” and that a number of the higher institutions have refunded the money and answered the queries.  

The federal government had earlier prohibited post-UTME fee before it later made not above N2,000.

Macron urges European unity to face rising China

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech to the French community at the country’s embassy in Beijing on January 10, 2018.<br />Macron is on the final day of his visit to the Chinese capital. / AFP PHOTO / LUDOVIC MARIN

French President Emmanuel Macron pleaded on Wednesday for European unity in the face of China’s growing economic power as he wrapped up a visit to Beijing with several business deals.
Macron, who has become the leading voice of the European Union, endorsed President Xi Jinping’s massive $1 trillion programme to revive ancient Silk Road trading routes during his three-day trip.
But the French leader also warned Europeans to stay on guard to protect strategic sectors as China makes inroads through the project, known in Beijing as One Belt One Road, which seeks to build rail, maritime and road links from Asia to Europe and Africa.

Two teenage girl ‘bombers’ shot dead in Borno

A Nigerian soldier inspects a female suicide bomber shot dead in the country’s northeastern state of Borno on Tuesday, January 9, 2018.

Soldiers patrolling the town of Gamboru opened fire after the two girls, strapped with explosives, refused to remove the vests in the early hours of the morning. A third girl was arrested.
“Three teenage suicide bombers were found by soldiers and two of them were killed while the third was arrested with her explosive belt,” said Umar Kachalla, a civilian militiaman in the town close to the Cameroon border.

Trump embraces role as negotiator in chief on immigration

US President Donald Trump (C) listens as US Congressman Steny Hoyer (R), D-Maryland speaks during a meeting with bipartisan members of the Senate on immigration at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 9, 2018. JIM WATSON / AFP

President Donald Trump took command of a high-profile White House meeting on immigration Tuesday, coaxing Republican and Democratic lawmakers toward a compromise on the fate of undocumented migrants who came to the United States as children.
Trump also signaled he was open to more comprehensive immigration reform to address millions of other undocumented people living in the shadows, but did not give ground to Democrats over his plans for a border wall.

[BREAKING] Benue killings: Ortom supports military option, opposes colonies

Governor Ortom of Benue State meets Buhari. Says he supports military option on herdsmen not colonies 

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said he would support any move, including military option, that can put an end to the killings being witnessed in the state.
He however said he would not support the Federal Government’s plan to establish cattle colonies until he understood the concept.

Polish PM sacks defence, foreign ministers

Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki. Photo: AFP

Poland’s new right-wing Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki sacked his defence and foreign ministers in a major cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, as he seeks to mend strained ties with the country’s EU partners.