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ENDSARS: Anonymous Hacks NBC Official Twitter Handle

16Oct

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Human Rights, Justice, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Youths

ENDSARS: Anonymous Hacks NBC Official Twitter Handle

Decentralised international ‘hacktivist’ group “Anonymous” has hacked and taken over the official twitter handle of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) as at Friday morning. African News Today observed that activities on NBC’s twitter handle page were tweets and retweets of the #EndSARS protests/campaign against police brutality. The group tweeted: “We #Anonymous are out to expose government’s secrets & dirty files Put an #ENDTOPOLICEBRUTALITY #Twitterdown #NBChacked” “Good morning, great Nigerians. TGIF and it’s also a good day to #ENDSARS and #EndSWAT. Which government website(s) would you want us to play with? Drop your suggestions under this tweet. #TwitterDown #NBChacked.” The group had earlier claimed to have hacked several government databases, includin...

Nigerian Youth Need An Alternative Culture

18th May 2020 Starting by stating the obvious: that a good culture creates a good country; and a bad culture creates a bad country. So, by the culture lived out, citizens establish the kind of country they prefer, not only for themselves but also for their children. Before going any further, culture here is the social behaviour and ideas of society, while tradition would be the ancient way of doing things say, dancing, dressing, cooking, music making etc. Thus, “Nigerian Culture” has created the Nigeria we see. Structurally, it is a culture of INDIVIDUAL-MINDEDNESS which is basically self-preservation and self-profit, plus added to that is a SADISTIC tendency. The cultural focus on self and selfishness hardly any Nigerian or observer of Nigerians would disagree wi...

The Educational System In Nigeria Does Not Prepare the Youth for Life Outside – Personal Development Expert

OLUSAYO ADELEYE is a lawyer, Public Speaker, Personal Development and Leadership Trainer and Coach and the Executive Director, STAND FOUNDATION. She was called to bar on 4th July, 2003 but never practised law full time and chose to be a leading etiquette and personal development consultant. She spoke to AFRICAN NEWS TODAY CORRESPONDENT, DEBO OMILANI on issues of social pressures, personal development as well as acquiring leadership skills among Nigerian Youths, among other issues. QUESTION : Your journey so far as a personal development coach. Can you also be called a motivational speaker? Well I think the word, ‘motivational speaker’ has been abused, that’s why I don’t refer to myself as one. I motivate people and spur them to take positive action t...