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[00:00:07] of
[00:00:20] Hello and a
[00:00:21] of warm welcome to Newstack, I'm Melinda Akami, and these are the
[00:00:25] stories and reports we're tracking at this
[00:00:27] time, Operatives
[00:00:30] of the Department of State Services (GSS) have arrested three
[00:00:34] more
[00:00:34] of suspects allegedly linked to the kidnapping
[00:00:37] of the dean of agriculture at the Nasarawa State University, professor
[00:00:41] Samuel. According to security source, the
[00:00:44] suspects were reportedly arrested on Friday night a local
[00:00:48] brother along the Lafia Macodi Highway. Professor
[00:00:52] Okunsebo was abducted by government in the early hours of Wednesday,
[00:00:56] of July the 15th, at the Miile Uku way.
[00:01:00] a border community between Alafia and Nasarawa
[00:01:03] of igon, local government areas
[00:01:05] of of Nasarawa state. DSS operatives rescued the
[00:01:08] University Dawn two days after his abduction and arrested two suspects
[00:01:12] including woman in connection with the incident. The latest
[00:01:16] arrest brings to five the number of suspects taken into custody
[00:01:20] in connection with the
[00:01:21] kidnapping. Ahead
[00:01:25] of of the 2027 general elections, the all progressive congress, APC in Delta State
[00:01:29] is intensifying efforts to close rank with the Delta North
[00:01:33] stakeholders calling for reconciliation and greater grassroot
[00:01:37] of mobilization. of At the stakeholders meeting in
[00:01:40] of Asaba, the party endorsed
[00:01:42] a President Bolatinu and Governor Sheriff Variori for
[00:01:45] second term in
[00:01:46] office.
[00:01:51] With the political terrain already taking shape ahead of
[00:01:55] of 2027. This meeting provides a platform for APC leaders
[00:01:59] in Delta North. to consolidate the party structure and
[00:02:02] address internal differences that could affect its electoral
[00:02:06] of fortunes. the gathering is attended by delta state deputy
[00:02:10] governorme, former governor
[00:02:13] of the state, senator Ifanyo Kowa, APC delta state
[00:02:17] chairman, chief Solomon Arayanka, Delta North chairman,
[00:02:20] Mr. Dan Osay, and other party leaders stakeholders
[00:02:24] and aspirants. Former governor of delta state and APC
[00:02:28] leader, Senator Koa. charged party leaders to take the
[00:02:32] message of President Tinus economic policies to the grassroots, saying
[00:02:36] the reforms
[00:02:36] me are of moving in the right direction and required greater understanding
[00:02:40] and support among the people. It is your duty as
[00:02:44] a party
[00:02:46] of man to go out there to speak for, Mr.
[00:02:49] President,
[00:02:50] in your worlds and in your
[00:02:52] units.
