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[00:00:46] It is 10 pm in Lagos, Nigeria, 10 pm
[00:00:49] in London, 5 pm in
[00:00:52] of New York and 5 am in Beijing. This
[00:00:56] is Stivisason news at 10, the headlines.
[00:01:00] of President Tinubu directs EFCC to vocate court
[00:01:04] order freezing an account belonging to Oshin State
[00:01:07] Government.
[00:01:10] Nigeria customs intercepts containers concealing hundreds of
[00:01:14] Pom action rifles at Tinkan Island Port in
[00:01:18] Lagas.
[00:01:22] Outside
[00:01:23] of Nigeria, of frontline health workers battling Ebola outbreak in
[00:01:26] Eastern
[00:01:27] of Democratic Republic of Congo threaten. to quit over
[00:01:31] of unpaid
[00:01:55] where President Bolatinu has directed the economic and financial crimes
[00:01:59] commission. to immediately withdraw a court order
[00:02:02] freezing the accounts
[00:02:04] of of the oshin state government. the president says the timing
[00:02:07] of the action coming before the state governorship election
[00:02:11] could
[00:02:11] of undermine public confidence in the integrity
[00:02:15] of the electoral process.
[00:02:17] in a statement personally signed by him, president Unibu said
[00:02:21] he respects the independence of anti-corruption
[00:02:24] agencies, but was not aware
[00:02:26] of the AfCC's decision before it was taken. yeah,
[00:02:30] acknowledge the FCC's legal powers to investigate alleged financial
[00:02:34] crimes, stress that government institutions must
[00:02:37] act in ways that protect trust in Nigeria's
[00:02:41] democracy. The president
[00:02:43] of has ordered the anti-graft agency to return to court, bacate the
[00:02:47] order and discontinue the
[00:02:49] in action against the Ocean state
[00:02:53] of government. All right, joining
[00:02:57] us on
[00:02:58] of of
[00:02:58] of of the of news is lawyer. and APC spokesperson Felix Morka,
[00:03:02] he will join us much later as the news proceeds, but let's
[00:03:06] quickly bring you this story. Nigeria customs has intercepted
[00:03:10] containers concealing hundreds of pump action rifles
[00:03:14] and uncovered ilicit cannabis infused cookies
[00:03:17] worth 374 million naira at the Tincan
[00:03:21] Island port in Lagos. The service says the seizures exposed the
[00:03:25] growing sophistication of transnational smoggling
[00:03:29] networks. as investigations intensify with suspects
[00:03:33] already in custody.
[00:03:35] of TBC News senior business correspondent has
[00:03:38] details. The Nigeria Custom Service
[00:03:42] says is intelligence driven surveillance led to the interception
[00:03:47] of of the container carrying the conceed pump action rifles after it arrived
[00:03:51] at Tinkan Island Port in July. The controller General of
[00:03:55] Customs Adiwale
[00:03:57] of says investigations have led to the arrest of two
[00:04:01] of suspects while an other is being tracked for prosecution.
[00:04:05] these
[00:04:06] of items were concealed and they were not declared obviously
[00:04:09] as pom passion. the people who did this did not do it
[00:04:13] for any, there was no clear intention that the intention, there was other
[00:04:17] intention apart from the fact
[00:04:19] in that they want to use it to cause security problems for
[00:04:23] us in the country.
[00:04:25] of the the fact that they have concealed it, the fact that they
[00:04:29] were looking. for
[00:04:30] a accomplices within the customs to help them bring
[00:04:32] of it out, it means that their intentions were not genuine. the
[00:04:36] customs also intercepted 240 foot
[00:04:39] of containers, concealing cannabis, infused cookies and gummies
[00:04:43] with a combined street value
[00:04:45] of of 374 million naira hidden among imported
[00:04:49] vehicles, generators and other cargos. these are
[00:04:53] less cookies
[00:04:56] of containing a
[00:04:58] of drugs, of cannabis, whatever,
[00:05:01] ordinarily, one would think that is cookies and want
[00:05:05] to consume
[00:05:07] of it, the targets are our children, the youths,
[00:05:11] of students and and it's often used in clubs, some
[00:05:15] these people do not know, they are not aware, because they just
[00:05:19] think that they are taking regular cookies and it
[00:05:22] is clearly stated there uh, you
[00:05:26] there are some nice words, they say vegan
[00:05:30] friendly, so if you're a vegetarian you say this is for
[00:05:34] you, but then there is hemmed
[00:05:36] derived, so this is derived from
[00:05:40] m, and then of course...
