The Nigerian national who was assaulted in Greater Noida has said
that no one helped them while they were being beaten up and claimed that
he had no clue why he was assaulted.
“We don’t know why we were assaulted, the mob hit us with rods, bricks and knives.
We asked people around for help, but not one called the police. Even our
colleagues did not help,” said the Nigerian national as quoted by ANI.
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has assured
thorough investigation and action over the incident. The UP government
has said that a report will be provided to the Centre on the incident
soon.
“Attack on Nigerian students is a serious issue. Proper probe will be
done. Report will be provided to Centre at earliest,” said UP Minister
Siddharth Nath Singh.
The police have filed an FIR and five people have been arrested in
connection with the assault on the Nigerian nationals in Greater Noida
on Monday.
It all began when Manish Khari, a Class 12 student in Greater Noida,
died, reportedly of drug overdose on Friday. It was reported that the
boy was last been seen with five Nigerian students who lived in the
neighbourhood.
Soon after the rumours spread, the locals raided their home and also
accused them of being cannibals. The five Nigerian students were booked
for killing Khari and were later released after the questioning.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj intervened into the matter on
Monday night and sought a report from the Uttar Pradesh government over
the attack on the Nigerian national. She also spoke to Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the incident.
Meanwhile, Khari’s family insists that the police file murder charges
against the Nigerian students. Nigerian students have been protesting
against murder chargers and have held mass demonstrations. “Black lives
matter,” “We demand justice,” and “Skin tone is not a crime” were some
slogans that were heard outside the Kasna police station in Greater
Noida during a protest on Sunday.
With the pre-wedding photo shoot craze that has spread across Nigeria, a
Nigerian couple decided to recreate the biblical Adam and Eve scenario
in their pre-wedding photo shoot. The couple in the photo are Ifeanyi
Orakwue, an OAP/Producer at Radio Sapientia 95.3FM, Onitsha, Anambra
state, and his fiancee.
The photos feature the soon-to-be couple partly-covered with leaves -as the lady
gives her heartthrob an apple (the forbidden fruit). Well, the photo has sparked mixed reactions from their followers.
Here's the photo;
Ex-Big Brother Africa housemates, Pokello and Beverly Osu are going after eachother ,
and their fight was sparked by a comment Beverly made on Tboss. Beverly
who talked about the gossip behind Tboss by fellow housemates, was
slammed by Pokello who reminded her that she was a gossip too, when they
were housemates at the Big Brother Africa house.
Beverly Osu, wrote; "Tboss don suffer oo u go fear gossip......this is so sad". She then got
an epic comment from Pokello. Beverly response was
just an counter-epic clapback. However, Beverly's fans told her to
ignore Pokello, as she's just looking for an opportunity to trend.
Singer, Shadrach Adeboye Folarin, professionally referred to as Shaydee, is now a ‘free agent’ according to football parlance.
The singer used the occasion of his former boss, Banky W’s birthday
to announce today on his gram that he was no longer on the books of EME,
his label since 2012.
He wrote, “Happy birthday Bankssss @bankywellington … May
Gods great favour and grace be with u.. Thanks for all iv learnt from u
& thanks for the opportunity u gave me to find my path in life as I
continue on this incredible journey on my own.. May God reward u
accordingly a thousand fold. Amen #BigbroStill #RidingSolo“.
The plan of a Togolese lady, Idowu Dado, and a Chadian, Abdullahi
Mohammed, to start business ventures through proceeds of kidnapping has
landed them in detention.
The suspects were arrested by
operatives of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, while plotting
to kidnap a 15-year-old girl in the Ilasamaja area of Lagos.
26-year-old
Dado, who was married with two children, contacted Mohammed, 26, who
worked in a sachet water factory owned by the girl’s father, Mike
Ogbuachara.
The duo then co-opted Ogbuachara’s security guard, Peter Okechukwu, into the plot.
The gang reportedly planned to demand N10m as ransom for their victim.
However, Okechukwu was said to have leaked the secret to his boss, who then alerted the police.
