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The [00:01:05] headlines. Nager state government [00:01:09] and three day fidal prayers organized in honor [00:01:12] of the 37 suspected illegal miners to lift curfew [00:01:16] tomorrow. [00:01:19] of Former governor of Kugi state Ibrahim Idris dies at the age of [00:01:22] 77 as governor [00:01:24] in dodo declares three days of [00:01:26] morning. Outside Nigeria and [00:01:30] battle german chancellor promises to stay on, despite exit [00:01:33] poles in two local elections, suggesting damaging defeats [00:01:37] for his center [00:01:38] of right Christian democratic union [00:01:40] party. In [00:01:43] our Sunday special, we take you through the journey of Oguta Lake in [00:01:47] IMO state, which stands at [00:01:49] a crossroads between the celebrated past and an [00:01:53] uncertain [00:01:54] future. [00:02:00] Hello and welcome to TVC News at 10, this edition [00:02:03] features a Sunday special. I am [00:02:05] of Abbosadi at Dennar and Amy. We start off in Niger State where [00:02:09] governor Marago says the curfew imposed on the state [00:02:13] following unrest over the deaths of 37 suspected illegal [00:02:17] miners in the custody [00:02:22] in of the Nigeria Security at Civil Defense core will be lifted [00:02:23] of tomorrow. The governor said this during the conclusion [00:02:26] of the three defidal prayers held in honor [00:02:29] of the deceased. "governor Bago also disclosed that investigations are [00:02:33] ongoing to determine the circumstances surrounding the [00:02:36] deaths and acertain the condition of those who survived the [00:02:40] incident. The government is [00:02:44] also giving palliatives to the families and [00:02:47] support to the families [00:02:49] of the [00:02:49] of deceased and the emirate of mina has been invoked [00:02:52] of in [00:02:52] of this activity that the Amerier himself will [00:02:56] superitend over whatever the state government uh" going [00:03:00] to give as a comfort you know to the families [00:03:03] of the disease and even those that were jailed and are still in the [00:03:06] hospital will also uh find a way to reach out to them at [00:03:10] large uh we have also appeal to [00:03:13] of nigelightes uh especially the people of mina and this area where [00:03:17] they suffered [00:03:18] a much of [00:03:19] of this uh casualties and appeal to them uh to keep [00:03:23] away from violence and also i have promised them that after [00:03:26] tonight the curfew will be withdrawn and everybody will resume back [00:03:30] to the activities and we thank them for their [00:03:32] cooperation. in another [00:03:35] development, the understate attorney general and [00:03:38] in commissioner for justice, kayajilo, san, says a coroner's [00:03:42] inquest had been [00:03:44] of requested to determine the circumstances surrounding the deaths [00:03:47] allegedly links to the consumption of harmful herbal and [00:03:51] alcoholic concuctions in the state. Mr. Ajlos says he had [00:03:55] formally written to the chief judge [00:03:57] of the state seeking the constitution of for coronal's [00:04:01] of court to investigate the deaths and establish their immediate and remote [00:04:05] causes. According to him, the inquest would go beyond [00:04:08] determining how the victims died to establishing [00:04:12] a whether the incident could have been prevented and [00:04:15] identified measures needed to avert [00:04:19] in a recurrence. The commissioner also said the government was reviewing the regulatory [00:04:22] framework governing the preparation, production, [00:04:25] distribution, sale and consumption of locally [00:04:29] produced. and alcoholic [00:04:32] of products. now sad [00:04:36] development coming from state where the former governor [00:04:40] of the state Ibrahim Idris died in the UK [00:04:43] hospital at the age of 77. he held from [00:04:47] Amala and lead the state [00:04:48] of for [00:04:49] a nearly 9 years. The former governor's person has [00:04:52] drawn tributes from political associates and resident. [00:04:56] Michael Hilla reports. [00:05:00] are still pouring in following the death of former governor of [00:05:03] of Kogi state Ibrahim Idris at the age of [00:05:06] 77. Idris emerged as the People's [00:05:10] Democratic Party candidate in the April. 