[00:02:54] in We may not need to go to the past, but we
[00:02:58] know. that many well meaning
[00:03:02] Nigerians, including those who are respected across
[00:03:05] the world, have consistently said the
[00:03:09] economy is moving in the right direction. Also speaking,
[00:03:13] the Delta State APC Chairman, chief
[00:03:16] de of Solomonca asked party leaders to become more active at the
[00:03:19] units and word levels stressing that a strong political structure
[00:03:23] must begin from the grassroots. There are some
[00:03:27] of leaders who are seated here in this. meeting,
[00:03:30] but when they call meetings at local levels, they don't
[00:03:33] attend, please, i want to appeal to those
[00:03:36] leaders, leadership is derived for your
[00:03:40] units,
[00:03:41] it is derived for your work, before you come to the
[00:03:45] state, please make it point of duty to
[00:03:49] of attend one meetings. for the deputy
[00:03:51] governorme, reconciliation remains critical to
[00:03:55] building a formidable APC ahead
[00:03:57] of the elections,
[00:04:01] we proud of all our candidates, starting from
[00:04:04] president, we must be proud of
[00:04:07] president, we must be proud of
[00:04:10] ours, i am very proud of
[00:04:13] it, we must be proud of our
[00:04:16] next
[00:04:18] candidates, of course we must be
[00:04:22] proud of our governor,
[00:04:24] including
[00:04:33] The meeting climaxed with vote of confidence and endorsement of President Bola
[00:04:37] Ahmed Chinubu and Governor Sheriff Obrari as
[00:04:41] the party's sold candidates for the presidency and governorship
[00:04:44] respectively in the 2027 general
[00:04:49] anders have elections. so
[00:04:51] stakeholders resolved that motion
[00:04:55] be put together to
[00:04:58] endorse. no any other person or
[00:05:02] presidentd
[00:05:06] as our soul candidate in the fourth
[00:05:10] coming presidential. general
[00:05:13] election come January 16, now we have no another
[00:05:17] person that we are going to vote for for the APC
[00:05:21] in Delta North, the message from the gathering is clear,
[00:05:24] reconcile the ranks, strengthen the party from the grassroots
[00:05:28] and take the campaign for President Tinubu and governor Oburu
[00:05:32] into the communities ahead the 2027
[00:05:35] polls. Meanwhile, inquirer
[00:05:39] say the president has been urged to weigh into the... post
[00:05:43] primary election crisis within the all-progressive congress.
[00:05:47] the appeal was part of resolutions reached by agrieved AP
[00:05:50] aspirants a stakeholders meeting in the state
[00:05:54] capital. the group warns that failing to address these
[00:05:57] issues will deepen the divide within the
[00:06:00] party.
[00:06:05] for absolute
[00:06:07] support,
[00:06:10] continuous absolute loyalty.
[00:06:17] continuous try to make
[00:06:21] sure that our
[00:06:24] father, the president of
[00:06:28] Nigeria,
[00:06:30] Senator Bola Ahmed
[00:06:34] Dinobu,
[00:06:38] is returned by the
[00:06:41] strength of vote by the strength of
[00:06:45] our support, we call upon the national leadership of
[00:06:49] APC to take the concern of para party members
[00:06:53] seriously through the
[00:06:57] unity, sacrifice and collective result of our people, the
[00:07:00] APC became the dominant political force
[00:07:04] in the state, with victory at every level
[00:07:07] in the 2027 election, family
[00:07:11] retairing. that prospect has
[00:07:14] now undermine by the
[00:07:17] unilateral decision of one individual,
[00:07:21] unless, unless the present
[00:07:24] arrangement is reconsidered and the wide spread
[00:07:27] disaffection among the party members genuinely
[00:07:31] address, the party's unity and electoral
[00:07:34] success can no longer be assure, isn't
[00:07:37] it? so the
[00:07:41] issues now the... National youth service core has given assurances that
[00:07:45] core members will be invived with life changing skills in
[00:07:49] camp. This is made known at the rivers orientation camp ti local
[00:07:52] government area of river state by the state coordinator Mr.
[00:07:56] Moses
[00:07:57] during the
[00:07:58] swearing in of new core members. Addressing
[00:08:01] journalists, he gave assurances that core members welfare
[00:08:05] remains a top priority while charging them to maintain strict
[00:08:09] discipline throughout their service year.
[00:08:15] for this th cup they have a whole lot to
[00:08:18] learn starting from physically
[00:08:21] conditioning them because as they came out from their various
[00:08:25] stations they came out th some them the berus
[00:08:29] but here you don't have a choice because the camp is regimented
[00:08:32] so we dictate what they do the other side
[00:08:36] you you know our flagship the skill acquisition many them came without
[00:08:40] having any skill i can ass that before they leave here they
[00:08:44] will have more than one ski. um river state is very amazing place and i'm looking
[00:08:48] forward to explore everything there is in camp and outside
[00:08:52] camp. um i'm looking forward to meeting quality
[00:08:56] people on this ground that i'm very sure would help ship my
[00:08:59] life in the future. taking a moment
[00:09:03] now when news track returns the federal government and traditional
[00:09:07] rulers intensify efforts to improve primary health careare
[00:09:11] delivery will give you Details of that story and others in moment. Join us
[00:09:15] again.