The two suspects, who were arrested by detectives, were paraded before journalists at the Zone 2 Command headquarters, Onikan.
Okechukwu said Dado promised to give him N2m if the plan succeeded.
He
said, “Dado came to meet me on March 8, 2017 and asked if I was close
to my boss’ daughter and I said yes. She said she had a business for me
and asked if I was ready for it. She said she would come back the
following day so we could discuss the business.
“The following
day, she said she wanted us to kidnap my boss’ daughter. She said she
planned to demand N10m as ransom and if my boss refused to pay the
money, we would kill the girl and sell her body parts.
“Because I was not comfortable with the idea, I went to tell my boss and he asked me to play along and videotape the discussion.
“I
went back to meet her and agreed to the idea. When I asked what my
share would be, she said she had a gang and we would be five. She said
we would share the money N2m each. I told her to introduce me to other
members. She said one of them was working with my boss in the factory.
She didn’t tell me his name. She promised to call me later so we could
all meet in a hotel to perfect the plan.”
He explained that he continued to update his boss every time he spoke with Dado.
Okechuwkwu said he was surprised when the suspect suddenly cut off communication with him.
“I
went to see her and asked about the meeting. She began to threaten me,
saying if I ever leaked the secret, she would kill me. I was scared,” he
added.
The guard said he started monitoring the moves of Dado,
who lived beside the factory, adding that he advised his boss to report
to the police before it was too late.
The factory worker, Mohammed, said he was deceived by Dado because they both were of Togolese descent.
He
said, “My mother is a Togolese, while my father is a Chadian. I met
Dado after joining the factory three months ago. We only talk once in a
while. She called me sometime in March and said she wanted us to kidnap
my boss’ daughter.
“She said I should not bother myself much
because she would arrange two other boys to join us and after doing the
business, we could return to Togo to enjoy our loot. She said each of us
would get N2.5m. She promised to involve the factory’s security man. I
did not see her again until I was arrested.”
Dado, however, denied the allegations, saying Mohammed was the leader of the gang.
She
said, “Mohammed came to meet me and said they delivered over N800,000
to his boss every day and asked if the man would feel any pain if we
removed N10m from his account. I said I did not know.
“He
suggested that we should kidnap the man’s daughter and I agreed. He
promised to arrange boys to do the job. I went to meet the security man
to seek his opinion and he agreed to join us. When Mohammed learnt that I
had informed the security man, he became angry and said the man didn’t
know how to keep secrets.”
The mother of two children, who claimed to be a hair dresser, said she planned to start a business with her share of the ransom.
The spokesperson for Zone 2 Police Command, SP Dolapo Badmos, said investigations revealed that Dado was the leader of the gang.
She
said, “It is a case of attempted kidnap. While Mohammed is a Chadian,
Dado, the brains behind the kidnap, is from Togo. Mohammed lied that he
was a Nigerian and used fake names, until his real identity was
uncovered.
“The AIG Zone 2, Kayode Aderanti has ordered that
discreet investigation be done. We are working on getting their sponsors
and we will bring them to justice.”
Sen. Dino Melaye, who is at the center of a certificate scandal, of
which he was cleared yesterday by the Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello
University, is not slowing down on trolling on his haters, who supported
Sahara Reporters' boss, Omoyele Sowore, in the report against him.
The Senator, who made a video yesterday immediately he got cleared by
the Vice Chancellor, appeared at the Nigerian Senate Plenary session
today, with an
academic gown. LMAO, Sen. Dino is really the leader of Nigeria's Senate "Pepper Dem Gang".
More photos after the cut;
The wife of Westminster terrorist Khalid Masood spoke for the first time
today to say she totally condemns his killing spree and was left
saddened and shocked by the atrocity.
Rohey Hydara's comments come 24 hours after Masood's mother, Janet Ajao, said she had 'shed many tears' for her son's victims.
In a statement released through the Metropolitan Police, Ms Hydara said:
'I am saddened and shocked by what Khalid has done. I totally condemn
his actions.
'I express my condolences to the families of the victims that have died, and wish a speedy recovery to all the injured.
