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[00:00:00] are transferred to the consolidated revenue fund
[00:00:03] to you making those assets
[00:00:07] available for to agencies and for public use three
[00:00:10] restitution to victims who are directly
[00:00:14] affected by the crime and lastly deployment
[00:00:18] in of the funds you recovered or ass
[00:00:21] recovered for
[00:00:23] of developmental projects so what this means in essence
[00:00:27] of is
[00:00:28] in of poker that's a proceed of crimes act did not create a specific
[00:00:31] agency to manage uh forfitted
[00:00:35] assets, but creates directorate within each
[00:00:38] of these agencies to
[00:00:40] of oversee the management, it
[00:00:42] of means that to be accountable, one has to trace each
[00:00:45] of these agencies to get details of what they've recovered, what
[00:00:49] has the forfitted through their activities,
[00:00:52] and information on how those arts have been managed, but there are agencies
[00:00:56] that also oversee the activities
[00:00:58] of these agencies when the office
[00:01:01] of the attorney general
[00:01:06] in of of the federation, the socioeconomic rights and accountability project
[00:01:06] serap says the government continues to ignore requests
[00:01:09] surrounding the management of forfetted assets, while the federal
[00:01:13] director of public prosecution in the office
[00:01:15] of the attorney general
[00:01:16] of the federation, the
[00:01:17] of bonk claims of
[00:01:19] in relusing. we've had several times including the filing court
[00:01:22] processes against the president, particularly the attorney general
[00:01:25] of the federation, asking for details of how some
[00:01:29] of these assets have been used. the principal among which is the case we filed
[00:01:32] against um the attorney general
[00:01:34] of the federation for details of abachalut as we like to
[00:01:38] call it that is asking specifically and we sent out the freedom of
[00:01:42] information
[00:01:43] of request how much has recovered in total from my b from the various countries where
[00:01:47] these funds have been stated and how are those funds been
[00:01:51] spent without cost to go to court and the court
[00:01:54] ruled in our favor three years ago mandated the government to provide this
[00:01:58] information unfortunately as at now the Nigerian government is here to
[00:02:02] give us those details assets forfitted are always
[00:02:05] been uh relooted how assets
[00:02:09] are forfitted and before their
[00:02:13] forfitture is done
[00:02:15] of members
[00:02:15] of the public are aware there is publication so it is
[00:02:19] wrong for people to have opinion that uh maybe
[00:02:23] in officers are
[00:02:24] in using their member
[00:02:25] of their family to do that right so and I'm not
[00:02:28] even
[00:02:29] of I'm
[00:02:29] of where i'm coming from, from the commission, you are not even allowed, it's not
[00:02:33] even possible for you or to use member
[00:02:36] of your family to be part of that, exercise, so you can't, it's
[00:02:40] not possible to get that done, so i'm
[00:02:42] sure that we have, we have enough legal
[00:02:46] frameworks to protect the right
[00:02:49] of the public and to ensure that the government receives economic
[00:02:53] value and benefit from this recovered asset, i can guarantee you
[00:02:57] that, he also gives the assurance that plan are on the way for a
[00:03:01] central register of all forfitted assets and its
[00:03:05] management, each agencies or
[00:03:08] a relevant agen of government as stipulated or listed
[00:03:12] in the act has their individual
[00:03:16] register so but i'm also aware that
[00:03:20] in general
[00:03:20] is is taking uh serious
[00:03:23] of step to ensuring that at
[00:03:24] a click of a button everybody can see the list
[00:03:28] of
[00:03:29] of profitted and what and what is the value and what is
[00:03:33] in the work
[00:03:33] is in the works of course that
[00:03:35] of database could change the conversation because four future
[00:03:39] order may settle the question of ownership, but for the
[00:03:42] public accountability begins with knowing what
[00:03:46] happens next.
[00:03:47] a shayeli, channel's
[00:03:50] of television of news. so ahead on the news at 10,
[00:03:54] the Nigerian Exchange group is projecting that the total
[00:03:57] value of companies listed on exchange could hit
[00:04:01] 230 trillion nara by the end of
[00:04:04] 2026. That's in the moment, join us
[00:04:07] again.
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[00:05:30] Welcome back, the benway state universal basic education board
[00:05:33] with the support of Unicef has unveiled project brace up
[00:05:37] implementation plan with the flag off the school a box
[00:05:41] kits and equipment, the deputy governor Mr.
