TVCNEWS — broadcast 20260920 160000 UTC 485 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. [00:00:00] the 1996 olympic games in Atlanta, Georgia, [00:00:04] he died on June 3rd, [00:00:07] of 2016. [00:00:14] of [00:00:40] of [00:00:47] of Thanks for joining us on TBC news [00:00:51] this hour, I am Saheed Arabisala, the [00:00:54] operatives [00:00:55] of the national drug enforcement agency have intercepted over [00:00:59] 1. 3 million pills of traramador and other opiotes [00:01:03] as well as 6000 kilograms of potent strains of cannabis [00:01:07] in major operation of brick trues across lagagus, ado, [00:01:11] niger, delta amongst [00:01:13] of other states. we have details in this [00:01:17] of report. [00:01:21] top on the lineup [00:01:23] of the successful operations was the interception of [00:01:26] 1,200 passels of canadian [00:01:29] of loud. a synthetic strain of cannabis [00:01:33] valued at over 1.8 billion naira, the [00:01:37] alleged strafficar, innocent equal who [00:01:40] allegedly impersonates as a senior police [00:01:43] of officer was arrested alongside his [00:01:47] of alert accomplice, 39 year old [00:01:50] Unduka Joseph. [00:01:52] in a those states and the la opera operatives [00:01:55] arrested 45 year old Matthew Osay who reported [00:02:00] used his auto repair workshop as a front for [00:02:04] storing illicit drugs. 48 kgs [00:02:08] of [00:02:11] in of Canadian loud and 152 grams of metaphetamine were recovered by [00:02:15] the NDLA officers. At the Tinkan Island [00:02:19] port in Lagos, 1,200 passels of [00:02:22] Canadian loud weighing 603.7 [00:02:26] kilograms were discovered [00:02:28] in a 40 foot container. shipped from Montreal in [00:02:32] Canada where they were concealed inside 31 [00:02:35] black jumbo bags loaded into Toyota [00:02:39] Sienna vehicles in the [00:02:42] a container. In [00:02:43] of Niger state, NDLA operatives on patrol [00:02:46] along the Abuja Kaduna Expressway at [00:02:50] Chachi Tafa Local Government area arrested three young [00:02:54] suspects with two locally fabricated AK-47 [00:02:58] rifles and a magazine. Suspected peddlers [00:03:02] of cannabis, skunk, traumadoll were also [00:03:05] arrested in Ondo Gombe, EMO [00:03:08] states. With the same vigor, commands and [00:03:12] formations [00:03:12] of the NDLA across the country continued with a [00:03:16] war [00:03:17] of against drug abuse. The Chairman, Chief Executive [00:03:21] Officer [00:03:21] of the agency, brigadier general Muhammad Boba [00:03:25] Marwa, retired, commended the [00:03:28] a officers for their efforts and advised [00:03:31] of them to keep up the [00:03:32] commitment. [00:03:36] of meanwile, the Ube State police command says it is arrested [00:03:39] of 240 suspects for various offenses, including [00:03:43] mother, armed robbery, [00:03:45] of rape, kidnapping and extorsion since July this year. the state [00:03:49] commissioner of police during the press briefing a command headquarters in [00:03:52] Damaturu said the command as disbursed more than eight [00:03:56] millionaire to the families of [00:03:58] in police officers who lost their lives. and active service, senior [00:04:01] reporter Michael Oshoma as the details [00:04:04] in its latest crime fighting [00:04:07] efforts, the Uber State Police Command says [00:04:10] of it has recorded significant arrests [00:04:14] across the state with 240 [00:04:17] suspects taken [00:04:18] in into custody since July. According to the [00:04:22] command, the suspects are being investigated for various [00:04:26] offenses. The command also recorded two cases. of [00:04:30] extortion involving threat of kidnapping alongside [00:04:34] other related offenses. The command recorded total of [00:04:37] 445 criminal [00:04:39] of cases, comprising 16 murder cases, [00:04:43] nine rape cases, one kidnapping [00:04:47] of case, five arm robbery cases and [00:04:51] 112 other offenses. [00:04:55] During the period under review, 240 [00:04:58] suspects were arrested. for various criminal [00:05:01] offenses, beyond its crime fighting operations, the [00:05:05] command also announced financial support for the families of [00:05:09] police officers who lost their lives. in active [00:05:13] service, I wish to particularly appreciate the inspector general of [00:05:16] police, IGP, [00:05:20] PSC Daga, MPN, for his continued commitment [00:05:24] to the welfare of police personnel and for ensuring that the [00:05:28] sacrifices of our men and women are matched with [00:05:32] meaningful welfare support. The police [00:05:36] command says it will continue to intensify its operations [00:05:39] against criminal elements and efforts to [00:05:43] protect lives and property across UB [00:05:46] states. Michael [00:05:49] Oshoma. TVC [00:05:51] news. The National [00:05:55] Association of Catholic lawyers legal state chapter says [00:05:59] between 2023 and 2026, so far, it has [00:06:03] supported the release of about 300 inmates while contributing to [00:06:06] reintegration and efforts to reduce the speed of re-offending [00:06:10] in the society. was reviewed