Author: Rashaad Harris

Nigerian Music legend, Innocent Ujah Idibia, popularly known as 2baba, has visited the grave of his colleague and friend, Sound Sultan in the United States. Sultan died last year, July 11, 2021 at the age of 44. Sultan died following a hard battle with cancer of the throat, a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which is a group of related cancers that affect the lymphatic system. He was buried according to Islamic injunction at the Marlboro Muslim cemetery in New Jersey on Sunday, July 11. Until his death, he was survived by a wife and three children together. 2baba took…

Manchester City clinched a consecutive English Premier League title on Sunday evening, beating an Aston Villa side led by Liverpool to do so. City had t grind out the result as two goals by Villa in both halves left the Citizens on the ropes. Matt Cash had opened the scoring for Gerrard’s men in the first half before former Liverpool man, Coutinho drove a low shot into Ederson’s goal before 70 minutes. But it took Pep Guardiola’s men just 5 minutes of the game to turn the game on its head, scoring tree goals to claim all three points, between…

Operatives of the Enugu Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested an outdoor advertisement executive over political advertisements that appeared in two billboards in Enugu bearing the name and logo of the Commission. The two Super 48 Sheet Billboards located at Otigba and Zik Avenue Junctions in Enugu, bore offensive messages using the name of the EFCC to threaten the aspiration of some politicians in the state in the build up to the 2023 general elections. One of the messages reads: 2023: Enugu PDP Learn From 2007 Election… EFCC IS COMING WITH KOBOKO ON CORRUPT CANDIDATES.…

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has told leaders and delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State to trust him as the only presidential aspirant who has the capacity to defend the interest of Ndi Igbo. Governor Wike, who is also a presidential aspirant of the PDP met with the leaders and delegates of the party at Abia State Government House, in Umuahia on Friday to solicit support ahead of the party’s presidential primary this month. L-R, Govs Nyesom Wike and Okezie Ikpeazu The Rivers State governor stated that he would not be that kind of a…

Nigerians supporting Peter Obi’s presidential ambition have organised a march for him. The march tagged #1mMarch4Obi held on Saturday across major Nigerian cities. It is coming just a week to the People’s Democratic Party’s primaries, a time when most of his fellow contestants are going around wooing party delegates. [wpvideo GYd3fG4R] [wpvideo DcdBlfll] Primaries are decided by party delegates, not the people. And while the action of the people shows promise, it remains to be seen if it will have any impact on the outcome of the primaries. The Coordinator, Marcel Ngogbehei, had earlier explained that the event would be…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, says it has released a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Patricia Olubunmi Etteh, who was detained by the commission on suspicious and shady financial involvement with Phil Jin Projects Limited. This was disclosed in a short statement issued on Saturday by the EFCC Spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren and made available to SWITCH NIGERIA. According to the statement, Etteh released on Friday, May 20, 2022 upon fulfilling bail conditions offered her by investigators working on her matter. It further said the former speaker is to report periodically to assist further investigations. The former speaker was…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seem to have gone spiritual against looters in the country going by its statement on Friday. In the terse but strongly worded statement posted on its official facebook page on Friday night, the EFCC said every looter is a wicked soul and shall find no peace. The statement, which was accompanied by a photo which also carried a similar inscripted message, said even God approves that the wicked should have no peace. The statement added that every looter must produce everything he or she has looted and face justice. “Every looter is a…

A Dane, Peter Nielsen, was on Friday sentenced to death by hanging by a Lagos High Court, for killing his Nigerian wife and daughter. Nielsen, who is aged 54, was convicted by the Judge, Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile, on two counts of murder brought against him by the Lagos State Government. Nielsen was sentenced to death by hanging on both counts. The Dane was charged with the death of his wife and singer, Zainab, and their three-year-old daughter, Petra. The Lagos State government accused him of smothering his wife and child to death at 3.45 a.m. at No. 4, Flat 17, Bella…

Nigerian musician and record owner, Kizz Daniel has recorded another feat in the global music industry. This time around, the feat is for his latest single, “Buga”. “Buga” has become the most shazamed song in the world. The Shazam application, owned by Apple and developed by Shazam Entertainment, is used to identify music, movies, advertising, and television shows, based on a short sample played and using the microphone on the device, announced via their official Twitter page, congratulating the Nigerian star saying, “Big congrats to @KizzDaniel!! #Buga is the most Shazamed song in the world: apple.co/ShazamGlobalCh… ” With 793,363 shazams in…

Chelsea’s German defender, Antonio Rüdiger, has said he’s leaving the Blues with a heavy heart. The 29-year-old arrived at Stamford Bridge in 2017 from Italian side, Roma and has made 132 appearances since then, scoring 9 goals. Rüdiger who is of Sierra Leone descent, is set to join Real Madrid on a free after his contract expires by end of the season. He said he hates goodbyes, “I don’t like goodbyes. But I will try to make this one special, from the heart.” Rüdiger added: “I leave the club with a heavy heart. It has meant everything to me. Even…