Day: July 29, 2019

Police arrest tenant for allegedly killing landlord

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Personnel of the Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a tenant, Daniel Isaac, for allegedly killing his landlord, Willy Ebinate, at his house on Owodun Street in the Ikotun area of the state. Isaac was alleged to have killed the 50-year-old car dealer in order to steal his Toyota Camry car that was parked inside the compound. After perpetrating the crime, the 38-year-old tenant reportedly dumped Ebinate’s corpse in a septic tank and drove away the car. It was gathered that Ebinate had gone to the port on Monday, July…

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Nigerian preacher unlawfully arrested in London gets £2,500 compensation

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Nigerian preacher, Mr. Oluwole Ilesanmi, who was stopped from expressing his Christian views and driven four miles away by the police, has been awarded a £2,500 payout for his wrongful arrest. The United Kingdom (UK) police, however, refused to apologise for taking him away from the tube station where he was arrested. The 64-year-old Ilesanmi was accused of Islamophobia while preaching outside Southgate Tube station in London in February. He was approached by two officers after a passer-by called police accusing him of hate speech. Ilesanmi, a former dentist, admits…

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Okorocha demands Ihedioha’s apology over slapping of his daughter

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Rochas Okorocha, senator representing Imo West constituency, has requested an apology from the governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha, the states PDP and the members of the Committee on Recovery of Government Property, for slapping his daughter. Disclosing this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Sam Onwuemeodo, the former governor Okorocha averred that since the incident happened on Friday, neither the governor nor the government he heads or even the head of the Committee, has deemed it necessary to apologize to the woman. The statement reads thus:…

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Group task government on Leah Sharibu’s alleged death video

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United Global Resolve For Peace (UGRFP), a non-governmental organisation, has called on the Federal Government to verify the authenticity of a viral video alleging Leah Sharibu’s death. In the film, the six aid workers, abducted by Boko Haram last week, were seen frantically pleading with government to negotiate their release. In a statement yesterday in Abuja, the Executive Director of UGRFP, Shalom Olaseni, cautioned the government against taking at a face value all the information passed on in the video of Miss Grace Taku, adding that it may as well…

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IHRC Protests in London against El-Zakzaky’s detention

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Members of the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), held a solidarity demonstration against the continued incarceration of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, in London yesterday. The protest, which came ahead of today’s court ruling on El-Zakzaky’s bail application, took place outside the Nigerian High Commission by Trafalgar Square. It also followed Friday’s order by the Federal High Court in Abuja proscribing IMN. Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on July 18, 2019 adjourned ruling on the application filed by the…

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