[00:05:43] Indian emp the service says the seiasures reinforce is resolved to block
[00:05:47] illicit arms, narcotics and other prohibited goods from
[00:05:51] entering Nigeria through the nation's ports.
[00:05:54] IFunanya AZ. TBC News,
[00:05:57] Lagos. All right, let's take you back to
[00:06:01] our first story where we told you that President Bolatinuubu
[00:06:05] has directed the economic and financial crimes commission to
[00:06:09] immediately withdraw a court order freezing.
[00:06:12] accounts the Aushen State Government, we now have lawyer
[00:06:16] and APC spokes person Felix Morka joining me on the
[00:06:41] has been diverse. reaction to the decision the
[00:06:44] president asking the EFCC to withdraw a court
[00:06:48] order freezing the accounts the Assun State Government.
[00:06:52] Some have Nigerians are asking if the
[00:06:55] president has the constitutional authority to
[00:06:59] ask the AFCC to withdraw the court order saying
[00:07:03] that the process has begun in
[00:07:04] court.
[00:07:12] the EFCC operates under the
[00:07:16] watch of Mr. President, um,
[00:07:20] now this circumstances that led to
[00:07:23] this directive by the president is
[00:07:26] extraordinary, we have elections coming up next week
[00:07:30] Saturday in Ash for the governorship
[00:07:33] election, and then there was this action by the
[00:07:36] EFCC, an agency of government that
[00:07:40] acted within its authority. as you noticraft
[00:07:44] agency, however the president's point
[00:07:47] is that that action uh coming
[00:07:51] at
[00:07:52] the moment that it did with few days to the election
[00:07:56] was ill timed and therefore was wrong and could be
[00:07:59] perceived you know differently a way that may compromise
[00:08:03] even uh the the quality the integrity the
[00:08:07] election that is upcoming mr president is the president the
[00:08:10] republic all these agencies um under his
[00:08:14] watch, so yes, it's within his you
[00:08:17] know, capacity, legal capacity to give that directive,
[00:08:21] he didn't say they shouldn't pursue whatever it was, the
[00:08:25] underlying inquiry, the subject matter
[00:08:29] of investigation, he didn't say they shouldn't do that, he was simply you know
[00:08:32] concerned about the timing of it, so perhaps after the election, if
[00:08:36] there are you know reasons why the EFCC got interested in that
[00:08:40] matter to begin with, they welcome to return to that. matter and do their
[00:08:43] job, he's not trying to you know limit their
[00:08:47] authority, but to say look, you may do what you need to do, but
[00:08:50] you know this may not be the right time to do so, given
[00:08:53] that as much as as much as
[00:08:57] he is concerned, and as much as the matter seems
[00:09:01] extraordinary, and he even went ahead to say that he
[00:09:04] respects the EFCC's independence, in practical legal
[00:09:08] terms, there are those who are saying this directive could reduce the...
[00:09:12] independence to the EFCC as backed by
[00:09:16] the act that created them in the first place to math
[00:09:19] theory, it's it's looking like it is violating the
[00:09:23] doctrine of separation of power for most Nigerians who are speaking
[00:09:27] about this.
[00:09:31] well you see a constitutional democracy there's no
[00:09:35] win-wing situation if the president had not
[00:09:38] interven already, I'm sure you saw and read
[00:09:41] commentaries. even on TBC on so on virtually all
[00:09:45] the media platform,
[00:09:47] we had people who already commenting suggesting that this was
[00:09:51] move by the president and by the APC
[00:09:54] to you to to to compromise the ash election in
[00:09:58] favor the you know ruling party at the national level, but
[00:10:02] that's not the case, I think the president action again
[00:10:05] best witness to the quality of his leadership, the fact that he is
[00:10:08] the father the nation and all these entities including EFCC.