at the gardering to [00:06:14] highlight the impact of its outgoing [00:06:16] executives. The [00:06:19] NSCL Archidalsis of Legos says it strive to [00:06:23] provide free legal services to indigent persons as well as [00:06:27] decongest. The nation's correctional centers under its [00:06:31] jurisdiction was major part of its journey over the past three [00:06:34] years, reflecting its mandate to promote the rule of law [00:06:38] and ensure access to justice for those who truly need it. [00:06:42] "we always complain about leadership issues, um, it's not just for [00:06:46] politicians, wherever we find ourselves, whatever space we find [00:06:50] ourselves, we should try to be good leaders, lead well [00:06:53] and pursue the common good, pursue the common [00:06:57] interest and not be selfish, don't do things because you want to [00:07:01] be seen for visibility, um, for the purpose of people [00:07:04] clapping for you. um, i think lawyers, [00:07:08] particularly catholic lawyers uh, from we gather at this [00:07:11] occasion, should be at the forefront of um [00:07:15] ensuring that we have everything it takes for our country to [00:07:19] have what to call and what a coined as part their team, ethical [00:07:23] leadership and justice [00:07:25] a a government driven by [00:07:29] justice. as the nation gears up for the 2027 [00:07:33] general election, the night also calls for suber reflection on the [00:07:36] need for ethical leadership and democratic nation [00:07:40] building. we lawers should... show example in our [00:07:43] various leadership position, whether as [00:07:46] legislature, whether as a [00:07:50] minister, whether as a governor, once you are a lawyer, you [00:07:54] are supposed to make difference, must show that law [00:07:58] should be used as an instrument to promote good [00:08:01] governance, promote happiness, [00:08:04] promote uh justice for [00:08:08] all. um, naturally, citizens are anxious. [00:08:13] everyone is uh wondering what's going to happen and how is [00:08:17] it going to be, is it going to be fair or is it not going to be [00:08:20] fair, and the sad thing is that the [00:08:24] outcome of any and everything [00:08:28] depends on us, we will be asking Nigerians [00:08:32] to go and vote during the next [00:08:35] election, because it's only when you vote [00:08:39] that you can help to change the system, do not say: my vote will [00:08:43] not count, though the night bears a celebratory ambience, the [00:08:46] association says it remains committed to intensify its [00:08:50] service to god while upholding justice and touching [00:08:54] lives. kemy for ladimo, tvc news, [00:08:58] legos. as part of efforts to improve [00:09:01] access to basic education in keby state, the special advisor to the [00:09:05] minister of education on almari and out of school children's [00:09:09] education, modern government [00:09:13] stakeholders to partake in the advancing reforms [00:09:17] under the national education sector renewal [00:09:19] initiative and out of school children education. [00:09:23] the call was made during the stakeholders engagement in brinan caby [00:09:27] alongside traditional and religious leaders and civil society [00:09:30] organizations to discuss reforms to address the challenge of out of [00:09:34] school children on the national education sector renewal [00:09:37] initiative. the stakeholders said stronger collaboration between [00:09:41] the federal and governments is necessary to reduce the number of [00:09:45] out of school children and improve access to quality basic [00:09:49] education across keby state. this gathering [00:09:53] today uh is is timely this is the right [00:09:56] time it is happening because uh almajiry [00:10:00] system of education to us is key especially when [00:10:04] we're talking about reduction uh in out of school [00:10:07] children so this is timely and keby [00:10:10] state 100%. this initiative, i [00:10:14] believe that we have the best mindset, we believe we can do [00:10:18] it, so because people are thinking that this alm issue cannot [00:10:22] be reformed, cannot be bted. I [00:10:25] believe [00:10:26] with with people like the honorable commissioner and we believe [00:10:28] we can we can make some changes inshallah we presented range of policies around [00:10:32] five them you know from the national policy on enhancement of [00:10:36] education the national policy on non-state schools the national policy [00:10:40] on alternate learning pathways the national tev policy as [00:10:44] well as the national teacher policy all of this are meant to democratize [00:10:48] and liberalize education so that no nigerial child will be [00:10:52] left out of school. [00:10:57] In a related development, at least 602 children [00:11:01] in zampharos state was said to be to have been out of [00:11:04] school between 2024 to 2025 with over [00:11:08] 43200 representing [00:11:11] 95.3% the figure residing in rural [00:11:14] communities, while 21,283 children [00:11:18] represents 4.7% reside in [00:11:22] towns classified as urban areas. that according to the [00:11:25] out of school children registration and mapping exercise supported by [00:11:29] UNICEF and implemented in collaboration with the Zampher [00:11:33] state universal basic education board and other [00:11:36] stakeholders. Theophelus Danrofine reports: [00:11:40] Nigeria has approximately 18.3 out of school children with about [00:11:44] 10.2 million at the primary level, while 8.1 at the junior [00:11:48] secondary school level, that's according to Unicef reports. [00:11:52] Thenfor state alone recorded 4536. are two out of school [00:11:55] children between the year 2024 and [00:11:58] 2025, but the government through the state [00:12:01] universal education board says efforts are on the way to return the children back [00:12:05] into the classroom. executive chairman the board [00:12:08] professor confirmed this at the launch the [00:12:12] 2026 enrollment drive campaign aim at bringing out of school [00:12:15] children back into the classroom out of school [00:12:19] children registration and marping exercise supported by [00:12:22] UNICEF and implemented with and other [00:12:26] stakeholders, we have [00:12:29] been able to identify [00:12:31] 453, [00:12:35] 602 out of school children, [00:12:38] representing 95.3% are residing in [00:12:42] rural communities, while [00:12:45] 21,283 children [00:12:49] representing 4.7% are located in [00:12:52] LGEA heliquarters. towns classified [00:12:56] as aveny areas. this [00:13:00] data give us a match clear picture of [00:13:04] who are, who our children are, [00:13:08] where we are, and where our intervention is [00:13:11] most urgently required. other speakers at [00:13:15] event or parents, guardians and community leaders to support the [00:13:19] campaign by ensuring the enrollment of all school edge children. [00:13:23] within them. by the mind of our future [00:13:26] doctors, engineers, teachers, [00:13:30] leaders and innovators, but potential is just [00:13:34] like seat, it needs the right soil and [00:13:38] care to grow, so education is that soil, [00:13:41] find the child, reach the child, enroll [00:13:45] the child, keep the child in school. [00:13:49] education is here agreed that collective efforts by the state [00:13:52] government, stakeholders and development partners will help in reducing the [00:13:56] high rate of out of school children in the state. thiefless [00:13:59] darufy, tvc news [00:15:02] for staying with us on the news this hour, two more stories [00:15:05] now, vice president of Nigeria Kashim shitima will [00:15:09] lead Nigeria's delegation to the 81st session the [00:15:12] United Nations General Assembly Unger in New York, United [00:15:16] States, representing President Bolatinuubu at the [00:15:19] summit, the delegation includes the governor of River State [00:15:23] Simal Fubara, governor [00:15:27] state, [00:15:28] ministers and other senior government officials. the 81st onger general [00:15:32] debate will hold from september 22 to 28 under [00:15:36] the theme. foreign trust, managing transformation are [00:15:40] united nations that delivers for all. At the general [00:15:44] debate, Senator Shitima will deliver Nigeria's national statement [00:15:48] outlining the country's position and priorities on major [00:15:51] global issues with implications for national development, [00:15:55] peace, security and economic growth [00:15:59] as well as international cooperation. The vice president will [00:16:03] also participate in high-level meetings during the onger week. [00:16:07] including engagements on the rights to development, climate [00:16:11] action and other issues of strategic importance to [00:16:15] Nigeria and the African continent as well as participates in series [00:16:19] of bilateral meetings with leaders of other [00:16:22] countries. As [00:16:26] the 2027 general election draws closer, the all progresses congress [00:16:30] senatorial candidate for Anambers central senatorial district [00:16:34] Uche Ekunefe has declared that a support. and the [00:16:38] people of Anamber are committed to the re-election of President [00:16:41] Boladinubu and all other ABC candidates in the [00:16:45] state. Senator Kunofe who is also the [00:16:49] southeast zoner director the APC Presidential campaign [00:16:52] council for President Tinu's election made the [00:16:55] declaration during a one day Anamber central stakeholders [00:16:59] meeting with local government and one officials held in [00:17:02] Orka. She assured that Anambra is committed to ensuring the [00:17:06] victory the APC at all levels in the 2027 elections [00:17:10] in the state, we are not joking, [00:17:14] this is to let the APC [00:17:16] and central know that we are in for business, we're here to run election not [00:17:20] just for senate, but top to bottom, this is a signal to our [00:17:24] opponents that we are in business to win election, we are here to win for our [00:17:27] president, we're here to win for our senate, we are here to win for house of rest [00:17:31] members, we're here to win our entire 10 state assembly members, [00:17:35] make sure you don't split your