Channels TV News

• Channels Television is a 24-hour news and media company founded in 1992 by Nigerian broadcasters John and Sola Momoh, with operations in Lagos, Abuja, Edo, Kano, and bureaus/stringers/affiliates in Africa.
• Aimed to give the government an alternative communication medium, accommodate opposing views, and inform/educate the public on how they are governed.
• Market leader in independent news – 17% of Nigeria’s adult population watch weekly (nearly 20 million people).
• Numerous awards from Nigeria Media Merit Awards Trust (14 times) & International Emmy Awards nominee for the UNICEF category.
• First African media organization to stream news & programs live; First Nigerian TV Company w/ 2M YouTube subscribers & 7M social media followers/fans/subscribers.
• Milestones: 1995 began operations; 2000 launched website; 2009 covered US presidential election; 2011 moved to own headquarters; 2012 covered Ghana/US Presidential elections & launched a mobile app; 2013 covered several international events – AU Summit (Addis Ababa), the funeral of Nelson Mandela (SA + Lagos), deployment of troops to Mali, etc.; 2014 selected as exclusive host broadcaster of World Economic Forum on Africa.

Timeline Of Emefiele’s Tenure As CBN Governor

  Within a span of 18 hours, Godwin Emefiele went from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor to suspended and, as of Saturday afternoon, apprehended by the Department of State Services (DSS). Catch up on the embattled CBN governor’s career to date with this timeline of event: February 20, 2014: President Goodluck Jonathan nominates the …

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The 40-Day Colombian Jungle Search For Four Missing Children

    For 40 days after their plane crashed, four Indigenous children were lost in the Colombian Amazon rainforest. A major search operation, with rescuers finding a steady string of clues about their whereabouts, came to an end on Friday with the discovery of the children alive. They were flown to the capital Bogota early …

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LIVE UPDATE: Man City Aim For Treble In Champions League Final Against Inter Milan

  Manchester City take on Inter Milan in the Champions League final in Istanbul on Saturday.  Fresh off a domestic double, Pep Guardiola’s side are aiming to match Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United 1999 record of winning the treble. Guardiola, chasing the third Champions League crown of his coaching career, has built a side that is …

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Pixar Returns With Immigrant Fable ‘Elemental’

    Pixar is seeking to rediscover its box office fortunes with the timely immigrant fable “Elemental,” the animation studio’s first totally original new film to hit theatres since the start of the pandemic. The movie, out next Friday in the United States, is set in the fantastical Element City — where residents made out …

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Man City, Inter Set For Champions League Final Showdown

  Manchester City and Inter Milan clash in Saturday’s Champions League final in Istanbul with the English side, under Pep Guardiola, strongly fancied to win European club football’s biggest prize for the first time. The match at the 75,000-seat Ataturk Olympic Stadium, kicks off at 10:00 pm (1900 GMT) in the Turkish metropolis and brings …

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Romania Recalls Kenya Envoy For ‘Calling Africans Monkeys’

    Romania on Saturday said it had recalled its ambassador to Kenya for allegedly comparing a monkey to Africans while attending a meeting in Nairobi. Dragos Viorel Tigau was at a UN building in Kenya’s capital on April 26 when a monkey appeared at the window of the conference room. “The African group has …

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French Court Sentences Man To 18 Years For Burning Alive Pregnant Teenager

  A court in France sentenced a man to 18 years in prison on Friday for stabbing and then burning alive his 15-year-old girlfriend. The 2019 killing of the secondary school pupil, identified in court only as Shaina, revived outrage in France over the number of women who die at the hands of intimate partners. …

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