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The House of Representatives was in a rowdy session this morning as lawmakers opened debate on the 2017 budget. The rowdiness started immediately the attention of the lawmakers was drawn to the fact that N51bn had been allocated to the office of the Secretary to the Government of the...

Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has been arraigned at a Dutse High Court on Tuesday, over alleged inciting comments. Mr Lamido was arrested by the police and whisked away from his Sharada residence in Kano on Sunday. The Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, told...

The Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport, Abuja, has reopened after a closure which lasted six weeks. According to Channels Television, a test flight from Kaduna international airport landed in Abuja on Tuesday morning. Hadi Sirika, minister of state for aviation, was said to be on board the...

The Presidency has said that President Muhammadu Buhari's health status is not as worse as people speculated. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, stated this on Daily Sunrise Programme of Channels Television Wednesday. He said: "The current health...

The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara on Wednesday morning travelled to London to meet President Muhammadu Buhari. Channels Television quoted a source at the National Assembly saying: "Saraki and Dogara travelled to London on...

Wole Obayomi, Board member KPMG Nigeria has listed three important things Nigerians should prepared for in 2017. KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. He listed increase in transportation, food prices and high electricity tariffs Mr...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has been defending his allegations of alleged plot by the police and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to rig the forthcoming re-run polls in the state. The governor who explained that he is not out to incite the public against the police...

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser Media & Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari has said that only President Muhammadu Buhari can assess his ministers performance level. Adesina said this on Politics Today, Channels TV, anchored by Seun Okinbaloye on November 13, 2016. The President's adviser...

President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has said that only a competent court can decide if former president, Goodluck Jonathan’s National Security Adviser (NSA) stole over two billion dollars meant for purchase or arms for the country. In statement released on Tuesday, the presidency...

The emergency meeting of the National Judicial Council (NJC) has started at the three Arm Zone of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting is exclusively for members of the NJC. This meeting is coming on the hills of the arrest of High Court Judges over corruption allegations. The...

Edo State governor-elect, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has described his victory in the Edo state governorship election as humbling yet deserved making his first statement after the Independent National Electoral Commission announced poll results. Mr Obaseki, who was on Channels Television’s News At 10...

A fresh earth tremor has reportedly occurred at Sambang Dagi community barely 24 hours after a similar incident was recorded at Kwoi village both in Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna state, North West Nigeria. An indigene of the area told Channels Television that the second vibration...

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has expressed surprise at the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the state’s governorship election earlier slated for Saturday, September 10, 2016. INEC on Thursday afternoon announced this decision after it had...

Some private inter-state transporters have said that fares might be increased by as much as 70%, in order to improve operational efficiency and meet up with the technological demands of doing business in the road transport sector. Especially if the current downward economic trend continues...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday said it never reported that some States diverted bailout funds. The Chairman of the ICPC, Mr Ekpo Eta, told Channels Television that the report was given different interpretations by different media...

University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) resident doctors in Benin City have again embarked on an indefinite strike, disrupting normal services. According to the President of the Association of Resident Doctors in the hospital, Dr Owen Omoregbe, the doctors are demanding, among other...

Abdulmumin Jibrin, former House chairman of Appropriation has sensationally revealed that the House of Representatives of which he is a member is corrupt. Jibrin, who spoke on a live telecast on Channels TV yesterday, when asked if former President Olusegun Obasanjo was right in saying the...

The Chairman of Channels Media Group, Mr. John Momoh (OON) has been elected as the Chairman of the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) At the annual delegate conference on Wednesday in Abuja, Mr. Momoh beat his opponent by polling 51 votes against Mr Abbas Dalhatu from Freedom Radio...

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has started intervention work on some of the failed Federal roads in the state. Some of the roads being fixed include: Akeke Iwuru, Adim Axis of the Calabar-Ikom highway and bad spots along the Calabar-Itu highway. The intervention efforts were being...

The Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has noted that the state has been protected from the adverse effects of attacks on the nation’s oil installations, because of the prayers from the Christian community. The governor’s statement followed the one-day peace and prayer rally organised by the...