Channels Television Sports Anchor; Toyin Ibitoye has revealed that the reinvigorated Channels National Kids Cup is geared to uncover young football talents that will fly the nation’s flag in the future. Describing the tournament which is in its 5th season as a ‘mini-World Cup’, Mr Ibitoye on Channels TV breakfast programme; Sunrise Daily, stated that the vision of the Chairman/CEO of Channels Television; Mr ...

Some yet to be identified gunmen on Monday killed a Police inspector in Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger State, North Central Nigeria. The gunmen who reportedly came on a motor bike opened fire on an advancing police patrol team and in the process killed the Inspector who was leading the team and carted away his rifle. Confirming the incident to Channels Television in Minna, the State Police Public Re ...

The Nigerian Army has confirmed that a military aircraft was on Friday hit by Islamic insurgents in Borno State in the on-going operations across northeastern Nigeria. The Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Chris Olukolade confirmed the attack and revealed that the aircraft managed to return to base after the encounter. The Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Chris Olukolade h ...

Azim Aghajani, a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard has been found guilty of smuggling weapons into Lagos and sentenced to five years in prison by a Federal High Court in the city. A Nigerian, Ali Jega was also convicted alongside Azim Aghajani. The Nigerian Customs Service in 2010 made a seizure of 13 containers loaded with rockets and grenades, shipped in from the Islamic Republic of Iran. The shipment ...

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has ordered all doctors with the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, to immediately “withdraw their practice until such a time when the security and safety of all health workers and properties in the hospital can be guaranteed by the federal government.” NMA gave the directive following a reported attack on medical practitioners with the University of Maiduguri ...

A woman was rescued on Friday after spending 17 days trapped under the rubble of a Bangladesh factory building that collapsed on April 24, killing more than 1,000 people, police and military officials said. Bangladeshi television channels broadcast live footage of emergency service workers pulling the woman from the collapsed building, as onlookers burst into cheers. The woman, identified by Bangladeshi med ...

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, his Eminence Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has appealed to members of Boko Haram sect to end their killings and accept the amnesty initiative planned the President. NSCIA made the appeal in a communique issued by council, at the end of a meeting in Kaduna on Thursday. The Islamic fundamentalist had in a statement rejected t ...

David Moyes has been appointed as manager of Manchester United on a six-year contract, the English Premier League champions said on Thursday. Moyes, the current Everton manager, will take charge of United from July 1. He succeeds Alex Ferguson who is retiring this month after more than 26 years at United. "We unanimously agreed on David Moyes," said Ferguson, who announced his retirement on Wednesday after ...

A military plane was on Thursday reported to have crashed at the Air Force Base in Rumuomasi, Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital. Although details of the incident are sketchy, information released to Channels Television by sources from the base, claimed that the plane made an emergency landing. Air force officials are yet to brief journalists as at the time this story was published. Last week, Nigerian ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday arrested the former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva. A statement signed by EFCC's Acting Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said the former governor was "picked up at his Abuja home, at No. 3, Niger Street, Maitama" by the EFCC officials who stormed the former governor’s home at about 10.00 am. According to the statement, t ...