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[00:00:00] most capital, the findings delivered on September the 30th, 2026
[00:00:04] by the chief magistrate Chinaka reveals that Jokho was
[00:00:07] detained for about six weeks over an alleged
[00:00:10] in theft and abellable offense. The coroner found that demands for
[00:00:14] money and inhuman detention
[00:00:16] of conditions all contributed to his
[00:00:18] of decline in health and eventual death. Amnesty International is urging
[00:00:22] authorities implement the recommendations, investigate alleged witness
[00:00:26] intimidation and autopsy obstruction prosecute where evidt.
[00:00:30] support criminal responsibility and compensate injo's
[00:00:33] family. the organization is also demanding urgent reforms to prevent
[00:00:37] further abuse in police
[00:00:39] custody. and the Nigeria Police
[00:00:43] force
[00:00:43] of intelligence department special
[00:00:45] of tactical
[00:00:46] of scord have announced the arrest of three suspects allegedly involved in the
[00:00:49] movement and distribution of explosive materials from Gana
[00:00:53] into Nigeria. paraiding the
[00:00:55] of suspects in Abuja, the commander
[00:00:57] of of the special tacticals court, Mr. Victor. day says that the police
[00:01:01] recovered 500 kilograms of materials concealed in 50
[00:01:05] kilograms bags of flaw during intelligence led operation in
[00:01:09] badagri in
[00:01:11] of Lagos.
[00:01:15] It is
[00:01:15] of another parade of suspect as the Nigeria Police force alleged
[00:01:19] that these three men played different roles
[00:01:22] in a supply chain through which explosive materials were
[00:01:26] brought into Nigeria and subsequently moved to criminal.
[00:01:30] elements in parts
[00:01:31] of the northeast, north central and other parts
[00:01:34] of the country. the commander
[00:01:37] of the special tactical
[00:01:39] of squad speaks on the operation, which is part
[00:01:41] of the squad's proactive efforts to disrupt the supply
[00:01:45] chains that provide criminal groups with
[00:01:48] a explosives and other materials used to carry out violent
[00:01:51] attacks. we are going to present
[00:01:54] of to you those people, those
[00:01:57] syndicates, those evil people who... in their
[00:02:00] innum devil's mind imported
[00:02:04] highly explosive devices into this
[00:02:07] country, determined to move beyond responding to
[00:02:10] attacks after they occur, the police insist that
[00:02:14] of identifying and dismantaling the
[00:02:17] of networks responsible for supplying weapons and explosives to
[00:02:20] bandits, terrorists and other non-state
[00:02:23] in actors remains a top priority. here we have three
[00:02:27] suspects, the
[00:02:28] of first suspect is.
[00:02:30] who godwinn a
[00:02:32] of 27 years old who was found
[00:02:36] was
[00:02:37] of who found with the explosive at the border, one
[00:02:39] of the suspect who was arrested in badagri legal state close to the
[00:02:43] Nigeria Gana border
[00:02:46] in while allegedly transporting the explosive materials into the
[00:02:49] country explained his rule i mean
[00:02:52] driver gana to nigeria so when they bring the gross to me
[00:02:56] they bring it come 10 sack is 10 s
[00:03:01] so we talk about the price, like are they
[00:03:04] going to pay me the passenger money? they
[00:03:07] of agreed the price, so on my way coming from Gana to
[00:03:10] Nigeria, I was arrested by police, Nigeria Police
[00:03:14] officer,
[00:03:15] in a separate case presented during the briefing, the police also
[00:03:19] paraded
[00:03:19] of Ihuma of chumaroki, also known as Morocco, who was
[00:03:23] allegedly involved an attack
[00:03:25] of in Eze Ohaju, Burma Local Government area of IMO
[00:03:29] state. where security personnel came under fire, with the
[00:03:32] of arrest of nine suspects linked
[00:03:34] in to the attack on security personnel in imo state, the police
[00:03:38] reiterates commitment to expanding intelligence late
[00:03:41] operations across the country in order to ensure that criminal elements
[00:03:45] are denied the opportunity to operate
[00:03:50] a freely. the still ahead on the news at 10: national drug
[00:03:54] law enforcement agency NDLA rearrests 83-year-old woman
[00:03:57] over alleged drug trafficking. Stay with
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[00:05:17] Welcome back, the national drug enforcement agency, NDLA says
[00:05:21] it has rearrested an 83-year-old woman Uloma Uchechi
[00:05:24] Sunday over led drug trafficking in Abya State less than one year
[00:05:28] after her conviction for the similar offense. NDLA
[00:05:32] spokes person Fem Babafemi says that she was arrested on October the 7th
[00:05:36] at her home in Obingwa, local government area,
[00:05:39] where met fetamine and Colorado which has of a drug
[00:05:43] were allegedly concealed around her waist, the agency
[00:05:46] says the agency intelligence linked her to the drug joint allegedly
[00:05:50] habboring criminal elements in May 2025, she and her
[00:05:54] daughter were arrested with several suspected substances,
[00:05:58] both them pleaded guilty, they received 12 months sentences and
[00:06:02] fines of 200 thousand, and they paid the
[00:06:05] fines.