[00:10:12] he, report to him, you
[00:10:16] know, in his you know capacity as president,
[00:10:19] nominates
[00:10:39] point I'm making is that the president is within his authority as the
[00:10:42] president, to make this call, like I said, we must distinguish
[00:10:45] between the president saying to the EFCC, you may not
[00:10:49] investigate, that is not what's going
[00:10:51] on in our show or what has happened in our show, all right, the president is simply saying that the time
[00:10:55] is inauspicious, so there's a huge difference, so you may
[00:10:59] argue, if you
[00:11:00] had said don't investigate, you may question the president's you know legal authority
[00:11:04] to do so, but making a directive about timing, i don't think
[00:11:08] that defeats the subject matter of investigation, you're
[00:11:11] saying that perhaps this action
[00:11:15] upholds the rule of law at the end the
[00:11:18] day,
[00:11:22] definitely
[00:11:22] you see the rule of law understand that the... of law is actually also
[00:11:26] a policy you know process of
[00:11:29] government and so that process must be in some cases must be
[00:11:33] guided. this is one of those situations where they
[00:11:36] need the value on public policy side
[00:11:40] to get the ESCC to withhold action until later election
[00:11:44] serves to my mind a superior public policy
[00:11:48] objective because it doesn't stopcc from picking
[00:11:51] up this investigation after the election so it doesn't compromise
[00:11:55] them, but it gives room for the Oshu State
[00:11:59] election to occur without all these, strictures and
[00:12:03] suggestions and appearance by us party, I
[00:12:06] think the president has done demonstrated leadership again as he's always
[00:12:10] done, all right, we'll have to leave the conversation here now, lawyer and
[00:12:14] APC spokes person Felix Morka, thank you for your time on the news at
[00:12:24] now Governor of Ogun State, Dakwaa Biodun has confirmed the
[00:12:28] rescue the abducted students of Gateway, ICT
[00:12:31] Polytechnic, Shadi, the governor made this
[00:12:35] noon during a joint press conference held at
[00:12:38] oke, with the commissioner of police in the
[00:12:42] state, Bode Ojajuni, he said the rescue followed the
[00:12:45] coordinated operation involving the police, armed
[00:12:49] forces, DSS, NSDC, Amotekun,
[00:12:53] vigilantes and local hunt. adding that air support was
[00:12:57] provided after a police helicopter was deployed on
[00:13:00] august the 3rd following the abduction of on
[00:13:04] July the 29th, the governor confirmed
[00:13:08] that one the seven victims sustained a gunshot injury
[00:13:11] but has been stabilized. the commissioner of police, jajun said
[00:13:15] no ransom was paid and that the victims are currently with the
[00:13:19] police providing useful
[00:13:22] information. we rescued. five at
[00:13:26] the early hours of today and we handed them
[00:13:29] over to the respective families, we reunited them,
[00:13:33] but before then, before then we took them for our medical
[00:13:37] treatment to police medical services
[00:13:40] and early hour to the
[00:13:43] helicopter with the grand forces
[00:13:46] stormed the kidnap
[00:13:50] and also rescue the remaining two uh
[00:13:54] victims. and thereafter we have
[00:13:57] successfully arrested two the kidnappers
[00:14:01] as we speak. security remains a shared
[00:14:04] responsibility and i urge all residents to continue
[00:14:07] providing credible information to their appropriate
[00:14:11] authorities. let me reassure every
[00:14:14] resident, every
[00:14:17] investor, every visitor that
[00:14:20] augus state remains safe and secure and
[00:14:25] spoon to legitimate business and investment, our
[00:14:28] administration will continue to strengthen intelligence
[00:14:31] gathering, deploy modern surveillance
[00:14:34] technology, improve operational mobility and
[00:14:38] provide the logistic support required by
[00:14:42] security agencies to stay ahead of emerging
[00:14:44] threats. still ahead on
[00:14:48] tvc news
[00:14:49] at 10. president inobus administration impacks on
[00:14:53] major road infrastructure projects. as clear demonstration of
[00:14:57] its commitment to unlocking economic opportunities and
[00:15:00] enhancing the quality of life of nigerians. we have the
[00:15:04] details the story and more after the
[00:15:06] break.
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[00:18:29] news.
[00:19:08] directs EFCC to vocate court order pleasing an
[00:19:11] account belonging to ocean state
[00:19:14] government.