[00:10:25] to
[00:10:25] last,
[00:10:42] welcome back, the federal government is reaffirming its commitment to
[00:10:46] investing in primary, tertiary and public healthcare
[00:10:50] services, the coordinating minister of health and social
[00:10:53] welfare, professor Muhammad party stated this in the nation's
[00:10:57] capital at the second quarterly meeting the northern traditional
[00:11:01] leaders committee on primary healthcare delivery convened by
[00:11:05] the national primary health careare development agency. he says the
[00:11:09] progress recorded in the health sector is landly due to effective
[00:11:13] collaboration between the government and traditional
[00:11:16] institutions.
[00:11:21] the coordinating minister of health and social welfare professor.
[00:11:25] party is hosting the second quarterly meeting the national
[00:11:29] primer health careare development agencies northern traditional leaders
[00:11:32] committee on primary healthcare delivery in
[00:11:35] Abuja. The meeting seeks to assess
[00:11:39] progress in primary healthcare delivery and chart a path towards
[00:11:43] improving health outcomes in northern Nigeria. This falls
[00:11:47] to only 41. The minister notes that vaccines remain one the
[00:11:50] most cost-effective public health interventions, significantly reducing the...
[00:11:55] burding of many vaccine preventable diseases, we are aware
[00:11:59] the dedication of all members the
[00:12:02] traditional institution across levels in between the quality
[00:12:06] reviews to focus on improving the health of our
[00:12:09] people. the federal government deeply values
[00:12:13] the partnership with you, because you have demonstrated
[00:12:17] repeatedly that lasting health outcomes are achieved
[00:12:21] not only through sound policies of government, but so
[00:12:25] through trusted community engagement, community leadership. the
[00:12:28] sultan of was represented by the chairman the northern traditional
[00:12:32] leaders committee, his royal highness al haji samela mera
[00:12:36] urged authorities not to neglect remote and vulnerable communities due
[00:12:40] to insecurity. our
[00:12:45] the immunization, broader
[00:12:46] support primary healthcare agenda, improve nutrition,
[00:12:49] improving nutrition, combating malaria, streng
[00:12:53] somevelance and no mother loses her life, bringing life into
[00:12:57] this world. healthy communities are the better of national
[00:13:01] development, peace and prosperity. also
[00:13:04] speaking on the government's commitment to expanding healthcare services in
[00:13:08] remote communities, the executive director the national primary healthcare
[00:13:12] development agency, Dr. Muyu Ana said recent health
[00:13:16] survey findings indicated progress in national immunization
[00:13:20] coverage. What we are also doing today with the traditional
[00:13:23] leaders is identify. some of those states where we
[00:13:27] still have issues of insecurity, we still have issues of communities
[00:13:31] that um need to be better reached and better targeted, and we're trying
[00:13:35] to figure out ways with the traditional leaders to reach them. as
[00:13:39] Nigeria pushes to strengthen primary healthcare as a foundation of
[00:13:43] its health system. the partnership between government and traditional
[00:13:46] institutions remains indispensable in reaching the most
[00:13:50] vulnerable communities and delivering better health outcomes for millions
[00:13:54] of Niger. from Abuja Victoria Longchon
[00:13:58] Channels Television News about
[00:14:01] 10,000 households and hundreds of businesses in
[00:14:05] Balanga, local government area of Gombay State is said to get
[00:14:09] 24 hours reliable power supply, and that's after
[00:14:13] 17 years, now the project is expected to boost small
[00:14:16] businesses, agricultural activities and improve the livelihoods
[00:14:20] of residents.
[00:14:25] This is Talase town in Balanga, local government area of Gumbe
[00:14:28] State, a community surrounded by thousands of subsistents
[00:14:32] and commercial farmers who have long struggled with the absence
[00:14:36] of electricity.
