{"id":213803,"date":"2025-11-16T13:43:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T11:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/nigeria\/nigeria-paystack-suspends-co-founder-ezra-olubi-amid-sexual-misconduct-other-allegations\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T13:43:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T11:43:31","slug":"nigeria-paystack-suspends-co-founder-ezra-olubi-amid-sexual-misconduct-other-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/nigeria\/nigeria-paystack-suspends-co-founder-ezra-olubi-amid-sexual-misconduct-other-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Paystack Suspends Co-Founder Ezra Olubi Amid Sexual Misconduct, Other Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"22\">Mr Olubi&#8217;s travails began with social media allegations of sexual misconduct, which were intensified by the resurfacing of his past disturbing tweets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"21\">The controversy surrounding Ezra Olubi, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/business\/financial-inclusion\/421104-stripe-acquires-nigerian-fintech-company-paystack-in-deal-reportedly-worth-over-200m.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paystack<\/a><\/strong> co-founder and CTO, has reached heightened proportions as the payment processing company has suspended him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"19\">Starting from around 2010, Mr Olubi posted several controversial tweets, including sexually explicit jokes and comments that resurfaced online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n  <span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><br \/>\nFollow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaIdDi8Bqbr263erhw1K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhatsApp<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/allafrica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> for the&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202511140563.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 West Africa <a title=\"Nigeria\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/west-africa\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Olubi&#8217;s travails began with social media allegations of sexual misconduct, which were intensified by the resurfacing of his past disturbing tweets. The controversy surrounding Ezra Olubi, Paystack co-founder and CTO, has reached heightened proportions as the payment processing company has suspended him. 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