{"id":23784,"date":"2026-09-07T14:42:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=23784"},"modified":"2026-09-07T15:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T15:25:04","slug":"why-enemies-hacked-politico-ng-publisher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/07\/why-enemies-hacked-politico-ng-publisher\/","title":{"rendered":"Why \u2018Enemies\u2019 hacked Politico.ng – Publisher"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Report emanating from the stable of popular Nigerian Online Newspaper, politico.ng, says its website has been hacked.<\/p>\n

The publisher, Lai Omotola who made this known in Lagos on Sunday, ascribed the development to the handiwork of those he described as enemies of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

He expressed concern that the hacking may not be unconnected with an ongoing projection of the likely outcome of the 2027 General Elections scheduled to begin in January across the country.<\/p>\n

The Online Newspaper of record, had projected last week that the outcome of the the polls would Favour incumbent President, Bola Tinubu who the forecast gave 20 states against 9 for former Vice President and candidate of ADC, Atiku Abubakar while Peter Obi of the NDC followed closely with victory in 8 states.<\/p>\n

The projection which was made available by the Political Intelligence Group of politico.ng, has continue to gain traction across social media platforms and political circles in the country.<\/p>\n

And as widely expected, while the projection enjoyed commendation from a large pool of social media users and political followers, some adherents of the opposition, described the projection a sponsored project of the ruling party put in place to influence the outcome of the 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n

A spokesman of one of the top contenders, Paul Ibe, totally dismissed the projection as lacking credibility and asked Nigerians not to trust its outcome.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Publisher of politico.ng, has vowed to continue a monthly running of the exercise to the end of the year, an update of the projection by the PIG. He added the projection is a running development whose outcome could change at anytime and promised to return the website back to life as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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