[00:14:40] For more than 17 years. Talasian surrounding villages lived with
[00:14:44] little or no access to electricity, leaving households and small
[00:14:48] business owners no option but to rely on alternative
[00:14:52] sources of power. Their weight may soon. be over as
[00:14:56] governor Innova Yahyaya is leveraging on the 2023
[00:14:59] electricity Act which opened up the power sector for state
[00:15:03] governments to generate, market and distribute
[00:15:06] power.
[00:15:10] The state government is partnering with the rural electrification
[00:15:13] agency and other development partners to deliver the
[00:15:17] Balanga 1 megwatt solar power project. This project
[00:15:21] is going to have lot of benefits for the people.
[00:15:27] one is that they are going to be having an uninterrupted 24
[00:15:31] hours power supply,
[00:15:33] uninterrupted, two, the we are
[00:15:36] going
[00:15:37] to provide electric. motorcycles, rechargeable electric
[00:15:40] motorcycles that can be used by the farmers. Balanga local government is
[00:15:44] one the local government that is
[00:15:47] that are very very good in farming, they have a
[00:15:51] large farmlands, we have the balanga dam, so the farmers
[00:15:55] around this area will no longer have to make use of
[00:15:58] electricity to power their own generators, even during the
[00:16:02] irrigation farming, so it will have lot of benefits to the
[00:16:06] people of balanga local. area: the project represents an
[00:16:10] opportunity to unlock the economic potential of
[00:16:13] communities that have been without power for nearly two
[00:16:16] decades. Balanga local government is the local government,
[00:16:20] we are proud of farming, because we don't have any, we don't
[00:16:24] have any other business rather than farming, so it will in
[00:16:27] help, it will help us, it will enhance our people to boost their farming,
[00:16:31] even to boost their businesses. In fact, we have some of our graduates
[00:16:35] that are into small business. it will help them in into doing their
[00:16:39] small businesses, in fact is one the best
[00:16:43] project as far as we, the farmers of Balanga local government are
[00:16:46] concerned because uh it will boost
[00:16:50] the economic activities of our farming work and it will
[00:16:54] also allow us to have mechanized farming in Balanga
[00:16:58] local government and that will go a long way in making the local
[00:17:02] government proud and we are hoping in future that
[00:17:06] Balanga local government will become the food basket of Gumbe
[00:17:09] State. Beyond providing electricity, it's also
[00:17:12] designed to advance Gombe State's clean energy agenda.
[00:17:16] Before we implement a project, we used to run simulation using
[00:17:20] PBCs and Homer Pro to test the global radiance and
[00:17:23] everything. So we have all our documents and then our
[00:17:27] simulation are reports before we even come and site a project even if you
[00:17:30] see the the inclination the panels, direction is and
[00:17:34] everything is stated and we do lot of. calculation
[00:17:38] in determining everything here with the gombe model admired by
[00:17:42] several state governments now at about 90%
[00:17:44] completion, expectations are high that is commissioning will
[00:17:48] mark a new chapter for Telase and neighboring
[00:17:51] communities.
[00:17:56] the panja delta forum pandef and group managing
[00:18:00] director of UTM floating liquified natural
[00:18:03] gass (flNG limited) Mr.
[00:18:07] Rone have commended President Bolatinu over the execution the
[00:18:11] landmark 15-year gas supply agreement for the UTM
[00:18:15] floating liquified natural gas project, describing it as
[00:18:19] major breakthrough for the industry and indigenous energy
[00:18:22] development. The agreement signed during the Nigerian oil and gas
[00:18:26] energy week in Abuja guarantees the supply of
[00:18:30] 200 million stanbic cubic feet of gas per day
[00:18:34] to the UTM FLNG facility. the
[00:18:38] gas will be supplied under a wet gas seal and purchase agreement
[00:18:41] between the NNPC, Seplat Energy Joint Venture and
[00:18:45] UTM FLNG Limited. According to Pandev,
[00:18:49] securing the long-term gas supply removes the biggest obstacle to the
[00:18:53] project and represents major milestone for indigenous
[00:18:56] participation in the injurious energy sector, while the
[00:19:00] UTMF LNG Managing Director, Mr.
