27 h. ago Zelensky Declares Readiness To Hold Elections In Ukraine With US Support

Ukrainian law prohibits holding elections under martial law, without which a presidential ballot was to have taken place in March 2024. The post Zelensky Declares Readiness To Hold Elections In Ukraine With US Support appeared first on Channels Television.

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4 d. ago Kyiv, US Teams To Hold New Talks As Russian Strikes Pummel Ukraine

President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner have been meeting with top Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov and Andriy Gnatov, the chief of staff of Kyiv's armed forces. The post Kyiv, US Teams To Hold New Talks As Russian Strikes Pummel Ukraine appeared first on Channels Television.

Politics

7 d. ago Pressure Nigeria To Disband Hisbah, Ban Sharia Law, Obadare Tells U.S. Congress During Hearing

Ebenezer Obadare, a Douglas Dillon senior fellow for Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), says the United States should pressure Nigeria to make the Sharia law unconstitutional. Obadare spoke as an expert witness at a roundtable convened by US lawmakers on Tuesday in Washington to discuss Nigeria’s escalating insecurity and an alleged […] The post Pressure Nigeria To Disband Hisbah, Ban Sharia Law, Obadare Tells U.S. Congress During Hearing appeared first on Information Nigeria.

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9 d. ago ICC: Nigeria demands respect for states’ sovereignty, constitution

"Our Armed Forces conduct operations in line with international humanitarian law and maintain mechanisms for independent

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9 d. ago Alleged Defamation: Court Grants FG’s Request To Shift Natasha’s Trial To February 23

Natasha is facing a criminal defamation charge over claims that Senate President and former Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello plotted to kill her. The post Alleged Defamation: Court Grants FG’s Request To Shift Natasha’s Trial To February 23 appeared first on Channels Television.

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1 week ago Nigeria will no longer export raw minerals without local processing — FG

The Federal Government has insisted that Nigeria will no longer continue the long-standing practice of exporting raw minerals without meaningful local processing, as the proposed 30% value-addition law moves closer to presidential assent.

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1 week ago NDLEA seizes 1,125 rounds of ammunition in Kaduna, busts Lagos cartel disguising drugs as Christmas cookies

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted and arrested a man with 1,125 rounds of 7.62mm read more NDLEA seizes 1,125 rounds of ammunition in Kaduna, busts Lagos cartel disguising drugs as Christmas cookies

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1 week ago South Africa Arrests Four Suspected Of Wanting To Fight For Russia

Police suspect them of having breached South Africa's law against citizens fighting for a foreign country's army without the government's authorisation. The post South Africa Arrests Four Suspected Of Wanting To Fight For Russia appeared first on Channels Television.

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2 w. ago Alleged Cybercrime: Court Adjourns Natasha Trial To February 4, 2026

The senator was alleged to have accused Senator Godswill Akpabio, of instructing former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to have her killed. The post Alleged Cybercrime: Court Adjourns Natasha Trial To February 4, 2026 appeared first on Channels Television.

Events

3 w. ago The alleged withdrawal of orderly from Rivers judge over judgment against police

BY now, Nigerians are fairly well acquainted with their country being often a theatre of the absurd. But even at that, certain events still appear too shocking to be real. One of such is the recent allegation by the rights organisation, Society for Rule of Law in Nigeria (SRLN), regarding the alleged withdrawal of the […]

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3 w. ago ‘My Rumoured Strained Relationship With Tinubu Is False’, Says Ex

The immediate-past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has distanced himself from a viral video by one Joy Sadiq, suggesting a strained relationship between him and President Ahmed Tinubu. Bello described the insinuation in the video as inaccurate, misleading, malicious and non-reflective of reality. In a statement personally signed by the former Governor and […]

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3 w. ago Alleged N110bn fraud: I am not Kogi’s govt house account officer or relationship manager — EFCC witness

THE sixth prosecution witness (PW6) in the ongoing trial of former Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State and two others before the high court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mshelia Arhyel Bata, on Thursday, told the court that he was never at any time the account officer or relationship manager of the Kogi State […]

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4 w. ago FG to review private security law to address current threats

The Federal Government has announced plans to review the Private Security Companies Act of 1986 to align it with Nigeria’s read more FG to review private security law to address current threats

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4 w. ago ₦110bn fraud trial: Witness details how Yahaya Bello’s aide withdrew ₦1bn in four days

A bank compliance officer on Wednesday told an Abuja High Court in Maitama of how Abdulsalam Hudu, an aide to read more ₦110bn fraud trial: Witness details how Yahaya Bello’s aide withdrew ₦1bn in four days

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4 w. ago Money Laundering Charge: Court Adjourns Yahaya Bello’s Trial To Jan 29

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has adjourned further hearing on the 19-count money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, filed against the former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to January 29, 2026. Bello, who piloted the affairs of Kogi state from 2016 to 2024, is facing trial over […] The post Money Laundering Charge: Court Adjourns Yahaya Bello’s Trial To Jan 29 appeared first on Information Nigeria.

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4 w. ago Nigeria, US, UK Launch Joint Probe Into N338bn Cocaine Seized At Lagos Port

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has said it is working with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA) to unravel the cartel behind the importation of 1,000 kilogrammes  of cocaine worth N338 billion, recovered from a container at the PTML Terminal of Tincan Island Port […]

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4 w. ago Witness reveals ₦117m withdrawn from 13 Kogi LGs in Yahaya Bello’s ₦80bn trial

The trial of Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi State, continued on Tuesday before Emeka Nwite, Justice of the Federal read more Witness reveals ₦117m withdrawn from 13 Kogi LGs in Yahaya Bello’s ₦80bn trial

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4 w. ago Yahaya Bello: How cash was moved into Kogi LG statutory accounts — Witness

“My Lord, there was a cash withdrawal of ₦10 million in favour of one..."

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4 w. ago NDLEA partners US DEA, UK NCA over 1,000kg cocaine seizure at Lagos port

…as NDLEA probes $235m drug cartel The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it is working with the United read more NDLEA partners US DEA, UK NCA over 1,000kg cocaine seizure at Lagos port

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4 w. ago Alleged money laundering: Court adjourns Yahaya Bello’s trial until Jan 29

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday adjourned the alleged money laundering trial of former Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, until January 29 for continuation of trial.

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