TVCNEWS — broadcast 20260808 170000 UTC 489 transcript segments Google Speech-to-Text API Automatic Transcription (Chirp) Data courtesy of The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/), from the Internet Archive TV News Archive. Machine transcription. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a verbatim quotation record. [00:00:38] of [00:00:40] of [00:00:48] in of [00:00:59] Hello. Again and thanks lot for staying with TVC News, we [00:01:03] begin in Kuara state where after months in the den of [00:01:07] terrorists, the victims [00:01:08] of the February 3rd abduction in Wara community of Kaima, [00:01:12] local government area [00:01:14] of the state have now been rescued. 46 survivors [00:01:18] are currently receiving medical attention in the state capital with [00:01:21] harrowing accounts [00:01:23] of emerging [00:01:25] of of the conditions they endured in captivity. Ibrahim Alege has [00:01:27] details. It was. indeed moment of relief [00:01:31] and emotion in iloning as the war abducties rescued [00:01:35] after months in captivity were formally received and ended [00:01:39] over to the [00:01:40] of quara state government. their ordeel began on the 3rd of February [00:01:44] when terrorists invaded Warro and Nuku communities in Kayama local [00:01:47] government area of Quara state killing scores and abducting [00:01:51] 176 residents leaving the [00:01:54] of communities of traumatized. The victims were taken deep [00:01:58] into [00:01:58] in forest where the... spent months under ash conditions [00:02:02] with uncertainty over their faith. their eventual rescue by [00:02:06] security forces has now brought an end to the prolonged [00:02:10] of captivity. at the reception, one [00:02:12] of the freeed victims, Amira Sali, gave [00:02:16] in a chilling account of what happened in the camp. she [00:02:19] discussed that she took delivery of 10 pregnant women while in [00:02:23] captivity, but less than half [00:02:25] of the babies survived. Amira also [00:02:28] revealed that 13 children died in the camp while some [00:02:32] young women were married [00:02:34] of off and some young men eventually joined the terrorists. [00:02:38] sometimes they will [00:02:39] in give us food sometimes they will not give us. that's how we used to sleep with our [00:02:43] children. i have like 10 woman for delivering without [00:02:47] glove i use my hand to help them. [00:02:50] of but at last they letter know they want to [00:02:54] of keep me that as to stay with them but i say i want [00:02:58] to come back home. all the pregnant human that you saw, all [00:03:03] of of them, they was pregnant before we kidnapped, they are not do any [00:03:06] rape or this thing, thank you. another survivor, hawa [00:03:10] Salyu, one [00:03:12] of [00:03:13] of of the wives of the world village ed, corroborated amira's account recounting the [00:03:16] of difficult conditions they [00:03:18] of endured, those people that did here is starting of number, but they were [00:03:23] of of of children, they were children, then they born 11 [00:03:27] children there, six have die. 'we bring five [00:03:31] at home, pregnant woman remain two when they never [00:03:34] born, we are they are here now, we don't know we be [00:03:38] home [00:03:39] and we be home again, we are very [00:03:42] of very thank god, receiving them, governor Abdul Rahman Abdul Razzaq [00:03:46] commended president Bolatinuubu and the security agencies for [00:03:50] the successful rescue operation, the governor said the save [00:03:54] return [00:03:54] of the victims is major relief assuring them [00:03:57] of the state's continued support as the'. cover from the [00:04:02] of trauma, I have since directed that the appropriate medical [00:04:05] attention [00:04:06] of be extended to anyone everyone to ensure their well [00:04:10] being, prior to this time, our government had extended [00:04:14] various forms of support to the world community to aid [00:04:18] their building effort, on behalf [00:04:20] of the people and government of karara state, extend our [00:04:23] a profound of appreciation to president, the [00:04:27] commander and chief [00:04:28] of the [00:04:29] of Nigerian Armed. forces the military authorities also assured [00:04:33] victims and their families of continued commitment to the protection [00:04:38] of of of lives and communities across the affected areas [00:04:40] of while the army of kayama shomar commanded the authorities for the [00:04:44] save returns [00:04:45] of the victims. will agree with me that [00:04:48] this year at least there has been a reduction [00:04:52] of in the crisis or in [00:04:53] of the crises and in the incidences we've been having in quara. this is [00:04:57] a result of his support, his direction and the strategies that he [00:05:00] continues to [00:05:01] of lay, though we lost some people in the transit, but that's [00:05:05] never the [00:05:06] of less continue to application, our application got to his [00:05:09] excellency, there