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Former Deputy Senate President Ibrahim Mantu is dead, family sources confirmed to Channels Television. Mantu died in a private hospital in Abuja in the early hours of Tuesday after falling ill nine days ago. The deceased was elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1999 to represent Plateau Central Senatorial District […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed the Petroleum Industry Bill 2021 into law. This was confirmed in a statement signed by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, and sent to DAILY POST. The ceremonial part of the new legislation will be done on Wednesday after the days of mandatory […]
A member of the House of Representatives, Hon Adebayo Omolafe is dead. Hon Omolafe was said to have slumped and died in the early hours of Monday. Before his death, he was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), representing Akure North/Akure South Constituency in the House of Reps. The Publicity Secretary of the […]
Bordeaux striker Samuel Kalu collapsed on the pitch in a French Ligue 1 game at Marseille on Sunday where temperatures hit a sweltering 30 degrees. The 23-year-old Nigerian international fainted and slumped to the Stade Velodrome surface in the early stages of the match. Worried teammates gathered around the stricken Kalu and frantically waved their hands to the bench […]
Gunmen suspected to be armed bandits have attacked the College of Agriculture and Animal Science in Bakura Local Government Area of Zamfara state Sources told Channels Television that the bandits stormed the institution around 11 pm on Sunday and kidnapped an unspecified numbers of students and staff of the college. The gunmen also killed a […]
The Federal Government on Thursday said it was not considering a lockdown despite rising cases of COVID-19 infections across the country. Speaking at the weekly ministerial briefing organized at the State House in Abuja, Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said the number of cases were not threatening enough, yet, for a lockdown to be […]
The Nigerian High Commission in London has been closed for 10 days after two officials tested positive for COVID-19. The High Commission stated this in a statement on Thursday night. “This afternoon, the Head of Immigration Section and two other officials went for a meeting at the Home Office,” it said in the statement. “At […]
Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham has reportedly agreed personal terms with Arsenal despite links with a move to Roma. The 23-year-old fell out of favour under Thomas Tuchel last season and will struggle for game even more at Stamford Bridge next term with the arrival of Romelu Lukaku. With Edin Dzeko thought to be heading to […]
Indonesia has formally apologised over the manhandling of a Nigerian diplomat in the South-East Asia country. A viral of video of Mr. Mohammed Buba, an accredited Nigerian diplomat, being rough-handled by Indonesian immigration officials, had surfaced online earlier, prompting Nigeria to threaten to review its relationship with the country. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs regrets […]
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), for the first time has three deputy vice-chancellors as opposed to the two it used to have. The move would be seen as unprecedented in the Nigerian university system where the practice used to be mostly two deputy vice-chancellors in a university. The innovation at NOUN came with […]