vote. from bolamed [00:17:38] tinibu all the way down to those running [00:17:42] for state house of assembly, before that of course you have to vote our [00:17:46] senator and house members and it will be four over [00:17:49] four for APC, the progressives are the registered [00:17:53] members of APC, annambara states and we are [00:17:56] ready, they are ready to vote Mr. [00:18:00] president to state assembly members, she's a good [00:18:04] market, she have done it before, and the market the the... the campaign [00:18:08] out there, this is what i have done and i will do it again here is [00:18:12] running on her records, if you put her [00:18:16] together with the other people running against her, 100 [00:18:19] times better than any them, you can check the records, they are very [00:18:23] straight forward, the records are there, we have the men and we have the [00:18:26] resources, we have the structure and we have the [00:18:30] national rich, there will be no compromise, it will be [00:18:34] lands live for APC all through from top to bottom. and we [00:18:37] believing that by the special grace of God the [00:18:41] Anambara people will vote in line of competence, [00:18:45] capacity. [00:18:49] The People's Democratic Party Ennung State Chapter has [00:18:52] received over 600 members the Nigeria [00:18:56] Democratic Congress and African Democratic Congress into [00:18:59] the party. The defection exercise took place at the party secretariat [00:19:03] in enago received by the party chairman Victor's. [00:19:07] h and leader the party Uchin Naj explaining [00:19:11] reasons for the defection leader the delegation Godwin [00:19:15] Obase expressed disappointment in the former [00:19:18] political parties for not being able to organize themselves ahead [00:19:22] the general election the party have been [00:19:26] fractionalized and we can't continue [00:19:29] because we chose to play [00:19:32] 2027 politics very well any good [00:19:36] state we are going to what [00:19:39] back mandate? our we are going to take back our what lion building? [00:19:42] please, we want to welcome all of [00:19:45] you that they come [00:19:48] today from [00:19:50] NDC to PDP. [00:19:54] what happened here today is going to be a very big stepping stone for [00:19:58] PDP state, it's just like total total [00:20:01] restoration of PDP. we are here today to welcome [00:20:05] them into our fold to end welcome them into our [00:20:09] family and to work with them, our program [00:20:12] in PDP, the government that is coming [00:20:16] in is people oriented, [00:20:19] it's about our people, our [00:20:23] people will come back to life, i will only do three [00:20:26] industries, one is co related, one is [00:20:30] cement related, one is iron or [00:20:32] related, [00:20:35] president [00:20:42] describing it has a model of practical intervention at the subnational [00:20:46] level, the president specifically highlighted the deployment of one [00:20:50] 100 CNG part buses under governor over San is [00:20:53] administration. In a post on his ex official account, [00:20:57] president made special mention of Cadena state [00:21:01] intervention, noting that it demonstrated how the transition [00:21:04] to cheaper domestic energy to translate into tangible [00:21:08] relief for ordinary citizens. The scheme recorded about [00:21:12] 3.2 million passenger trips in its first year, [00:21:16] saving commuters more than 3.5 billion narr. in [00:21:20] transport cost, candinal state authorities say they [00:21:23] remain the only state operating the free CNG mass [00:21:27] transit program of this nature. The presidential commendation [00:21:31] comes as the federal government and states intensify [00:21:34] efforts to expand affordable CNG transportation across [00:21:38] the [00:21:38] country. [00:21:43] The minister of state for agriculture and food security is called for major [00:21:47] transformation of agricultural education in Nigeria. with [00:21:50] greater emphasis on practical training and technology. the [00:21:54] call was made at the meeting national agricultural teacher summit [00:21:58] in lagagus, themed rebirth, [00:22:01] engage, act, transfer, [00:22:05] represented by the provist the federal cooperative [00:22:08] college, ibado. the minister made the call during the panel session [00:22:12] on bridging the gap between agricultural theory and real [00:22:16] life production. panelist stress the need to equip [00:22:20] students with practical skills that can prepare them for [00:22:23] opportunities across the agriculture of value chain. meanwile, the [00:22:27] committee of states commissioners of education in Nigeria says [00:22:31] it odds monthly webinars to share adaptive [00:22:35] models for education development among commissioners [00:22:38] nationwide. the entrepreneurship [00:22:42] passmate of agriculture is lacking and mean the value [00:22:46] chain of agriculture is lacking and that's why so many people don't really want to go. into [00:22:50] agriculture and that's why so many other professions, professionals are taking the [00:22:54] lead