[00:06:09] mining remains a major source of livelihood for hundreds of youths and men in
[00:06:12] plato state, but the dangers associated with unregulated operations
[00:06:16] continue to raise concern, and following series of fatal mining
[00:06:20] incidents and attacks in plateau state and other parts the country.
[00:06:24] the plateau state government says that
[00:06:25] it is now taking strategic steps to reorganize the sector for improved
[00:06:29] safety, efficiency and economic benefits. our correspondents
[00:06:33] percy da bank
[00:06:34] reports.
[00:06:38] every day, hundreds of youths and women troop to mine insight across
[00:06:42] platstate to extract tin and culombite and other mineral
[00:06:46] resources providing a source of livelihood for
[00:06:49] many. while some miners depend on
[00:06:53] manual labor, others use heavy equipment including
[00:06:56] excavators to extract the
[00:06:58] minerals.
[00:07:02] but these activities come with serious risk including
[00:07:06] collapsing peat, flooding
[00:07:08] and threats to critical infrastructure.
[00:07:13] mining close to high tension electricity transmission lines
[00:07:16] threaten the supporting structures invering miners surrounding
[00:07:20] communities and national assets. the dangers are reflected in
[00:07:24] recent reports which identified at least 29 deads in five
[00:07:28] mining accidents and 13 deaths in four attacks on mining
[00:07:32] sites across the country in the past three months. in
[00:07:36] nid state 37 suspected illegal miners also died
[00:07:40] in the custody the Nangeran Security and defense core,
[00:07:44] although the cost the dead is yet to be conclusively
[00:07:47] established. To
[00:07:51] address these concerns, the plateau state commissioner for environment,
[00:07:55] climate change and solid minerals alongside mining experts
[00:07:58] visited some mining sit in just south local government area to
[00:08:02] inspect operations and interact with artisanal
[00:08:05] miners. We see how we should coordinate all these local
[00:08:09] miners so that we will pr. what happened in
[00:08:13] Niger state and
[00:08:14] then kby state and also the accident happen within Basa
[00:08:18] uh back and ladi and boss the accident and then the
[00:08:21] the bandit th as well too
[00:08:23] so if we don't synergize with those local artisan miners there is no how we understand
[00:08:27] what is going on the government want to take charge the
[00:08:31] artisan ship these mining people these mining operations are done in
[00:08:35] localities where by it affects the people the
[00:08:38] states so when we have this synergy and cooperation definitely is
[00:08:42] going to be a win
[00:08:43] situation, the
[00:08:47] miners also highlighted the support they need from the government to
[00:08:50] improve their operations. we are not finding it
[00:08:53] easy, it is so difficult and later
[00:08:57] on you not see what you gain or you just have a small
[00:09:01] change, which is not helpful. with
[00:09:05] the government being involved, maybe we reduce the risk
[00:09:09] of uh the accidents in the... mining
[00:09:12] sites as the government moves to bring miners into a more
[00:09:16] organized framework, the expectation is that with stronger
[00:09:19] regulations, proper monitoring and continuous engagement, mining
[00:09:23] will become safer and further prevent loss of lives. From the
[00:09:27] Gudabu mining sit in just north local government area of plateau
[00:09:31] state. Persie dabang, channel's television news