[00:19:04] Rone adds that the agreement demonstrates what in companies
[00:19:08] can achieve with the right policy support and
[00:19:11] political will. Beyond LNG
[00:19:15] exports, the project is expected to boost domestic gas
[00:19:18] utilization, reduce gas flaring, create jobs and
[00:19:22] generate additional foreign exchange for the country. For the federal
[00:19:26] government, the agreement also fits into his broader decade of
[00:19:30] gas agenda and efforts to monify monetize
[00:19:34] Langer's vast gas reserves.
[00:19:41] so to come on news track Nigeria's FDI surges will give you the
[00:19:45] numbers on business news, do stay with
[00:19:47] us.
[00:20:53] Coleman wires and cables, world class quality built to
[00:20:56] last.
[00:21:10] Nigeria recorded a strong rebound in foreign direct
[00:21:14] investment in 2025 with inflows rising to
[00:21:17] about $4 billion dollars. from 1.6 billion
[00:21:21] a year earlier, increase of about 148%, and
[00:21:25] that's according to the 2026 UN trade and
[00:21:29] development world investment report, now that report
[00:21:32] reveals that global FDI rose 6% to
[00:21:36] 1.6 trillion dollars in 2025.
[00:21:39] However, Africa attracted just $70
[00:21:43] billion dollars, that's about 4.3% the global
[00:21:46] investment as capital inflows to the continent. declined
[00:21:50] 26%. while Nigeria's rebound was driven mainly
[00:21:54] by oil, gas and energy investments, the report says the country
[00:21:58] should now prioritize high quality investment that supports
[00:22:02] industrialization, creating of jobs, strengthening the
[00:22:06] local businesses and boosting export
[00:22:08] competitiveness. now speaking of
[00:22:12] investment, Nigeria is targeting up to $50 billion dollars
[00:22:16] in offshore oil and gas by 20.
[00:22:20] 30 as it moves to boost crude production and attract
[00:22:24] more private capital into the energy sector,
[00:22:27] according to the Nigerian upstream petroleum regulatory commission,
[00:22:31] NUPRC, the target will be driven
[00:22:35] by mostly the target will be driven by 22 major
[00:22:39] offshore projects expected over the next five years, it added more
[00:22:43] than 57 billion dollars in field development
[00:22:46] plans have already been approved, and the commission says that
[00:22:50] investments will create jobs, strengthen energy security and
[00:22:53] support munge goal of raising oil production
[00:22:57] to 3 million barrels per day by
[00:23:00] 2030.
[00:23:06] on the international scene, Spain has imposed border
[00:23:09] controls on air and sea travel from Italy for the
[00:23:13] escalating a dispute between the two EU member states over
[00:23:17] migration and border security. now this measures which took effect early
[00:23:21] today will remain in place for a month and comes
[00:23:25] a week after Italy introduced similar restrictions following the
[00:23:28] arrival of about 78 thousand migrants from Morocco
[00:23:32] into Spain's enclaves of Suta. Madrid had given Rome
[00:23:36] until Friday to reverse its border checks, but Italy says the measures will
[00:23:40] remain in place until at least August the 15th, siting
[00:23:44] security and terrorism concerns. The dispute has brought spanish
[00:23:47] prime minister Pedro Sanchez. into a direct class with
[00:23:51] his Italian counterpart Georgia Balloni has both
[00:23:55] governments affair on the application of Shengen border free agreement
[00:23:59] and how to respond to migration
[00:24:01] pressures.
[00:24:16] With a ticket to the next year's FIFA World Cup at stake.