the president for [00:05:13] some support the security agents [00:05:15] and the ig before he came, [00:05:19] the ig was there, all the money. [00:05:23] the governor later visited the quara state university teaching hospital [00:05:27] in, where 46 survivors are currently receiving medical [00:05:30] attention. for the survivors, freedom came when they [00:05:34] had almost given up hope of ever returning home. [00:05:38] their return marks the beginning of new chapter after months of [00:05:42] fear, hanger, uncertainty and [00:05:44] loss. Ibrahim Alege, TVC [00:05:47] News, still talk in [00:05:51] security, operatives the department of state service have [00:05:55] arrested three more persons suspected to be members [00:05:59] the kidnapping ring that abducted the dean of [00:06:02] agriculture at the Nasarawa State University, [00:06:06] professor Samuel. The University Don was [00:06:10] rescued by DSS operator. lives two days after [00:06:14] some gun men kidnapped him in the we hours of [00:06:17] Wednesday July the 15th at Miele Uku, a [00:06:21] border community between Lafya [00:06:24] and Nasarawa egon local government areas. Two suspects [00:06:27] including lady were arrested by the DSS at the [00:06:30] time. A security source disclosed that [00:06:34] DSS operatives arrested the three other members the [00:06:37] kidnapping gang on Friday night a local brothell at [00:06:41] the M van Akunza lafia makodi [00:06:45] highway. [00:06:49] In other stories now, as political activities ahead the [00:06:53] general election in 2027 gather [00:06:56] momentum, a group called FOG [00:07:00] Women for Tinubo has endorsed President Bola [00:07:03] Tinubo and Delta State Governor Sheriff [00:07:06] Oburauri for second term in office. The group made the [00:07:10] declaration a Sabab during. empowerment program for [00:07:14] women in Delta North where beneficiaries received [00:07:17] items to support their livelihoods, Amichi has [00:07:21] more. For many women, political [00:07:24] participation goes beyond voting at elections, it also [00:07:28] means having access to opportunities that can improve household [00:07:32] incomes and strengthen their livelihoods. That was the [00:07:36] focus as four women fortunable took his empowerment campaign [00:07:39] to delta north combining political. mobilization with [00:07:43] support for women, the group first visited the palace the [00:07:47] yasagba of Asaba where the traditional ruler commended [00:07:51] initiative and his focus on women, he also expressed [00:07:54] support for the reelection of presidentubu and governor [00:07:58] sheriff, we are sold to the candidates you [00:08:01] are you are projecting, sold to Mr. [00:08:05] President, and we are all falls and all [00:08:08] shoulders with the governor of... for [00:08:12] us [00:08:13] that is not an issue because we cannot continue to [00:08:16] enumerate what they've been able to do for [00:08:20] us as people and as a community. at the [00:08:24] empowerment program, the director general the four women for tinable, we have fairmed [00:08:28] the group's commitment to the second term bes of presidentubu [00:08:31] and governor. we at f [00:08:35] belief in continuity, we believe [00:08:39] in stability, we believe in a [00:08:43] better Nigeria and we believe in [00:08:46] moving forward, [00:08:48] that is why we stand firmly in [00:08:51] support of second term for President [00:08:55] Trunubu and our amiable governor [00:08:58] Kodo, so let us work together, [00:09:02] mobilize responsively and ensure that [00:09:05] division of fosporous Nigeria becomes [00:09:09] a reality, a good market sells itself. when we mention his [00:09:13] excellency the governor of delta state, they are happy to be here, when we [00:09:17] mention asiwaju, the president of this great country, they are happy to be here because [00:09:21] this empowerment came from them. for the beneficiaries, the [00:09:25] intervention is expected to provide practical support for their daily lives [00:09:29] and small businesses. you can see today added [00:09:32] our children, added men because we discovered [00:09:36] that even the young men now they cook to [00:09:40] sell. this is what they gave me and i want to say: Thank you to tinubu, [00:09:43] thank you to governor Sheriff, I want to say thank you to the women that organized [00:09:47] this, so 20 [00:09:49] 2027, carry go. The [00:09:53] group also expressed appreciation to engineer Felix Amashola [00:09:56] ogwe for empowering fog women in their commitment to [00:10:00] ensuring that President Tinubo and Governor Oborowere continue in [00:10:03] office come 2027. [00:10:07] TBC News [00:10:08] aasabar. [00:10:12] laptop computers to 50 students across tertiary [00:10:16] institutions in the north central region, this to enhance their [00:10:20] digital literacy and capacity. [00:10:22] the laptops were distributed to the students at the federal [00:10:26] university of lafia during the renewed hope students leaders [00:10:29] engagement