[00:19:19] Nigeria customs intercepts containers concealing hundreds
[00:19:23] of palm action rifles at Tinkan Island Port in
[00:19:27] Lagos.
[00:19:31] Outside Nigeria, frontline health workers battling a bulla
[00:19:35] outbreaking Eastern Democratic Republican. of Congo threatens
[00:19:39] to quit over unpaid
[00:20:00] state Daude Lawal has blamed the abduction the chairman of
[00:20:04] Bungudu local government area Noura Omar.
[00:20:07] Ilahi on the activities of informance who aid criminal gangs
[00:20:11] operating in the state. The governor made the remarks during a
[00:20:15] condulance visit to Bungudu following the deadly attack that
[00:20:19] left three security personnel dead and the council
[00:20:23] chairman stealing captivity. Theophily
[00:20:26] has details. Arrived in
[00:20:29] Bungudu town to commisserate with residents following the recent bandit attack on the
[00:20:33] private residence the council chairman Noor Umar
[00:20:36] Abdullahi. The attack which occurred in the early hours of Saturday, the
[00:20:40] 25th of July 2026, claimed the lives of two police
[00:20:43] officers and member the local vigilante group. The
[00:20:47] governor's first stop was the palace the Emer of Bongu. where he met with
[00:20:51] traditional rulers before proceeding to the family residence the abducted council
[00:20:55] chairman, although the
[00:20:58] chairman's mother, wife, two children and several relatives have
[00:21:02] since regained their freedom, Nur Umar Abdullahi remains in the custody of
[00:21:06] his abductors. The Zamfor state delegation also
[00:21:10] sympathized with the family the chairman's elder brother who was reportedly
[00:21:14] shot dead while attempting to rescue him during the attack.
[00:21:17] Governor The Lawal attributed the incident to that. activities of informals who
[00:21:21] he said provide intelligence and logistic support to criminal gangs operating in
[00:21:25] the state. when the incident happened i was out the
[00:21:28] country and i just came back this morning and i feel
[00:21:32] it is important for me to come here in this
[00:21:36] town and commissar with the people of bungudu over the
[00:21:40] incident, the sad incident that took place where the chairman was
[00:21:43] objected and few people were killed. this would have been
[00:21:47] possible without informance. so
[00:21:50] informance are people that
[00:21:54] really give away these people and that is why we are soliciting to
[00:21:58] everybody there community to please cooperate with
[00:22:02] the security agencies so that we can get
[00:22:05] to the end of this manness. special prayers were offered
[00:22:09] for the repose the souls of those killed in the attack, the safe return the
[00:22:13] abducted counsel chairman and the release of other victims still in
[00:22:17] captivity.
[00:22:31] the national board for technology incubation has launched the
[00:22:35] tinubu light initiative, an ambitious renewable
[00:22:39] energy program designed to provide affordable clean
[00:22:42] energy solutions to 1 million micro
[00:22:46] small and medium enterprises across Nigeria, of
[00:22:50] efforts to accelerate industrialization, create jobs
[00:22:54] and strengthen the country's innovation driven economy.
[00:22:58] the initiative was officially unveiled at the national showcase
[00:23:01] the next gen innovation challenge 2026 which held
[00:23:05] in Abuja. senior reporter Habida Lawal has
[00:23:09] details. Millions of Nigerian small
[00:23:12] businesses continue to struggle under the burden of unreliable
[00:23:16] electricity and the high cost of alternate. power
[00:23:20] sources, speaking on the theme igniting indigenous
[00:23:24] innovation under the burden of unreliable electricity and
[00:23:28] the high cost of alternative power sources,
[00:23:31] speaking on the theme, igniting indigenous innovation,
[00:23:35] transforming nageria inspiring the world, the DG
[00:23:38] National Board for Technology Incubation, Kazim Kolawali
[00:23:42] Raji said, the launch the Tinnubu Light initiative and the
[00:23:46] national showcase the Next Gen Innovation Challenge.