[00:09:35] and a major move to tackle malnutrition and food in
[00:09:38] security across Nigeria. Nigeria's 36 state governors. have
[00:09:42] declared nationwide nutrition emergency, this announcement follows a
[00:09:46] high-level three-day bilateral leadership exchange in Addissaba
[00:09:49] Ethiopia led by Vice President Kashim Shatima. The state governors
[00:09:53] have also pledged to establish national nutrition intervention fund to
[00:09:57] help drive the nutrition 774 initiative directly into
[00:10:01] every local government area in the country. Our correspondent
[00:10:05] emperor Simon
[00:10:06] reports. This
[00:10:10] meeting has in attendance Vice President. president kashim
[00:10:13] shatima, governors, ministers and some presidential
[00:10:16] aids from Nigeria and their counterparts from Ethiopia
[00:10:20] who have converged on Adizaba to compare notes on the subject
[00:10:24] the This is what we sign, reading the
[00:10:28] Niger governor's forum's commitment, governor Lawal of Zara State
[00:10:32] reveals that subnational leaders in Nigeria are adopting key
[00:10:36] lessons from Ethiopia's successful sekota declaration to
[00:10:40] overhaul Nigeria's approach to child growth and public
[00:10:43] health. We collectively commit to number
[00:10:46] one, declaration of nutrition as
[00:10:49] national emergency, reinforcing the highest
[00:10:53] level of political commitment. and coordinated action across
[00:10:57] federal states and local government
[00:11:01] levels. number two: establish national
[00:11:05] nutrition intervention fund to catalyze implementation
[00:11:08] the nutrition compact. under the new deal, state and
[00:11:12] federal governments will adopt a unified framework titled one
[00:11:16] goal, one plan and one budget. the federal government says it is
[00:11:20] already preparing to roll out immediate targeted action
[00:11:24] beginning with two pilot states carrying the highest burden of
[00:11:27] stunting before expanding nationwide. we will
[00:11:31] define with in the states what are the clear objectives
[00:11:35] for reduction of stunting and begin with the
[00:11:38] multi-sectoral high-level team, all the ministers here, the
[00:11:42] ministry of budget and planning and the steam, water
[00:11:46] resources, health and social welfare as well as agriculture and
[00:11:50] other relevant ministries will go on the ground to the
[00:11:53] state, sit with the... executive governor sit with the steam to
[00:11:57] identify what are the sectoral priorities that
[00:12:01] would help to achieve the agreed objectives
[00:12:04] in stunting. few
[00:12:07] points: focus:
[00:12:11] multi-sectoral action, clear road
[00:12:14] map that is
[00:12:16] implementable, performance matrices and
[00:12:20] accountability, if we do that, we will bend the needle, we will shift the
[00:12:23] needle, we will move the... on nutrition. Ethiopian government
[00:12:27] pledges technical support to Nigeria, describing the partnership
[00:12:31] between the two countries in the area of nutrition as a benchmark for
[00:12:35] intra-african collaboration. We look forward to work with you
[00:12:39] and to support you, be technically or anything that is
[00:12:43] needed to move our continent together
[00:12:45] in your commitment. With this commitment made a disa barber.
[00:12:49] All eyes will now be on the implementation stage across the
[00:12:53] 774. government areas of
[00:12:56] Nigeria as the country works towards curbing stanting
[00:13:00] and improving child health nationwide. Emperor
[00:13:03] Simon, channel's television news.