[00:24:20] Super Falcons of Nigeria will confront parennial
[00:24:23] rivals Cameroon in the Women Africa Cup of Nations
[00:24:27] quarterfinal in Casablanca on Sunday. Now the
[00:24:30] turf is an all familiar terrain as the Lari
[00:24:34] Zooli stadium in Casablanca, the venue where super
[00:24:38] falcons played most their matches on the way to successful and
[00:24:42] historic 10 title last
[00:24:44] yeary between the indomitable lioneses
[00:24:48] of Cameroon and the super off Nigeria started in
[00:24:52] 1991 and that was as the first ever
[00:24:55] FIFA Women's World Cup African qualifiers, Nigeria won
[00:24:59] both legs to qualify for the World Cup, and the last
[00:25:03] battle was in Morocco here in the quarter final, and of
[00:25:07] course the World Cup ticket was also at stake, Rashidad
[00:25:10] Ajibadi scoring the only goal for Nigeria to reach the
[00:25:14] semi-final and also book a ticket for the 2023
[00:25:18] FIFA World Cup. This time around there is another battle in
[00:25:22] 2026 and also in
[00:25:24] Morocco.
[00:25:30] It's gonna be very tough one, it's gonna be physical, it's gonna be
[00:25:34] very,
[00:25:34] you know, both mentally and emotionally and everywhere I can expect
[00:25:38] it, it's going to be tense, but yeah we are ready for
[00:25:42] this and we are prepared for these and for us superfall buse we know a
[00:25:46] standard
[00:25:46] we not our level and we not our level and uh
[00:25:50] Yeah, we we sure we're going to weather through everything and we just focus
[00:25:54] on our game and take one step by the time. For the Cameroonians, they are
[00:25:58] determined to end the superfalcon's dominance.
[00:26:02] remember that in our country uh for the Olympic
[00:26:06] games we push out
[00:26:10] Nigeria and the the history
[00:26:14] repeat repeat itself in this work for the first
[00:26:17] time tomorrow this uh Sunday
[00:26:21] the Cameroon will beat Nigeria and I give you
[00:26:25] rendezv after the match the fighting spirits that prevails in the
[00:26:29] Lioneses then as compared to previous competitions and when you look
[00:26:32] at uh the slow pace with which the superfall constated or impact on
[00:26:36] this women's afcon with uh the defeat in the tournament opener to
[00:26:40] Malawi and uh slight margin win
[00:26:44] against Zambia and the win against Egypt that prepared them to the next one of this
[00:26:48] competition it's not the super falcons that we used to know that's on paper
[00:26:52] on the field of play it's something else this time around and that's what convinces me that
[00:26:55] tomorrow is going to be the on the vote for Nigeria having considered five goals
[00:26:59] and scoring nine coach Justin Madugo. understands the
[00:27:03] mission for them to have talked the group, mean you you cannot take
[00:27:07] them for granted and we watch all their games, they have watch all our
[00:27:11] games, we see what everybody does,
[00:27:14] so you just as you asking me the what
[00:27:18] i know as their strength, they are also trying to know what is our
[00:27:22] strength and our weakness, so these are things that is only the technical
[00:27:25] people that will deal with, so it's not anything we know
[00:27:29] ourselves, there's so much to play for for this...
[00:27:32] people performs with the criticism they faced bring out the best in
[00:27:36] them and for
[00:27:37] the cameroonians will they qualify
[00:27:39] for the semifinal and also end the dominance the
[00:27:43] superfalcons. the battle will be here at the labi
[00:27:47] zule stadium in Casablanca. Cecilia
[00:27:50] m for Chinese television. I
[00:27:54] guess all those questions will be answered tomorrow. That's it on
[00:27:58] News track. Thank you so much for watching. I'm Melinda Kise.
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[00:28:05] 10.
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[00:29:18] osiod symptoms persist after three days consult your doctor.
[00:29:22] doctor.
[00:30:17] Bible is my
[00:30:18] fatherland god bless
[00:30:22] the bible and every
[00:30:25] woman we are
[00:30:28] beautiful.
[00:30:53] Ask conversations, ask conversations on
[00:30:57] governance and democracy continues.