[00:05:45] Sam Ode performed the ceremony at the chubeb headquarters in
[00:05:48] makadi, the state capital. It says the unveiling is a
[00:05:52] strategic framework for addressing barriers to school
[00:05:55] enrollment and retention through teacher capacity
[00:05:59] development, community engagement, advocacy and
[00:06:02] improved school
[00:06:03] infrastructure.
[00:06:07] Stakeholders in the education sector converged on ben state universal
[00:06:11] basic education. Macodi for the unveiling of projects
[00:06:15] brace up implementation plan and flag off the school a
[00:06:19] box kit and sporting equipment,
[00:06:22] officials from
[00:06:23] the universal basic education commission and the united nations
[00:06:27] children's education fund or supporting the state government with
[00:06:31] 400 school a box kids expected to benefit
[00:06:34] 1600 learners alongside sport and equipment for
[00:06:38] public schools across the state's three cenatorial zones football.
[00:06:44] In her welcome address, the executive chairman of ben Sabeb says the
[00:06:47] interventions reflects the state government's commitment to transforming
[00:06:51] basic education through strategic partnerships and sustained
[00:06:55] investment. The project implemental plan is built
[00:06:59] around eight key thematic
[00:07:01] areas, including but not limited
[00:07:05] to strengthening the capacity of teachers, education
[00:07:09] stakeholders, deepning community and parent. and
[00:07:12] engagements conducting data driving mapping and
[00:07:16] enrollment of our school children. 824 schools
[00:07:20] will receive sport and equipment for football, volleyball, handball,
[00:07:24] badminton, table tennis, athletics, chess and
[00:07:28] io. the aim is to improve learning opportunities for
[00:07:31] vulnerable children in the state. UNICEF is providing 400
[00:07:35] school a box kids, which will benefit
[00:07:38] approximately 16,00 children in Benway.
[00:07:42] with essential teaching and learning materials, we are also
[00:07:46] providing 330 tablets to teachers trained on digital
[00:07:50] literacy to strengthen the use of nigerian learning
[00:07:53] passport. talking about out of school children and ensuring
[00:07:57] that they also uh partake in
[00:08:01] this uh formal education we are talking about so that they will not be left
[00:08:04] behind. in his remarks, the deputy governor notes that the
[00:08:07] implementation plan will address barriers to school enrollment
[00:08:11] and retention. while building teacher's capacity. this
[00:08:15] administration led by father
[00:08:17] aliar from its very foundation from
[00:08:21] its very initial days in office, treated
[00:08:25] the education of our children, particularly those who have
[00:08:29] been pushed to the margins by poverty,
[00:08:32] insecurity, displacement, as matter of
[00:08:35] urgent
[00:08:36] priority. project's brace-up
[00:08:40] is sponsored by UNICEF. covering eight thematic areas,
[00:08:44] targeting the eradication of out of school children, while also
[00:08:48] providing 303 additional Nigeria learning passport
[00:08:51] tablets for trained
[00:08:53] teachers. The legal state governor,
[00:08:57] Babajideson wolu has conducted an undersport
[00:09:00] assessment of vandalized bridge poll at Vin
[00:09:03] nainja along
[00:09:04] the busy Lagos Badag Expressway in Amwalhin,
[00:09:08] reassuring motoris that the vital corridor remains structurally
[00:09:12] safe. while confirming that the bridge itself has not been compromised,
[00:09:15] the governor disclosed that thieves had excavated and stripped
[00:09:19] key protective fittings, an act he described as shameful
[00:09:23] and unacceptable a time of heavy public investment in
[00:09:27] infrastructure. he also raised alarm over white bread infrastructure
[00:09:31] theft across festack town, pointing specifically to destroyed
[00:09:34] drainage slabs installing iron roads along
[00:09:38] second and seventh avenues. he valve that the state government will
[00:09:42] agressively hunts down both the vandals and the cartels by
[00:09:46] installing public property, warning that offenders will face the full
[00:09:50] weight the law regardless of this
[00:09:53] status. I want
[00:09:56] to assure Nigerians and licortions that the integrities
[00:10:00] the build bridges are intact, it is decompile
[00:10:04] and it's it's fully intact, there is nothing that is
[00:10:08] wrong with the bridges, unfortunately we also
[00:10:12] no is that some the filling that he
[00:10:15] used to hold the dead compile are some the things we saw in the video
[00:10:19] yesterday where they've been excavated and you can see that the place is
[00:10:23] empty all of those scrupulous people have run away, but they
[00:10:27] can only run for a while, because government will come back and come and deal
[00:10:31] ruthlessly with the people that will have done
[00:10:35] this, but so for
[00:10:37] our our strategy is not to be announced, but we'll come back,
[00:10:40] but the bottom line is to assure the residents and
[00:10:44] citizens that there is nothing wrong with our bridges, there's nothing
[00:10:48] wrong with the work that has been done here is perfectly in
[00:10:51] order, but it is unfair. "and it is
[00:10:55] a shame that citizens of a country
[00:10:58] will, I don't want to say ignorantly, but deliberately want
[00:11:02] to destroy public assets, the
[00:11:06] full arm the law will be anybody,
[00:11:09] anybody that has been caught, both the person that is buying
[00:11:13] and the person that is
[00:11:14] selling,
[00:11:18] saying with infrastructure in lagos, residents have
[00:11:22] appealed to the state government to repair a reconstruct
[00:11:25] inner city roads ease daily commuting across the
[00:11:29] metropolis. In this special report, channel's television visits
[00:11:33] Agege, Ogwa, Mushi and other communities shedding light on
[00:11:37] failing road infrastructure desperately begging for
[00:11:40] government
[00:11:41] intervention.