[00:13:07] Meanwile, efforts to strengthen food security, create jobs and improve
[00:13:11] rural livelihoods in the Niger Delta region have also received a boost in
[00:13:15] River State, as the livelihood improvement family enterprises, Niger
[00:13:19] Delta Life and D project begins profiling and selecting
[00:13:23] new batch of beneficiaries. its agricultural and powerment program
[00:13:27] and this project sponsored by the Niger Delta Development Commission, the
[00:13:30] NDDC in partnership with the federal government and International
[00:13:34] Fund for agricultural development, seeks to reduce rural
[00:13:37] poverty, create employment opportunities and promote sustainable
[00:13:41] agribusiness across the
[00:13:42] region.
[00:13:51] Youth and women inkoro local government area of.
[00:13:55] states can look forward to better days as the livelihood improvement
[00:13:59] family enterprises niger delta project begins the
[00:14:02] crucial phase of identifying and onboarding its fourth
[00:14:06] batch of agricultural
[00:14:07] entrepreneurs.
[00:14:12] this selection center in okobot town is a hive of activity as prospective
[00:14:16] beneficiaries assembled to undergo the rigorous screening process
[00:14:20] designed to ensure transparency and proper
[00:14:23] targeting. the state Projects coordinator for Life ND in
[00:14:27] River State Lovde Itatat emphasized the project's
[00:14:31] commitment empowering rural youth and women through
[00:14:34] viable agricultural value chains.
[00:14:37] what is taking place here is the profiling and selection of
[00:14:41] new beneficiaries
[00:14:44] that will be
[00:14:46] empowered that will be trained and empowered
[00:14:50] under the life and d project. this
[00:14:53] exercise is a critical process
[00:14:57] to identify assess and
[00:14:59] select right people that
[00:15:03] would participate in the project. member the project selection
[00:15:07] team speaks on the criteria for selection, saying the process
[00:15:11] directly targets those who are ready to contribute to food
[00:15:14] production and agri business. we are very careful to
[00:15:18] ensure that we select the unemployed persons in the
[00:15:21] community who are willing to take the
[00:15:25] opportunity of becoming agribasiness operators within the
[00:15:29] community and in doing that we make it community driven. we have a
[00:15:33] screening committee made of members the committee, the women
[00:15:36] leader. our incubator and the youth leader to
[00:15:40] ensure that they cross-verify and validate the people we are going to
[00:15:44] select to become beneficiaries, because targeting is
[00:15:47] very important any empowermentts that has to do with human
[00:15:50] beings, because project will not know everybody in the community. one the
[00:15:54] applicants say the commencement the profiling exercise in their coastal
[00:15:57] community is a timely intervention for economic development
[00:16:01] just as a first batch beneficiary health program for transforming
[00:16:05] lives. currently right now, as as the way
[00:16:09] the economy is everybody is going to farming so i would like to also
[00:16:13] dive into that um area
[00:16:17] so that i can also um have ideas and
[00:16:20] also gain knowledge and
[00:16:24] be um financially
[00:16:27] stable even during the training we had stipends being paid to
[00:16:31] us all thanks to life andddc because
[00:16:35] right now we can say to our that our pocket is
[00:16:39] green, like we can count in millions by the special grace of God,
[00:16:43] from the little money they gave to us, we are doing well, the
[00:16:46] profiling and selection exercise is expected to be concluded across other
[00:16:50] targeted local government areas in river state, in the coming days to
[00:16:54] finalize the list of beneficiaries for the upcoming training and
[00:16:58] enterprise incubation
[00:16:59] phase, with global debts
[00:17:03] mounting, climate pressures intensifying and development funding under
[00:17:07] history the world economic spotlight shifts to Asia,
[00:17:11] finance and development leaders and now gathering in Bangkok,
[00:17:14] Thailand for the annual meetings the international monetary fund and the
[00:17:18] World Bank. From October the 12th to the 18th, more than 15
[00:17:22] thousand delegates from 191 countries, including finance
[00:17:26] ministers, central bank governors and development officials are all expected to
[00:17:30] debate the future the global economy. Key issues include
[00:17:34] rising debt, climate financing, job creation and economic.
