Following the declaration of a state of emergency in the north-eastern states which share borders with Cameroun, President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday met with the Camerounian Vice Prime Minister, Mr. Ahmadou Ali, with a view to strengthening collaboration on trans-border security. The hot-bed of Boko Haram’s insurgency, Borno State, as well as Adamawa State, share border with Cameroun. The Camerounian V ...

The Senate has urged the federal government to grant the departed literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, a state burial and erect a national monument in his memory. The upper chamber of the legislature after holding a solemn plenary session in honour of the writer famed as the father of Africa’s modern literature, also assigned a delegation to commiserate with Achebe’s family, people and government of Anam ...

The ‘authors talk’ event is a platform for writers to present and discuss their works. This episode of Channels Book Club features readings from three Nigerian authors: Lola Shoneyin (the secret lives of Baba Segi’s wives and her collection of poems titled, 'so all the time I was sitting on an egg') Sam Umukoro (Heart Strings) Victor Ehikhamenor (Excuse Me!). ...

Just before President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States, the Senate Majority Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba said the Senate would treat any request of emergency rule in the troubled states on its merit. Briefing National Assembly correspondents after a meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators, Mr. Ndoma-Egba, who said the National Assembly was yet to ...

Chocolate City boss, Jude Abaga popularly known as M.I (Mr Incredible) has finally released the highly aniticipated video for the song titled 'Chairman'. The rapper released the video online, via his Twitter handle @MI_Abaga and reviews have started pouring in by fans and critics alike. After selling 6 million copies, M.I returns from a 3-year self-imposed hiatus to set a new standard. "Chairman" is the fir ...

The former Permanent Secretary, Political Affairs, in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation; Ambassador Chike Anigbo in this episode of NETWORK AFRICA discusses about the role of tribe in today's Africa sociopolitical and economic sphere with growing regional conflicts. Tribe, he claims must never be looked down on because Africa can never speak with one voice. PART 2 ...

The recent developments in the education sector leave much to be desired. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) stated that Nigeria’s illiteracy rate is about 45 percent. Unarguably, the problem has a lot to do with corruption that has led to systemic failure in our society today. Yet, an uneducated society is simply a doomed society. The rate of growth and developmen ...

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nnamdi Udoh on Tuesday refuted recent media reports that private jet owners cannot carry their friends and associates in their aircraft. Mr Udoh, who was a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, said apart from their family members, private jet owners can carry their friends and assoc ...

A Kenyan court on Thursday found two Iranian men guilty of possessing 15 kg (33 pounds) of explosives and planning to carry out bombings in Kenyan cities last year. Ahmad Mohammed and Sayed Mousavi were arrested in Nairobi last June. Kenyan Investigators said at the time it was unclear whether the pair had ties to al Qaeda-linked militants in Somalia or were part of another network. Israel's domestic intell ...

Saudi Arabia said five more people have died of a deadly new virus from the same family as SARS, and two other people were in intensive care. The seven cases were discovered in al-Ahsa governorate in the Eastern Province, the Saudi news agency SPA quoted the Saudi Health Ministry as saying in a statement late on Wednesday. A Saudi man died in March from the virus. The novel coronavirus (NCoV) is from the sa ...