WikiLeaks published thousands of documents Tuesday described as secret files about CIA hacking tools the government employs to break into users' computers, mobile phones and even smart TVs from companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung. The documents describe clandestine methods for bypassing or defeating encryption, antivirus tools and other protective security features intended to keep the private information of citizens and corporations safe from prying eyes. U.S. government employees, including President Donald Trump, use many of the same products and internet services purportedly compromised by the tools. The documents describe CIA efforts - cooperating with friendly foreign governments and…

At least, about 171 Nigerians stranded in Libya, were brought back to the country yesterday by Nigerian Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in collaboration with International Organisation for Migration (IOM). At press time, about 91 other deportees were being expected from Italy. The fresh deportation brings to 643 Nigerians who had been rescued and brought back to the country since December 2016 when the government commenced rescue of the citizens after distress calls that the Libyan authorities were killing and maltreating Nigerians who were in the country for the proverbial Golden Fleece. Some of the female returnees gave chilly accounts of…

Nigeria’s Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo’s meeting on Monday with the Edo State government and the oil producing communities in the state was temporarily disrupted by some protesters. The protesters, who carried placards with various inscriptions, broke into the venue of the meeting at the Samuel Ogbemudia College (formerly New Era College), Benin City, and demanded a fair treatment for the oil producing communities in the state. There was commotion in the hall immediately Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Usani, finished making his presentation, as the protesters pushed their way forward into the hall and continued waving their placards. About…

Father of Canada-based Nigerian, Stephanie Otobo, has denied her claim that the general overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries, Johnson Suleman, went to his house for introduction as her suitor. Benson Otobo also said the controversy between his daughter and Mr. Suleman came to him as “a huge shock,” adding that he knew nothing about the entire scenario. Mr. Otobo spoke at a joint telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES and other journalists in Abuja facilitated by Mr. Suleman. He said he was speaking from Warri, Delta State. Mr. Otobo said there was no formal introduction of the cleric to him…