[00:17:37] quality, Nigeria is also expected to be represented with the
[00:17:41] finance minister Taiwo Judile, the central bank governor Al
[00:17:44] mikadoso and other government officials expected
[00:27:01] sports outsider shore. US president Donald Trump says that Ukraine and
[00:27:04] Russia have agreed to immediate cease fire without providing further
[00:27:08] details and this is coming as Ukrainian president volodimir Zelensky said that
[00:27:12] he supports the ceasefire adding in his word it is important
[00:27:16] that Russia supports it as well. There have been no comments yet from
[00:27:20] Russia, but earlier today, Karkive regional head Ol
[00:27:24] also said that Russian missile hits a grocery store in the
[00:27:27] region suburbs killing three people. Posting on social media he said
[00:27:31] that seven people had also been injured, including a child, he says
[00:27:35] emergency teams are providing
[00:27:37] assistance, and king
[00:27:41] Khalid international airport in Saudi Arabia was truck again today
[00:27:44] following previous attacks on Saturday that killed 13 people and
[00:27:48] injured more than 300 others. The Saudi Civil Aviation authority
[00:27:52] says the attack resulted in injuries but does did not specify how
[00:27:56] many people were affected. The Huti group in Yemen has taken
[00:28:00] responsibility for the multiple targeted. attacks on Saudi Arabia in
[00:28:04] the past 24 hours, including the attack on King Khalid
[00:28:08] International
[00:28:09] Airport.
[00:28:14] Rubble and dust were streen across the halls the Hingalid
[00:28:18] International Airport in Riyad on Saturday, right after
[00:28:22] the deadly Houti
[00:28:23] attack.
[00:28:28] The civil aviation authority confirmed that 12 people were killed.
[00:28:32] and 309 injured in the attack, among the dead were four
[00:28:36] Saudi citizens, two Bangladeshi residents and one
[00:28:40] residents each from the United States, Egypt,
[00:28:43] Jordan, Syria, Palestine and
[00:28:46] Sudan. Spokesperson for the Saudi Led
[00:28:50] coalition to restore legitimacy in Yemen, Major General Turki
[00:28:54] Al-Maliki, condemned the strike as a fully fledged war
[00:28:57] crime under international humanitarian law. The Houti
[00:29:01] affiliated Yeman. Armed forces issued a stark warning to
[00:29:04] airlines and passengers against using Saudi airports and
[00:29:08] airspaces, declaring them potential
[00:29:11] targets. In a statement on social media, Huti
[00:29:15] spokesperson Yayasari claims the attacks were in response to
[00:29:19] brutal Saudi aggression against Yemen. He said that in the past
[00:29:23] 24 hours the hootes had carried out four operations which
[00:29:26] include three phases of attacks on Hinkalid
[00:29:30] airport starting Friday. which he claims resulted
[00:29:34] in the complete closure the airport, attack on
[00:29:38] Shuk Dam gas facility belonging to Saudi National petroleum and
[00:29:42] natural gas company, Aramco, which he says caused large
[00:29:46] fires, attack on Aramko's to Najib oil
[00:29:49] refinery, resulting in ignition, and fourth operation
[00:29:53] targeting King Fad International Airport in Damam, which he
[00:29:57] says caused air traffic disruption, spokesperson
[00:30:01] for the Saudi Led coalition. in Yemen, Major General Turkey Al-Maliki
[00:30:05] said the coalition will respond firmly to the
[00:30:07] attack.
[00:30:13] And the main news again. President Bolatsinobu has welcomed the world
[00:30:16] bank's economic report saying it affirms that his administration's
[00:30:20] reforms are yielding results. INEC
[00:30:24] has excluded to PDP governorship candidates Ladia Debutu
[00:30:28] from State and Isa Pantami from Gombe States from its.
[00:30:32] final list sparking reactions from the party and the affected
[00:30:36] candidates. That's the news attend tonight. Thank you
[00:30:40] so much for watching. I'm Ann Mowado. Good night and have wonderful week
[00:30:44] ahead.