[00:11:44] Lagos, digeriaus bossling commercial hub houses over 20
[00:11:48] million people, and sees what on 3 million vehicles grinding through
[00:11:52] its atirror roads every single day.
[00:11:59] This relentless gridlog places immense pressure on the state's transport
[00:12:03] infrastructure, accelerating way and tier and leaving
[00:12:06] major corridors riddled with deep pot holes that strangle the
[00:12:10] floor of
[00:12:11] traffic. One
[00:12:15] prime bottleneck is the vital or Judgar corridor where motorus
[00:12:19] daily navigates an obstacle course of filled road sections
[00:12:22] enduring agonizing traffic. delays and blown
[00:12:26] commute
[00:12:27] times.
[00:12:34] back in march, the federal government announced ambitious plans to
[00:12:37] reconstruct and expand the 9th lamenta door carriage way in the
[00:12:41] gunusi road to unlock the choke point and boost regional
[00:12:45] connectivity. five months on the project
[00:12:49] remains untouched, yet optimism persists among
[00:12:52] officials at the lego state public work. Agency what we are
[00:12:56] doing is pallative maintenance to allow the
[00:13:00] federal ministry of works to finish their
[00:13:03] studies, conclude their designs and mobilize to
[00:13:06] site, and
[00:13:07] for fact, as we speak, the
[00:13:11] contractor that was awarded this project
[00:13:14] is already sourcing for siteyards
[00:13:18] and other logistics
[00:13:20] support.
[00:13:26] "the narrative is no different along the stretch from mobile filling station down to
[00:13:30] agege where crited asphalt forces traffic to
[00:13:33] crawl, driving up both travel times and vehicle
[00:13:37] maintenance costs for weary
[00:13:39] drivers.
[00:13:43] along our far inl road agege, desperate residents are
[00:13:47] demanding urgent intervention and point to the complete absence
[00:13:51] of a functional drainage about two months ago, three
[00:13:54] months ago. lot of have already sp, this road
[00:13:58] again, are you
[00:14:00] understand?
[00:14:06] like last two
[00:14:07] weeks,
[00:14:12] they came stone, but it's not enough, please we on are
[00:14:15] this,
[00:14:15] suffering
[00:14:19] suffering is too much, should
[00:14:20] but is not enough,
[00:14:21] please they do this so that everybody.
[00:14:30] Similar cries for help echo through the corridors of Mishing (Ejibur)
[00:14:34] and neighboring suburbs where frustrated commuters are pleading with
[00:14:37] authorities for rapid road rehabilitation back
[00:14:41] and at the same time and at the same time there are stopy people here
[00:14:45] to check vehicle license or whatever that is not good
[00:14:48] enough. talk the government to fix it for
[00:14:52] us that's all i have to say how does we affect?
