Hackers Take Over Ogun State Government Website

System hackers have reportedly taken over the Ogun State Government website.   This platform learned that the Ogun state website, www.ogunstate.gov.ng, as of Wednesday morning, had been hacked. According to The Punch, checks on the website indicate that it has been taken over by “Aleister Crowley. Update your security. Greetings from Maldives,” which were the…

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Omoniyi Ibietan

Omoniyi Ibietan’s book on Cyber Politics for public presentation 25 July

on the various political communication themes it interprets. It is difficult to put down this work once you are drawn by its alluring and free-flowing prose and incisive analysis.” The book has been available in the hard back and soft back versions in bookstores across the country since 12 June, 2023. The electronic copies of…

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Forbes 2023 Index: Dangote Still Africa’s Richest for 12th Consecutive Year

For the 12th year consecutively, Aliko Dangote, President of the pan-African Conglomerate, the Dangote Group has emerged the richest man in Africa, despite economic headwinds that affected the fortunes of half of the world’s reported billionaires. Dangote, whose business flagship, Dangote Cement Plc is the largest producer of cement in Africa, is the only Nigerian in…

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Popular Nollywood actress, Cynthia Okereke is dead

Cynthia Okereke, veteran Nollywood actress, has died. J. C. Okechukwu, a media personality and close associate of the actress announced her death in tweet on Wednesday. He wrote: “REST IN PEACE, Nwanyi oma. I’m shattered beyond words. “The fact that I was about to pay for your flight ticket to come finish what we started…

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“Please enough with the record-a-thons”- Guinness World Records Warns Nigerians

Guinness World Records has said enough is enough with the different record-a-thons Nigerians and other parts of the world have ventured into in recent times.   GWR asked everyone to stop with the record-attempts while replying a Nigerian lady after she announced her intention to create her own record-breaking category.   Many Nigerians as well…

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FIFA bans Cristiano Ronaldo’s Club Al Nassr from signing players over Ahmed Musa transfer

Cristiano Ronaldo’s club Al Nassr have been sanctioned by world football governing body, FIFA over a transfer issue involving Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa. Al Nassr have been banned from registering new players going into the new Saudi Arabia Professional League season after failing to pay Leicester City the money they owe them over Musa’s…

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Woodberry, Hushpuppi’s Ally, Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison

  A United States Federal Judge has sentenced Jacob Olalekan Ponle, popularly known as Mr. Woodberry, to eight years and three months in prison for his coordination of a multimillion-dollar fraud.   SaharaReporters had reported that Woodberry, an internet fraudster and an ally of the convicted internet fraud kingpin, Ramon Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi,…

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Nigerian Man Jailed For Attempting To Rape Australian Woman In Bali

  A Nigerian man identified as Idongesit Joseph Zion has been sentenced to one-year imprisonment by Chief Judge Ida Bagus Bamadewa Patiputra at the Denpasar District Court over an attempted rape.   Daily Mail reports that Idongesit attempted to rape an Aussie tourist known as KTR last December after a night out at a popular…

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JAPA: Four Stowaways Rescued In Brazil On Ship From Nigeria After Spending 13 Days At Sea

  Four stowaways have been rescued off the southeast coast of Brazil after spending 13 days at sea hidden in the hull of a ship from Nigeria.   According to federal police, the men rescued claimed to be Nigerians but did not carry any documents confirming their origin.   A police official told AFP the…

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Spanish Coastguard Rescues Two Nigerian Migrants From Ship’s Rudder

  Two Nigerian migrants who stowed away on the rudder of a ship that arrived in the Canary Islands from Togo have been rescued by the Spanish coastguard.   According to the port police on Tuesday, the migrants after being rescued on Monday night in the port of Las Palmas were taken to a hospital….

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