Author: Rashaad Harris

Justice A. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced three oil thieves; Samuel Jackson, Jonathan Naku and Elaye Tamarauseri to two years imprisonment each for illegal dealing in petroleum products without requisite licence. They were jailed on Friday, July 15, 2022, after pleading “guilty” to one-count separate charge bordering on illegal dealing in petroleum products, upon being arraigned by the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The one-count charge reads: “That you Jonathan Naku on or about the 5th day of January, 2022 around…

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentencing of Jeremiah Emmanuel who paraded himself as Johnny Depp on Hangout and one Abubakar Kabiru before Justice Darius Khobo of Kaduna State High Court. The defendants were prosecuted on one and two counts respectively. The charge against Emmanuel reads, “That you, Jeremiah Emmanuel (aka Johnny Depp), between May and June 2022 at Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, attempted to commit an offence and in such an attempt did a certain act towards the Commission of the said offence, to wit;…

President Muhammadu Buhari has scored himself high in the area of rice production, claiming that Nigerians have resorted to consumption of local rice due to his administration’s decision to close the border. The President made this known in a tweet on Friday night. Mr. Buhari, however, refrained from disclosing how the price of rice has more than doubled since the closure of borders. He said, “Because of our policies and investments in the last seven years, towards achieving food security, Nigeria is today much better prepared to cope with the inevitable disruptions in global agricultural supply chains occasioned by Covid-19…

Mr. Femi Adesina, the spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that his principal will be remembered for good, despite the many challenges. Femi who is known for praising Buhari, made this known on his Facebook page on Thursday. He said that the challenges plaguing Nigeria are not peculiar to her, noting that other nations face similar. “There’s a struggle going on in the country. The tussle over how the Buhari government would be remembered. Revisionists want him to be pedestaled by just the insecurity ravaging the land, which has made life nasty, brutish and short,” said he. “Yes, we…

Thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Makurdi Local Government Area taking refuge along North Bank Camp have been displaced following a heavy downpour in the last three days. According to our sources in Benue, the IDP camp yesterday (Thursday) discovered that the entire tents erected by UNICEF, UNDPA and other humanitarian organizations with thousands of occupants have been taken over by the flood. One of the IDPs whose entire tent and family have been displaced appealed to Government and other well meaning organizations to assist in providing a befitting place of abode to IDPs in the state, and also…

A 19-year-old school dropout and Facebook scammer (Yahoo Yahoo), Agbo Emmanuel was on Thursday July 14, 2022, convicted and handed a one year suspended sentence by Justice N.I. Afolabi of the Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State. Wilson Uwujaren, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Spokesman disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday. The statement said Agbo was convicted after pleading guilty to the one count charge preferred against him by the Abuja Zonal Command of the EFCC. The charge reads, “That you Agbo Emmanuel sometime in 2022 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court…

The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, July 14, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Chukwuemeka Ekwunife, alongside his company, Structured Energy Limited before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for an alleged N184,098,000 fraud. This was contained in a statement made available to SWITCH NIGERIA by Spokesman for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren. The statement said the trial judge found him guilty as charged on counts one to six and sentenced him to 10 years on each count to run concurrently at a Correctional facility. It…

Christian Eriksen has been announced as Manchester United’s latest recruit.The deal is now completed while board now working on paperwork/contract for Lisandro Martínez deal. He joined from Brentford, after spending less than a season there.Eriksen will be unveiled as second official signing for Man United after Tyrell Malacia.Erik ten Hag is adding technically gifted players to the team as he hopes to bring the club back to its glory days.Eriksen signed a three year contract that will keep him at the club till 2025 at the least.

It appears a war may likely break out in the Nigerian music industry, as some of the country’s young stars have started openly attacking each other. The latest attack is from Singer, Omah Lay, who took a dig at his colleague, Ruger on Friday afternoon. It all started after Ruger replied a troll, who compared him to his colleague singer, Buju, saying Buju was better than him in music. The singer engaged the troll in a heated argument over the comparison during a question and answer session. Comparing his musical skill to that of Buju who is now referred to…

Veteran Nigerian actor, Kenneth Okonkwo has said the All Progressives Congress he just dumped are the originators of internet sensationalism, not Labour Party. Turns out Nollywood actor, Dr. Kenneth Okonkwo is not your ordinary PhD holder. Okonkwo who is also a Lawyer went on Arise TV to call out the APC that he just dumped. While hus fellow actor, Jide Kosoko said a while ago that all of Nollywood will be rooting for Bola Tinubu because he bankrolls them, Okonkwo said he is now “Obi-centric.” He said APC are saying Peter Obi’s Labour Party are only an online sensation, while…