[00:23:50] represented more than the unveiling of two government
[00:23:53] programs, describing them as a convergence of innovation,
[00:23:57] enterprise, leadership and national development. the present
[00:24:01] set for support for technology commercialization,
[00:24:05] industrialization, digital transformation,
[00:24:08] renewable energy, youth empowerment and private sector
[00:24:12] led economic growth as created an enabled
[00:24:16] environment within which institutions such as
[00:24:20] national board for technology incubation are able to pursue transformative
[00:24:24] initiative with renew confidence
[00:24:28] and greater ambition. you have found, you
[00:24:32] have transformed MBTI from paper tiger to the
[00:24:35] read tiger. this is one the things that
[00:24:39] may found, you have transformed
[00:24:43] MBTI from paper tiger to the read tiger.
[00:24:47] this is one the things that... our
[00:24:50] presidentty put in the
[00:24:54] r. major highlight the event was the announcement
[00:24:58] of a 500 million dollar investment in Nigeria's energy
[00:25:01] innovation ecosystem from gigawts global through
[00:25:05] the MBTI. The investment would support innovative
[00:25:09] energy solutions aimed at expanding assets to
[00:25:12] reliable and sustainable electricity with a
[00:25:15] particular focus on providing stable power supply to Nigerian University.
[00:25:21] is Nigeria's future economic prosperity would depend largely
[00:25:24] its ability to transform research into industries,
[00:25:28] ideas into enterprises and entrepreneurs into
[00:25:31] employers. Habida Lawal, TBC News,
[00:25:34] Abuja. And President Bolatinu
[00:25:38] says his administration has embacked on major road
[00:25:42] infrastructure projects as clear demonstration of its
[00:25:46] commitment to unlocking economic opportunities.
[00:25:50] improving connectivity and enhancing the quality of life of
[00:25:53] nigerians, the president who was represented by the minister
[00:25:57] of marine and blue economy and former governor of oshin
[00:26:00] state, Dollar stated this during the
[00:26:04] official flag off the construction of federal roads in Oshin
[00:26:08] State. There's more in this report. As the reconstruction
[00:26:12] work progresses ibada IFelicia express way, the
[00:26:15] federal government has further strengthened its commitment to road
[00:26:19] infrastructure development in ocean state with the flag golf the
[00:26:23] 88 km/h by the road and the 44 kilometer
[00:26:26] dualized oshogu akudag road. Representing the
[00:26:30] president, the minister of Marine and economy highlighted the
[00:26:34] amoun's
[00:26:35] year marked for the project and its expectations towards improving
[00:26:38] transportation and enhancing safety for residents and
[00:26:41] commuters
[00:26:48] to connect our people
[00:26:50] opportunities and
[00:26:52] confidence. this
[00:26:56] our lifeline, this project are very
[00:26:59] critical.
[00:27:04] in 2016 when I became the king, I went on
[00:27:08] this road, I went to meet the governor that time, I don't need to mention
[00:27:11] names, they said no money,
[00:27:15] I said, okay, these are my people's way, so I started resuming
[00:27:19] work on that road, from 8 a.m.
[00:27:22] I will leave there at 6 pm, tiling that road with cement. The
[00:27:26] minister of works, David Umai, described the project as part the
[00:27:30] federal government's ongoing efforts to... organize critical road
[00:27:33] infrastructure across the six geopolitical zones, while also
[00:27:37] justifying borrowings the present administration. this
[00:27:40] minister has exhausted all his limit, the
[00:27:44] 82 km is also attracted by him,
[00:27:48] you
[00:27:49] from
[00:27:55] 82 km, that's 114 billion, the
[00:27:59] other 44 kilometer dualize is 100.
[00:28:07] explained that the party is on the path of voting now the present
[00:28:10] administration appealing to supporters to keep canvassing
[00:28:14] until the deadline for campaigns
[00:28:16] there wasn't any other of
[00:28:18] truth
[00:28:21] in what you are saying you want
[00:28:25] to do this you want to do
[00:28:26] that
[00:28:29] what's is free and
[00:28:33] fair election and by the
[00:28:36] way, if the election is conducted
[00:28:39] today, with over 80 kilometers to be
[00:28:43] constructed for each road project, amounting to hundreds of billions
[00:28:47] of naira, the federal government says all efforts will be deployed
[00:28:51] to ensure completion within the stipulated time frame of
[00:28:54] 36 months, rafu hamid, tvc
[00:28:57] news, we take a break now
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