from them, you see so many people that are not really the agricultural [00:22:58] oriented from the start, they're making millions from agri, [00:23:02] but now i think with this lecture the orientation will [00:23:05] change, we just want to um showcase [00:23:08] the benefits of agricultural science, how [00:23:12] great agric is generally so that with [00:23:15] agricultural science will be put back in the limeline of affairs of this. [00:23:20] nation the government should be more intentional about issues of [00:23:23] agriculture at different levels from the primary school level to the [00:23:27] secondary school even to the tary institution. it is something that as [00:23:30] nation we should make it a priority and invest [00:23:34] heavily on it. the consent works in collaboration [00:23:38] with the Nigerian governors [00:23:41] forum so we we we [00:23:44] organize webinars every month [00:23:48] for all the honorable commissioners. to share their experiences [00:23:51] and in that forum from there we take records and [00:23:55] where necessary if whatever we got we want to we can [00:23:59] bring it up to be added or integrated we can recommend to [00:24:03] be integrated into the educational [00:24:05] policy. the benroy [00:24:09] state government says taraku mills limited is expected to [00:24:12] resume production in december 2026 as rehabilitation [00:24:16] work on the long abandoned facility reaches more than 9 [00:24:20] completion. the group managing director of Bno investment property [00:24:24] company Mr. Raymond Asemamaka disclosed this [00:24:28] when he led officials the ministry of industry, trade and [00:24:32] investment for the final rounds of inspection before [00:24:36] the meal takes in its first raw materials for processing [00:24:40] in over decade. mayowator [00:24:42] reports. Tarak news, which had remained [00:24:46] doman for more than 13 years is undergoing extensive. [00:24:50] rehabilitation as part of efforts by the binway state government to revive [00:24:54] Moribon industries and strengthen the state agricultural [00:24:57] economy. officials the [00:25:01] Benway state government led by the group managing director of Benway investment and [00:25:05] property company arrives at the now revitalized tarako meals [00:25:09] for the final rounds of inspection before processing begins [00:25:12] and technically we are ready as far as I'm [00:25:15] concerned 90 to 95% we are just waiting for the material to [00:25:19] com. production we start this running, all the part has [00:25:23] been checked, we [00:25:24] have we are on services now and we are hoping our community here, they [00:25:28] will start harvesting, so yeah as much as possible even grand [00:25:32] not, the director of trade at the ministry of trade and [00:25:35] investment, who is now the plant manager says all the [00:25:39] machines are now in place with 90% readiness for [00:25:43] purification to begin, we can start the purification [00:25:46] process now once we have the row [00:25:50] series and then we continue from the process [00:25:53] one, second stage, third stage, fourth stage until [00:25:57] we get to the final stage when we have the [00:26:01] refined oil. ready for use in the [00:26:04] kitchen, the group managing director of BIPC approved the [00:26:07] release of one truck of soya beans for the test purification [00:26:11] processing with a target saturate the Nigerian market with [00:26:15] golden soya oil ahead the festive season. [00:26:18] This administration, we are not people that uh [00:26:22] just speak on audio, we are people that will deliver [00:26:26] service and uh we are believing [00:26:29] that come this festive [00:26:33] period, our people will have soya beard oil, we will have the [00:26:37] golden soya oil, it's a promise and the promise must be for [00:26:41] feed, under the leadership the executive governor of ben [00:26:44] states, we must deliver this service, the expected reopening [00:26:48] of tarakum meals is anticipated to provide additional opportunities [00:26:52] for soya beans farmers and other agricultural producers while [00:26:56] increasing local agro processing capacity in binry [00:26:59] states. tvc [00:27:03] news taraku, that's [00:27:07] it and tvc news this hour for more updates and the stories we are [00:27:11] monitoring, you can visit our website www.tibicy [00:27:14] news.tv, you can also follow us on our social media anders [00:27:18] facebook, instagram and on x [00:27:21] at@ also have updates for you on whatsapp and [00:27:25] telegram attivity news nigeria, youtube live [00:27:29] at nigeria, on tiktok [00:27:32] it's TVC news.ng. 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[00:30:26] When you ask, it will be given [00:30:28] to you, when you seek, you will [00:30:29] find. [00:30:32] Remedly presents reporters [00:30:34] file: [00:30:39] Ogun State, southwest Nigeria is one the most prominent [00:30:43] states in the country. The state derives its name [00:30:47] from the Ogun river, powerful river that [00:30:51] flows through the state and empties into the Ligos Lagoon.