and digital acceleration program. senior [00:10:33] reporter Godwin Agwam has more. A gathering of [00:10:37] students from tartiary institutions across the north central [00:10:41] region here at the Federal University of [00:10:43] Latvia. They [00:10:46] are here for a student engagement and digital acceleration program [00:10:49] organized by the office the senior special assistant to the [00:10:53] president on students engagement. [00:10:57] The program is aimed as sensitizing students on the need to become [00:11:01] judicially savy while impering them with laptops to enhance their [00:11:05] learning and enable them achieve their academic and career goals. I [00:11:09] encourage every participant to take full [00:11:12] advantage of this engagement session, [00:11:15] interactive discussion, networking [00:11:18] opportunity available today. Let this [00:11:22] program inspire you to. to become an [00:11:25] ambassador of innovation period [00:11:29] to cultivate leadership, strengthen your critical [00:11:33] thinking and problem solving abilities, foster creativity and [00:11:37] innovation, beings, uphold [00:11:40] integrity and acquire the competencies needed to [00:11:43] try in and technology driven and properly operative [00:11:47] words. management the federal university of lafia says it is committed [00:11:51] to trying graduates who are equipped with the skills needed to maximize. [00:11:55] opportunities in digital space. Federal University of [00:11:59] Lavia remains committed to producing [00:12:02] graduates who are not only academically [00:12:06] sound, but also digitally [00:12:09] competent, innovative and [00:12:12] entrepreneur. For the beneficiaries, the powerment [00:12:16] could not have come a better time as the laptops will provide them with [00:12:20] the needed tools to practically apply what they have learned to put this [00:12:24] into. very, very important use, [00:12:28] because as a computer science student, we need laptops, we need to [00:12:31] learn and we need to upgrade, so as a computer science [00:12:35] student, as they say, the school will not teach you [00:12:38] everything, and this laptop is going to help us a very long [00:12:41] way, with digital skills increasingly becoming essential for academic and [00:12:45] professional advancement, the beneficiaries say the initiative [00:12:49] will not only support their studies, but also position them to take [00:12:53] advantage of imaging opportunity. says in the digital [00:12:56] economy. [00:13:00] TBC News, lapia. TVC News [00:13:03] continues a moment. Please stay with [00:13:05] us. [00:13:17] Is the kind approval the national assembly? Behind every [00:13:21] decision, every vote, the eyes have you and every. in the [00:13:25] heated debate lies the heartbit of democracy, this [00:13:29] matter is very very important, idea for rule you out of order, [00:13:33] welcome to the place where it's all on [00:13:35] fold, [00:13:40] every week I take you inside the inner walkings the assembly [00:13:44] where laws are shaped, decisions are made and the future [00:13:48] the nation is decided, the eyes have it, join me to [00:13:51] jesu adoyi and other season experts. [00:13:55] analysts and law makers at the national assembly as they [00:13:59] uncover the rule stories behind the headlines and [00:14:03] offer unfiltered insight on the most pressing [00:14:06] issues the day. this is your frontal seat to the [00:14:10] heart of power. watch the hello chambers every [00:14:14] Saturday at 9 p.m. only on TBC [00:14:17] news. [00:14:30] it's borrowing is being channeled into critical [00:14:33] infrastructure that will stimulate economic activities and [00:14:37] connect previously underserved communities. This was the [00:14:41] message as the presidential media team and renewed hope [00:14:44] ambassadors inspected federal and state projects in Benui [00:14:48] state. The state government says the projects are also strengthening [00:14:51] support for President Bolatanubu ahead the general. [00:14:57] action: new roads, bridges and interchanges are taking [00:15:00] shape, part the federal and state government efforts to improve [00:15:04] connectivity and open up communities for economic [00:15:08] activities. presidential media team and the renewed hope [00:15:11] ambassadors are here to access the progress. [00:15:15] we have been building fly overs, we have been building roads, [00:15:18] we have also been building infrastructure [00:15:22] and building and having programs that impact directly on the lives [00:15:26] the people, as much as we are developing infrastructure, we are [00:15:30] conscious the fact that we need to do infrastructure, we need to [00:15:34] do programs and do projects that impact direct. on the [00:15:38] people, we have major rural roads which we are [00:15:41] constructing that we enable our farmers to move food [00:15:45] produced from the rural areas into the market, we have the [00:15:49] uh obagaji to okoklot road which is under [00:15:53] construction, we have the Ojuawaji road which is under construction, [00:15:57] we have the Zakib Beiji road, we have the [00:16:01] Gomali to Aguila road, the roads are everywhere in the rural area so we are not [00:16:05] concentrating on the urban center. We are also [00:16:08] engaging in life transforming projects and programs that [00:16:12] will lift the lives standard the people [00:16:16] and enhance their wellbeing. One major stop is the [00:16:19] 1.75 km Buruku bridge across the river [00:16:23] Benway. The federal government says the project will provide [00:16:27] safer movement for surrounding agrarian communities, improve [00:16:31] access to markets and strengthen links with neighboring Tarapa [00:16:35] and [00:16:36] Adam state. For the President. [00:16:38] it is also evidence of where borrowed funds are going, well [00:16:42] this one is federal government project and this bridge in [00:16:46] particular is the fifth bridge that the federal government is [00:16:49] building in in state [00:16:53] and for me, i think as nigerians you see [00:16:56] that the government has been accused of so many things of [00:17:00] boring money of doing that, but we can see where the money is [00:17:04] going to to develop infrastructure. to [00:17:08] link people who have been forgotten before to make sure [00:17:11] that at least commerce flows freely uh [00:17:14] farmers can get their products straight to the market and so [00:17:18] on, they can shorten the travel time between one community and [00:17:22] the other between the rural areas and the [00:17:25] capital. the team also intercepted the ruruku overhead bridge and [00:17:29] the makud bogoko road, part the strategic corridor connecting [00:17:33] north central Nigeria to the southeast, state project. [00:17:38] including major interchanges and investments in agriculture and [00:17:41] industry were also showcased. a [00:17:45] pronouncement that was done by the governor of benway state, his [00:17:49] excellency father earlier, he made a pronouncement that benway [00:17:53] will deliver 1 million votes to mr. president. [00:17:56] i think [00:17:56] my responsibility as deputy governor is to make [00:18:00] sure that i mobilize the executive council and the people of [00:18:03] ben state in the large numbers to actualize that. that [00:18:07] has been made by the governor, but infrastructure is not the only [00:18:11] conversation here, the ben state government says the [00:18:15] project and other interventions by the tinabble administration are [00:18:19] strengthening public support as it targets 1 million votes for the [00:18:23] president in 2027. officials overseeing the [00:18:27] federal project say funding remains on track [00:18:31] uh we [00:18:31] have completed all the substructures that is the [00:18:35] pies [00:18:36] the pile cars completed you can see at the [00:18:39] upstream and the piers have all all been [00:18:43] erected and uh the precast beams are in the [00:18:46] yard we are about to launch them is just because the [00:18:50] like i say at the wuruku round about is because [00:18:53] the rain now the water level is very high [00:18:57] we can't we couldn't continue with some the major work in the middle the [00:19:01] river no there's no funding problem uh the project [00:19:05] is under the renewal intervention [00:19:08] fund, so there's no funding problem. the nationwide inspection is [00:19:12] designed to access and showcase project under the renewed hope [00:19:16] agenda. here in Benway state, the government believes the [00:19:19] infrastructure would deliver more than improved connectivity and economic [00:19:23] opportunities. it is also counting on the project to [00:19:27] deliver political dividends in [00:19:29] 2027. [00:19:33] meanwile, political stakeholders, women and government of [00:19:37] officials gathered at the third edition the women candidates [00:19:41] summit, this to strategize on boosting female [00:19:44] representation in elective governance, organized by [00:19:48] women radio, this year summit marked a strategic pivot [00:19:52] shifting focus from broad political aspirance to female [00:19:56] candidates who have successfully secured official party [00:19:59] tickets, sin reporter habidal has [00:20:03] more, despite constituting nearly half of Nigeria's [00:20:07] population women remain significantly under-represented [00:20:10] in elective and appointive offices. The country [00:20:14] continues to record one the lowest rates of female [00:20:18] political representation in Africa with women accounting [00:20:22] for only a small fraction of elected officials at the [00:20:25] federal and state levels. Delivering a hardress [00:20:29] conveiner the women candidate summit to Nayaya [00:20:33] explained that the summit was designed to equip female [00:20:36] candidates with practical campaign knowledge, strategic [00:20:40] partnerships and robust support networks. the heart [00:20:43] truth, the reality is that while more women are