Hackers hacked Bayelsa govt’s Hacking Team, internet surveillance contractor

An Italian digital surveillance firm, Hacking Team, notorious for helping governments spy and clampdown on internet users was Sunday night hacked, and 415GB of its internal data leaked online.

The firm’s Twitter account was also hacked and used to disseminate the leaked torrent files.

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25 Dead, 32 Injured In Zaria Blast

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has sympathised with the direct victims of this morning bomb attack on Sabon-Gari local government council secretariat, describing it has “a terrible act of infamy.”  

 

The local government staff from Lere and Ikara were undergoing biometric verification when a bomb was set off, killing 25 persons including a two-year-old child. It was gathered that 32 people, who sustained injuries are being treated at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria as well as other hospitals in the city.

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BREAKING NEWS!! 20 killed In Zaria Bomb Blast

Another bomb has been reported at the Sabo Garin Zaria Local government secretariat in Kaduna, Chat212 can report. Saminaka and Birnin Gwari were also reportedly affected.

Dead bodies beign carried to hosiptal in Kaduna

The governor has prayed Allah to grant the victims peaceful repose, comfort their families and heal the injured

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How Tinubu, OBJ Disgraced Yoruba - MOST READ STORY

Tinubu, OBJ Lack Integrity, Moral Values - Afenifere...

Yinka Odumakin, national publicity secretary of Afenifere, has criticized the actions of ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo, and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu in the Nigerian political circle.

He said that they did not fit into the model of leaders of the Yoruba race.

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APC Crisis: Oyegun’s exit isn’t a solution - Sen Alimikhena

Senator Francis Alimikhena, APC, Edo North is the Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate and a retired military officer.

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Oil crash, dwindling revenue threaten Nigeria’s 2015 budget

One of the first major tasks the administration of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari will have to contend with will be how to finance the 2015 budget in the wake of low oil price and rising threats from declining revenue.

This becomes very critical when viewed against the backdrop of the tough economic conditions witnessed over the last couple of months  in the country, especially in the area of declining crude oil and gas receipts and Federal Government’s inability to meet some of its financial obligations.

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