[00:14:55] years your movement
[00:14:56] on allways affect my cars in fact my car will be having
[00:14:59] issue so now now
[00:15:01] of we couple have been suffering on this same road every time they break stone there
[00:15:05] was a time container even
[00:15:06] fell down here but we give thanks to god you couldn't kill anybody more than 34 hours
[00:15:10] we are here soif movement nothing nothing in response the legal state public
[00:15:14] works agency maintains that repairs are actively on the way
[00:15:18] state-wide while urging residents to desist from dumping
[00:15:22] refuse into drainage channels on motor
[00:15:25] road a 100 meter
[00:15:28] stretch, we took over 40
[00:15:32] trucks of refuge
[00:15:36] between the lagos state public. Corporation and the Lagos
[00:15:39] State Waste Management Authority to effect a more
[00:15:43] lasting solution, will require us closing down the
[00:15:47] road or creating problems for the citizens, so
[00:15:50] instead of that we do a quick work of it, introduce
[00:15:54] politives so that a more clearment situation
[00:15:58] we can come back and do the full reconstruction. Residents are
[00:16:02] appealing to the government to take advantage the approaching dry season
[00:16:05] to deliver long solution and fully
[00:16:09] rehabilitate roads across the
[00:16:11] state. in
[00:16:15] Niger state the flash flood has destroyed parts the popular
[00:16:18] general MI, housing estate in mina, the state
[00:16:22] capital. Channel's television visited the affected area as
[00:16:26] residents are seen salvaging belongings from their
[00:16:29] homes. the state emergency management agency had
[00:16:33] war the residents living along waterways, canals and
[00:16:37] banks to relocate to higher grounds following the incident would
[00:16:41] displace residence and damaged
[00:16:43] properties. it came
[00:16:47] unexpectedly, even though we have had predictions that the rains
[00:16:50] will really cause lot of high vol state for this year. based on
[00:16:54] the predictions the SRP, SCP and the
[00:16:58] AFO, the seasonal climate prediction
[00:17:01] by uh Nimets and the annual flood outlook by
[00:17:05] NASA, so uh... Actually the
[00:17:08] agency has put in place mechanisms for the
[00:17:12] sensitization and the you know awareness
[00:17:15] campaigns for um
[00:17:18] residents of communities in Niger state all
[00:17:22] over for them to be cautious and be
[00:17:26] watchful and uh for those who live along canals like
[00:17:29] this and um river banks to move to higher ground
[00:17:33] because the rains are really really coming and they are going to
[00:17:37] do lot of damage, even though we know that this was just a
[00:17:41] one of, this came out of
[00:17:45] uh uh, this is just a one of flash flood, because we we we
[00:17:49] normally experience lot of flooding in september, late
[00:17:53] september early october around those areas, so this is coming in
[00:17:56] the first week of august and we we really took us by
[00:18:00] surprise a
[00:18:01] way, amid the
[00:18:05] rising demand for quality house. in Lagos,
[00:18:08] Couplag, a cooperative Investment and Thrift Society
[00:18:12] Limited, established by Stel and Renaissance Staff, as
[00:18:16] commissioned his luxury Q2 apartments in Laky phase
[00:18:20] one Lagos developed in partnership with Q
[00:18:23] construction, the modern architectural edifits reflects
[00:18:26] Couplak's commitment to providing high quality housing
[00:18:30] solutions for its members while advancing its broader vision
[00:18:34] of strategically positioning them in prime locations. across
[00:18:38] key cities in the
[00:18:39] country.
[00:18:43] Lagos Nigeria's bustling commercial and residential hub welcomes
[00:18:47] new modern architectural masterpiece in lucky phase one with a
[00:18:51] grand commissioning of Q2
[00:18:53] apartment.
[00:19:00] The masterpiece commission by Kooplag, a corporative investment and trip
[00:19:04] society limited established by Shell. and renaissance staff
[00:19:08] cooperative is delivered in partnership with q construction
[00:19:12] open in name the father, the son
[00:19:15] and the grand commissioning
[00:19:18] as home owners alongside the management of couplag and queue
[00:19:22] construction tick a tour the apartment. there c3
[00:19:25] is and you for coming up in vi and
[00:19:28] lucky and and as a cooperative we are
[00:19:32] also mean
[00:19:35] extending our, mean
[00:19:39] focus to other areas, we have um portar called and
[00:19:43] abuja in our frontiers now and cook plag, if you
[00:19:47] look at what we're doing now, you are very strong with real estate, i
[00:19:50] will continue to do more, because our vision
[00:19:54] is a time we come where we
[00:19:57] believe every member of our society
[00:20:01] must have a home they can call their own, i think one key thing which
[00:20:05] is fundamental for us "it's the
[00:20:08] safety and integrity the building, I
[00:20:12] mean that's we cannot compromise that, so that was very