contesting [00:20:47] elections, too few are making [00:20:50] taking it into elected office. the challenge is not a lack [00:20:54] of capable women, it is the persistent barriers [00:20:57] that we face: limited campaign financing, inadequate [00:21:01] political support, low visibility, [00:21:05] online abuse, gender-based disinformation [00:21:09] and in unequal access to political structures. [00:21:13] these are not just women's issues, they are [00:21:16] democratic issues. attended by the minister of women, first [00:21:20] Iman Sulaiman Ibrahim, whose presence signaled key federal [00:21:24] government engagement with the summit mission on the scores growing [00:21:28] momentum for institutional backing aimed at [00:21:31] transitioning female candidates into executive and legislative [00:21:35] seats. even the men fight with the men for six any [00:21:39] contest with one woman you see sometimes is five men so what the men say [00:21:42] that they're not giving us chance so let's not be emotional let's be [00:21:46] smart let's not be emotional let's be smart [00:21:50] that's change the narratives and that is why i thought is important to [00:21:54] rejuvenate the women's movement, women should learn to [00:21:58] go in numbers, when i go to meetings with my [00:22:02] colleagues and they ask me how many percent do you have and i say 4%, they [00:22:06] say you don't have woman's movement in your country, [00:22:10] they said in my country, no you cannot, if you take us out we take [00:22:14] you out, addressing male political leaders, ton [00:22:18] show appealed to them to act as allies rather than gatekeepers [00:22:22] by opening political doors, mentoring female candidates and [00:22:25] sharing political machinery, she orged all political stakeholders [00:22:29] to foster issue based campaigns and guarantee equitable [00:22:33] access to resources, habid alawal, tvc [00:22:36] news, abuja, [00:22:40] avion agencies are demanding bigger slices the billions of [00:22:44] naira from Nigeria's 5% ticket sales [00:22:47] charge a public. in on two [00:22:51] proposed laws organized by the house of representatives in [00:22:54] Abuja agencies in the sector row over who [00:22:58] collects the largest chunk the revenue national assembly [00:23:02] correspondent jokadisa [00:23:03] reports host agencies [00:23:07] and experts in the sector to a public hearing on two [00:23:11] critical bills designed to better improve aviation business in the [00:23:15] country. the parliament says the amendments aim to [00:23:19] strengthen trans currency and align Nigeria's laws [00:23:23] with global best practices introducing [00:23:25] transparent automated remittence of [00:23:28] statutory 5% passenger cargo service [00:23:32] charges, improving how revenues are shared among key [00:23:36] avion institutions and enhancing the capacity [00:23:40] these agencies to effectively manage [00:23:44] and our airspace are here to consider two key [00:23:47] bills which are: aim at straightning the [00:23:51] financial and institutional framework the aviation [00:23:54] industry with direct implication for safety, [00:23:57] transparency and services delivery. At the technical [00:24:01] session, agencies clashed over funding from the 5% ticket [00:24:05] charge, the Nigerian airspace management agency [00:24:08] Nama wants his share raised from 22% to [00:24:11] 56%. It says agent navigation equipment and [00:24:15] rising costs demand more [00:24:17] money. seven [00:24:21] different correspondents up to the very last [00:24:25] one, which was 38 of [00:24:28] July inviting the [00:24:32] minister to appear before the committee, [00:24:35] but as the case may be, and as we can all [00:24:39] see, the minister is not here and no [00:24:42] representative or correspondent was sent to [00:24:46] the committee on this matter for. part, the [00:24:50] African Aviation and Aerospace University, AA.U. [00:24:53] Abuja, [00:24:55] seeks a minimum of 10% the fund to train skilled [00:24:58] workers for NCAA, fan, Nimet and [00:25:02] NSIB. African Aviation and aerospace university [00:25:06] respectfully praise that the National Assembly recognized [00:25:10] as a statutory beneficiary the 5% tikil [00:25:13] charge while amending the civil aviation [00:25:17] act to expressively to expressly include [00:25:21] AU in the revenue sharing formula. The future of [00:25:24] Nigerian aviation industry will take a new shape from the debate [00:25:28] ongoing today. One the bills seeks to amend the civil [00:25:32] aviation act to provide for the automated remittance of [00:25:35] funds according to aviation agencies. It also aims [00:25:39] to revise the revenue sharing formula and to reflect the [00:25:42] renaming the accident investigation bureau as the [00:25:46] Nigerian safety Investigation Bureau. The other. to [00:25:50] amend the Nama Establishment Act to revise the percentage of [00:25:53] statutory charges according to the agency. 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