Author: Rashaad Harris

The director of contact and mobilisation committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Tinubu-Shettima 2023, Aminu Jaji has said the North West owes Asiwaju Bola Tinubu a debt. Speaking at the launch of the committee on Thursday, Jaji said Tinubu needs to be rewarded for helping their son, Buhari, become president. “The best thing that we can do in 2023 is to pay back to Tinubu, who supported our son, President Buhari, to be president twice. It is time to pay back what the other zone did for our son, a father and a role model, President Buhari,”…

Labour Party’s Peter Obi is showing no signs of slowing down as the election approaches. The former Anambra State Governor is on a tight schedule to cover all 33 states of the Federation before the February polls. Knowing his time is short, the man that has come to be known as Okwute by his teeming supporters has been up and doing. There is no TV interview he doesn’t grant, no townhall meeting he boycotts, no issue he fails to comment on. Switch Nigeria reported that he was in Benue for a campaign rally. In Makurdi, the Benue State capital, he…

Nigerian forward, Tammy Abraham will not be going to 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup. In the official list released by Gareth Southgate on Thursday afternoon, the Roma forward will miss out. Abraham whose full name is Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham, represents England even though he is born of Nigerian parents. But he is not the only Nigerian missing in the official list. AC Milan defender, Fikayo Tomori is another notable absence. READ MORE Why I didn’t play for Nigeria- John Fashanu Bukayo Saka is the only Nigerian that will be on the plane to the Middle East. The likes of…

Some unknown men have burnt down the INEC office in Ede South Local Government Area of Osun State. The incident was confirmed by Oluwaseun Osimosu, the PRO of the commission. Osimosu told reporters that the Resident Electoral Commission (REC) in the state, Dr Mutiu Agboke, visited the scene of the incident to ascertain the extent of the damage. In his company was the Divisional Police Office in Ede South council area. Confirming the attack, Mr. Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, said the Commission is aware of the attack. “The Resident Electoral Commissioner for…

President Muhammadu Buhari paid a courtesy visit to King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. Switch Nigeria recalls that the President has been in the UK since late October on yet another medical checkup. Buhari missed the funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II due to United Nations General Assembly meeting that was holding in New York that same day. In his stead, his vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo represented him.

Peter Obi and his running mate, Prof. Baba Yusuf Ahmed-Datti stopped in Benue for the second State on ther campaign trail. In their entourage was Iorwase Hembe, the Labour Party guber candidate for Benue and Obi’s wife, Mrs. Margaret Obi. For a rally held on a weekday, the people of Benue came out in their numbers to welcome the former Anambra State Governor. [wpvideo AoS77lxT] The crowd is also not hired like other parties are rumoured to have been doing. [wpvideo 1bgwMJsx]

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has presented the 2023 budget estimates of N179,750,090,123.40 to the State House of Assembly for consideration.Governor Ortom presented the budget proposal on Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 at the Chambers of the Benue State House of Assembly in Makurdi. The budget which was titled “Budget of Consolidation and Transition” projected that the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) Statutory Revenue will be N71,385,773,440.00 which represents 39.7% of aggregate revenue estimates; while N30bn, representing 16.7% is projected from aggregate revenue from independent sources. According to Daily Post, the budget proposal also has a provision of N78,363,743,877.84 or 43.6%…

Bayern Munich forward, Sadio Mane is set to miss the FIFA World Cup set to start in Qatar less than 2 weeks from now. The second best player in Europe limped off just after 20 minutes when Bayern Munich took on Werder Bremen at the Alianz Arena on Tuesday. Bayern would go on to win the game by 6 goals to one but it has now been confirmed that the Senegal International will miss the World Cup. While the extent of the injury has not yet been ascertained, it was his knee that was injured.

The search is on for an unknown police officer who was caught on camera wrapping Indian hemp, locally known as igbo. One Ndanusa Sayid posted the video on twitter, asking the police authorities to identify the officer. https://twitter.com/NdanusaSayid/status/1590237500790181888?t=crbolnjjdTVKtVDjk9OaGA&s=19 [wpvideo s4lsfPC1 data-temp-aztec-id=”baaad670-b7b8-4cac-bc39-5f6976753281″] Responding to the tweet, Olumuyiwa Adejobi who is the Force Police PRO, said “Haa, is this not igbo.? Or what is this?. we will share this round to know how to trace him. This is bad and condemned.” However, some persons noted that the video is not new but old. https://twitter.com/laideOlaitan/status/1590256186498355205?t=klkYuahLj1YQ8k_4z9_-Jw&s=19 https://twitter.com/cerberussawyer/status/1590275369189662720?t=Zs6GLc9WzzkrkjOi–K0jw&s=19 https://twitter.com/yashim_jonathan/status/1590278711156559874?t=YkVLx5lhhBdlU7YlNj_mng&s=19

Mr. Festus Keyamo has dismissed the eligibility of the documents a United States Court released, indicting his principal, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on charges of money laundering and drug dealing. Keyamo who is the spokesman to the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council said the document is the work of the opposition. He said, “Sign of frustration: They are seeking to wake a horse long dead and buried and for which a media house publicly apologised in 2016 when they tried to use the story.” However, Switch Nigeria can confirm that back in July of 2022, independent journalist, David Hundeyin had in an…