'I would like to request privacy for our family, especially the children, at this difficult time.'
Recall Masood got behind the wheel of a rented Hyundai 4x4 and drove at
speeds of up to 76mph as he ploughed into victims on Westminster Bridge
on Wednesday last week.
His attack took a mere 82 seconds but left four people dead and more than 50 injured.
The British-born jihadi, 52, was on Whatsapp at 2.37pm, approximately
two minutes before hitting people on the bridge and four minutes before
he was shot dead by armed officers outside the Palaces of Westminster.
He stabbed PC Keith Palmer to death with two knives outside parliament
after killing 44-year-old mother-of-two Aysha Frade, 75-year-old
Londoner Leslie Rhodes, and US tourist Kurt Cochran, 54, as he ploughed
along a crowded pavement on Westminster Bridge.
ISIS initially claimed responsibility for its first attack on British
soil and said the crazed knifeman was its 'soldier', but yesterday
police insisted Masood was not linked to the terror group
A broadcast audio from a pornographic movie through a Mosque public
speakers, might have landed an Islamic cleric in trouble, as a video of
the speakers as the audio clip blared through it was recorded by a
witness, and has gone viral on YouTube, sparking outrage.
United Press International, reports that the audio was broadcast via
public loudspeakers used to call for prayer around 1a.m on Wednesday in
Kuzeykent, a suburb of the city of Kastamonu in Turkey.
Reacting to the incident, the Mayor of Kastamonu, Tasin Babas, who promised to investigate the incident.
“The indecent provocations heard from a specific point in the Kuzeykent
neighbourhood has nothing to do with our institution” he said.
Colombians were outraged by rapper Wiz Khalifa, who posted photos of
himself visiting Pablo Escobar's grave after a concert in the drug
lord's home city of Medellin.
Wiz Khalifa shared photographs of himself smoking at the Cemetario
Jardins Montesacro, where fresh flowers - and a joint- were left beside
the drug lord's grave .
Medellin Mayor Federico Gutierrez called the rapper a 'scoundrel' and
commenters tore him apart for his 'disrespect' while equating Escobar to
a dictator and terrorist.
Escobar, the ruthless kingpin of the Medellin Cartel who killed
thousands of people, was responsible for importing 80per cent of the
cocaine in America during the 1980s.
Wiz Khalifa, who is known for being an avid marijuana user, posted
several images of himself smoking at the cemetery in ItagüÃ, where
Escobar is buried alongside his family.
Another photograph showed a close up of Escobar's gravestone, with a
joint prominently positioned next to the fresh flowers laid at his
burial site.
The rapper gave a concert in Medellin on Friday, and shared the photographs on his Instagram account this weekend.
Gutierrez criticized the rapper for 'advocating crime' and said he
should have paid his respects to Escobar's victims instead, according to
the BBC.
'It shows that this guy has never had to suffer from the violence inflicted by these drug traffickers,' Gutierrez said.
A 23-year-old man, Adeoye Ikugbayigbe, has been arrested by the Ogun
State Police Command for allegedly beheading a 72year-old-woman,
Funmilayo Shada, following an argument over land.
Ikugbayigbe was arrested after the deceased’s son Ekundayo Shada
reported the matter to the Abigi Divisional Headquarters Monday.
According to Ogun Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, an
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Ekundayo was on his way to
meet his mother at their farm when he saw Ikugbayigbe on the road
holding a polythene bag.
Oyeyemi said: “As soon as Ikugbayigbe sighted him, he dropped the bag
and ran into the bush. This aroused Ekundayo’s suspicion and he quickly
ran to check his mother but could not find her. He later came back to
check the bag dropped by the suspect only for him to discover his
mother’s severed head and her wrist in the said bag.
“He quickly reported the case to the police and the DPO Abigi Division,
SP Komolafe Omoniyi led detective to the scene, combed the surrounding
bush and finally got the suspect arrested.
“On interrogation, he confessed to the commission of the crime claiming
that he has been having a running battle with the deceased over a
portion of land. The severed head and the remains of the deceased have
been deposited in the mortuary while the cutlass he used has also been
recovered”.
