Channels TV and Wike

Channels TV replies Wike, says Abuja land allocated in 2007

Channels Television has dismissed claims by Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), that the station benefited from his “benevolence” through land allocation in Abuja. Speaking on Thursday’s edition of Morning Brief, Kayode Okikiolu, one of the programme’s anchors, said the property housing the station’s headquarters in Abuja was allocated long before Wike…

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Nyesom Wike

‘Wike spoke figuratively’ — Lere Olayinka clarifies comment on Channels TV’s Okinbaloye

Lere Olayinka, senior special assistant on public communications and social media to Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has clarified the minister’s controversial comment about Seun Okinbaloye, saying it was not meant literally. Wike had said in a media chat on Friday that he would have shot Okinbaloye through his TV over…

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