[00:20:15] key to the design, and we ensure that we built
[00:20:19] this to a highest possible standard in terms of
[00:20:23] safety and the integrity the building. now what we also added
[00:20:27] top is the architectural look and the fill,
[00:20:31] and you this looking at this, you would a test that distance
[00:20:35] out, the completed development comprises. eight units of two bedroom
[00:20:38] apartments with boys quarters and six units of three bedroom
[00:20:42] apartments all equipped with modern lifestyle amenities
[00:20:45] including a swimming pool, standby generator, sit out
[00:20:49] lounge, recreation area and much more. in the life of
[00:20:53] every construction, there are two key um
[00:20:57] milestone, one is the ground breaking and the second
[00:21:01] which is the most important is actually commissioning. that's an
[00:21:05] evidence to show that the years and months of hard work, you back
[00:21:09] and forth, less night planning and all that has actually come to
[00:21:12] frution. q2 apartments have really met my
[00:21:16] expectation in terms of delivery. when i
[00:21:20] to this, I was expecting a quality living
[00:21:23] environment, and that is what they have delivered. With the
[00:21:27] completion and commissioning of Q2 apartment, Couplag is already
[00:21:31] setting its sites on its next big project, Q3 and
[00:21:35] Q4, as a cooperative looks to tickets luxury residential
[00:21:38] development beyond Lagos to Potakakat and
[00:21:42] Abuja. The Nigerian
[00:21:45] exchange is setting its sites even higher with
[00:21:49] NGX. CEO Tim Kupula projecting that the market
[00:21:53] value of listed companies may reach
[00:21:55] 230 trillion nara by the end
[00:21:59] of 2026. The projection comes as the market has expanded
[00:22:03] significantly with listed equities now value at about
[00:22:07] 160 trillion narra up from roughly 30 trillion
[00:22:10] narr in 2023. The major anticipated listings
[00:22:14] including dangute refiner alongside sustained investor
[00:22:18] interest could drive the next. leg of
[00:22:20] growth. Ninger's external debt service
[00:22:24] payment declined to $954 million dollars in the first
[00:22:28] quarter of this year representing a 31.5%
[00:22:31] drop from the $1.39 billion dollars recorded
[00:22:35] in the correspondent period of 2025. This is according to
[00:22:39] the latest data from the debt management office DMO. The
[00:22:43] reduction reflects lower debt service obligations during the
[00:22:47] period offering some relief to government's.
[00:22:49] foreign exchange position and fiscal
[00:28:02] international national scene, Oman says positive talks are on
[00:28:06] the way with Iran over a possible agreement to
[00:28:09] secure shipping through the straight of homos, but Teran is
[00:28:13] warning that any deal will not necessarily lead to the immediate
[00:28:17] reopening the vita waterway. Iranian foreign
[00:28:20] minister Abbas Arache says the discussions are in their final
[00:28:24] stages while oman's foreign ministry is urgent restraint to
[00:28:28] prevent further attacks on shipping. The straight which carries about the fifth
[00:28:32] the world. oil and natural gas supplies has remained
[00:28:35] effectively blocked since the United States and Israel began
[00:28:38] attacking Iran.
[00:28:42] Spain has imposed border controls on air and sea travel from
[00:28:46] Italy further escalating a dispute between the two European
[00:28:50] member states over migration and border security. The
[00:28:54] measures which took effect today will remain in place for about a month and comes
[00:28:58] a week after Italy introduced similar restrictions following the
[00:29:01] arrival of a about 78,000 migrants from
[00:29:04] Morocco into Spain's enclave Osota, Madrid
[00:29:08] had given Rome until Friday to reverse his border checks, but Italy
[00:29:12] says the measures will remain in place until at least the
[00:29:16] 15th of this
[00:29:17] month.
[00:29:22] And the main news again, operatives
[00:29:25] the department of state services have arrested three more suspects
[00:29:29] allegedly linked to the kidnapping the dean of. agriculture at
[00:29:33] Nasarawa State University. Ado
[00:29:37] State Police Command said is intensifying operations against kidnappers and other
[00:29:41] criminal elements in the state by taking the fight deep into the forest
[00:29:44] suspected to be used as criminal
[00:29:47] hideout. That's the news attend tonight. I'm
[00:29:51] Melinda Akilami on behalf the team. Good
[00:29:54] night.
[00:30:37] Following the recent earth tremor recorded in Abuja on the 4th of August
[00:30:41] this year, the minister of solid mineral development is asking us to be
[00:30:45] calm. While we try to be calm, tonight, we go
[00:30:48] back and remind you of previous earth tremors
[00:30:52] experienced in Abuja, particularly at the mpappe area the Buari Areal
[00:30:56] Council. Also, tonight, we discuss infrastructure development.