“The Commissioner of Police (CP) Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered that the
suspect be transferred to Homicide section of State Criminal
Investigation and Intelligent Department (SCIID) for further
investigation.”
A Jumia delivery guy who came to deliver couple of iPhone 7 was
gruesomely murdered by these suspects at Ada George Road, Port-Harcourt,
Rivers state.
According to OAP, Blessing Olomu, the suspects which included two males
and a female, allegedly killed the delivery man and dumped his body in a
septic tank. His body was recovered by a team of police officers today.
The police acted on a tip off from neighbors who suspected foul play
within the compound.
More photos after the cut
Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court in Lagos has issued an
Anton Piller order, directing the seizure of a film titled “Okafor’s
Law” directed by Nollywood Producer, Omoni Oboli.
The court also issued an interim order, suspending the release and
launch of the film, in any movie theatre or cinema house on March 31,
pending the determination of a motion on notice before the court.
The judge ordered the seizure of all copies, materials, projections or
infringing materials, relating to the subject matter. The orders
followed an ex parte application filed by a company, Rancoteur
Productions Ltd, on behalf of a Canada based script writer, Jude Idada.
Idada lays claim to the film “Okafor’s Law” as his intellectual
property. The plaintiff had filed the suit through Anthony Idigbe,
seeking an order, halting the premiere and release of the said “Okafor’s
Law”, pending the determination of a copyright infringement suit filed
against Oboli.
The court thereafter, fixed March 29 for hearing of the motion on
notice. Idada had accused Oboli of copyright infringement on the
“Okafor’s Law” movie, adding that she had stolen his story idea for the
movie in September 2016.
He alleged that Oboli took the work he had done regarding “Okafor’s Law”, and developed it without giving him due credit.
According to OAP Freeze, he told his help to put two drinks in the
fridge and she put them in the freezer and they ended up getting broken
and spilled away.
He says one of the drinks costs N77,350... "I was expecting guests
this evening, so I instructed my help to put 2 bottles of Dom Perignon
in the fridge, only for me to come up and see this😳. She put them in
the freezer instead of the fridge and wasted over N150,000 in this
recession.😱
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If you were the one that this happened to what would you do?
I have since forgiven her, but learnt the high cost of employing people who choose not to enlighten themselves."
When you see big men fighting Customs boss, Hamid Alli, it is because
the man no longer allows some unscrupulous practices that some big
politicians got away with in the past.
Here are photos of 30 containers of Rice which were seized by the
Customs after the goods were fraudulently declared as Yeast and smuggled
in. They've been linked to Senator Hope Uzodinma, who is a top man in
the Senate Committee on Customs. But why all these?
A Katsina Chief Magistrate’s Court has sentenced one Gambo Saeed to nine
months imprisonment for insulting and defaming the character of
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State on social media.
The police prosecutor, Isa Liti, earlier told the court that Saeed was
arraigned following complaints received from Mansur Ali Mashi, Senior
Special Assistant to the Governor on Radio Monitoring.
“Mashi said the accused person abused Masari and called him names on social media,” Mr. Liti, an inspector, said.
“He said the accused person posted on the media that it was Gov.
Masari who influenced the impeachment of Speaker of Katsina State House
of Assembly, Aliyu Muduru.’’
Mr. Liti said police arrested the accused person and arraigned him for
intentional insult, defamation of the governor’s character and inciting
disturbance.
The charges were in accordance with sections 399, 392 and 114 of the Penal Code.
He also explained that the accused person confessed to have committed the offences.
Delivering the judgment on Monday in Katsina, Chief Magistrate Abdu
Ladan, said the court has found the accused person guilty of the said
offences; each charge attracts three years imprisonment.
Mr. Ladan then sentenced the accused to nine months imprisonment without option of fine.
NURTW boss, Koko Zaria and Nollywood actress, Awele Odita welcomed a baby boy in the US yesterday.
Koko Zaria already has two daughters with his first wife, Mumcy Aliyah