2003 [00:05:13] governorship election and defeated the incumbent prince [00:05:17] Abubakar Audo. He was worn in on May [00:05:21] 29th, 2003. His re-election in [00:05:24] 2007 was later nullified by the courts after [00:05:28] a ruling that Audu, the ANP candidate had been [00:05:32] wrongly excluded from the election. A fresh poll in March [00:05:35] 2008, returned Idris to office, where he [00:05:39] remained until January 2012. [00:05:42] longest serving elected governor. [00:06:00] 9 years [00:06:01] him of cogistate's made during almost his years in office, his administration embarked on major [00:06:05] infrastructure projects, including the confluence stadium, [00:06:09] greater Lokoja water scheme, housing and estates and [00:06:13] road projects. education and health care also [00:06:17] received attention while infrastructure at the denkogi [00:06:21] state university Aimba was developed during his [00:06:25] tenure. beyond governance, Idris [00:06:28] experienced a deeply personal moment in October [00:06:31] 2006 when three of his daughters survived the [00:06:35] ADC Airlines flight 53 crash near Abuja, which [00:06:39] claimed about 96 lives after office in [00:06:43] 2012, Idris remained active in Kogi's [00:06:47] political and public [00:06:48] life. While [00:06:52] his record in office continued to generate debate, [00:06:56] particularly over the delivery of good governance. His [00:06:59] death closes a significant chapter in the state's political [00:07:03] history, living behind memories of a long tenure, [00:07:07] major development projects and decades of public [00:07:11] engagement. Ibrahim Idris is gone, but [00:07:15] the story of his years in office, the projects [00:07:18] associated with his administration and the debates over [00:07:22] his legacy remain part of Kogi State's history. [00:07:26] He is survived by his family. Michael [00:07:29] ila, TVC News, [00:07:32] Locoja. Meanwhile, Governor of Kogistate [00:07:36] Osmano has declared three days of morning in honor of [00:07:39] former governor Ibrahim Adris. The governor als directed that the [00:07:43] Nigerian and Kugi State flags be flown at half mask [00:07:47] across government offices and designated public [00:07:50] institutions during the morning period. In his [00:07:53] condolence message, governor Dodo described the former governor as a [00:07:57] man who had made meaningful contributions in politics and [00:08:01] business of Gugi State. The governor who visited the residence the [00:08:05] former governor took amis rate with the family, described his death [00:08:09] as a profound loss to Koge state and Nigeria. [00:08:12] Governor dodo has also approved the state burial for Ibrahim Adris with [00:08:16] the state government pledging to take responsibility for the burial arrangements [00:08:20] and [00:08:21] expenses. [00:08:29] Dr. Amino Atabor is close ally to the former [00:08:32] governor of Koge state Ibrahim Idris. He joins me on the news at [00:08:36] 10 to speak on his person at the age of [00:08:39] 77. Please accept our condolences. so the person of former [00:08:43] governor Ibrahim Idris, who was Ibrahim Idris [00:08:47] to you and what are some [00:08:48] of your fondest memories of [00:08:50] him? thank you, thank you so [00:08:54] very much, we appreciate to appreciate [00:08:58] that TVC uh for coming up [00:09:02] with [00:09:02] an indept uh history and knowledge [00:09:05] of our [00:09:07] sonris, [00:09:11] indeed C [00:09:12] it has lost and it does not [00:09:14] stry has [00:09:16] fallen, the role of agal [00:09:20] and state is money [00:09:23] and in fact the whole country [00:09:27] because it was and it [00:09:30] was a states man you know by all [00:09:34] standard having role coming [00:09:36] state for nine years and [00:09:40] that is a history that has not been [00:09:43] broken, i like the [00:09:45] braries so many things to so many [00:09:49] people, but for us in kogi [00:09:52] state is the father [00:09:56] of modern cogi, because [00:10:00] i like COON was [00:10:04] everything to everybody in the [00:10:06] creased [00:10:08] to political electrical zones of covid [00:10:11] state, the central, kogi central, kogi [00:10:15] west and kogi east, where he h from, [00:10:18] it touched everybody and it was [00:10:21] everywhere and for... [00:10:25] our governor, the performing [00:10:28] governor to have declared a three days [00:10:32] morning, i think is the greatest [00:10:35] honor that can be [00:10:38] given to a [00:10:40] governor [00:10:42] that south meritoriously for that long period of [00:10:45] time, which i believe have not been broken ever in the whole [00:10:49] country, so we have lost a r gem [00:10:53] and a personality. is this man all right, that is [00:10:57] what? hear you, dr. taba, but [00:11:00] also i'm just also curious, what legacy would you say [00:11:04] that uh, Ibrahim Idris left behind, and what would you say [00:11:08] that Kogistate would remember him for side governing the state [00:11:12] for nine years, which you called an unbroken [00:11:14] record? thank you very [00:11:17] much, I like to prim was builder of men [00:11:21] and women, in fact, [00:11:25] human capital development was [00:11:29] his best [00:11:32] record that we cannot forget so easily, he built [00:11:36] men, he built women, he spread his [00:11:39] tentacles across the trees [00:11:42] and he was empowing [00:11:45] people no matter where you come from, he was [00:11:49] distributing projects across [00:11:51] the th without [00:11:56] end term [00:11:57] of discrepancy and to that when he was [00:12:01] governor his house was like maker and when he [00:12:05] left governance even after so many [00:12:08] years his house was like [00:12:12] maker people coming to consulting for his political [00:12:16] experience people coming looking for help for [00:12:18] assistant [00:12:25] nothing and in terms of development, in terms of [00:12:28] making cogi to be known, respected, [00:12:32] i mus the com of states, i think is number [00:12:36] one in this country, and that is why people continue to [00:12:40] flog around [00:12:41] him even after he left as the governor [00:12:44] of already, governor dodo has declared three days of morning [00:12:48] flag that to fly at half mass government offices and the state [00:12:52] government is also taking responsibility for his how do [00:12:56] you think he should be immortalized? [00:13:00] yes, think a lot of [00:13:03] institutions [00:13:05] buts, [00:13:07] you know, are there for all to see, [00:13:11] and in proper recognition of his [00:13:14] efforts, i believe that the state can name one or [00:13:18] two or three institutions that has build after [00:13:21] him, having said this - [00:13:28] hand Ahmed Usmano is also a man that [00:13:32] is ting the parts of Alarge [00:13:36] Primaters providing everything that is [00:13:40] needed you know to make life easy for the [00:13:43] people of cogist is the timely payment of [00:13:47] salaries of workers timely payment of [00:13:51] pension pensioners monthly allowing. [00:13:56] is the developmental project is also spread across the three [00:14:00] senatori of [00:14:01] um is [00:14:04] doing exactly all something that is [00:14:07] reminance of so we [00:14:11] comment him okay the people of cogisties and in [00:14:15] particular the people of comment him [00:14:18] for declaring through this money for [00:14:22] our departed hero al Dr. Ibrahim [00:14:26] is CON uh Who I told you [00:14:30] earlier rule for uh for nine years also [00:14:33] a b [00:14:36] not b [00:14:37] rather but recognized traditional [00:14:41] ruler or traditional [00:14:44] whatever from our kingdom he [00:14:47] got traditional titles from all [00:14:51] the central from yes. It's [00:14:55] good to hear that, but [00:14:59] yes, yes, thank you very much for sharing with us your fund [00:15:02] memories of uh former governor Ibrahim Idris [00:15:06] again accept our condolences, [00:15:09] we trust that his family would find the sucker at this time, Dr. Aminu [00:15:13] atabu is close ally to the late former governor [00:15:17] Ibrahimois, thank you for your time, thank you very much, [00:15:21] thank you, when TBC News [00:15:25] at 10 returns, youth in Jigawa state organized [00:15:28] 1 million man march in support for President Tinubo [00:15:32] at governor Namade's re-election. Stay with us for details of this story [00:15:36] and more. 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Former governor of Kogistate [00:17:23] Ibrahim Idris dies at the age of 77 as governor [00:17:27] Dodo declares three days of [00:17:29] morning. [00:17:33] Outside [00:17:34] Nigeria. [00:17:38] to stay on full [00:17:41] elections in damaging defeats for his center [00:17:45] right, [00:17:56] our sunday special through the j for guta [00:17:59] a lake cross roads between a [00:18:03] celebrated past and an uncertain future. [00:18:22] Let's an attention to the war against laser drug trafficking, [00:18:26] operatives the national drug enforcement agency, [00:18:29] NDLA have intercepted over 1.3 [00:18:33] million peels of traumadol and other opioids as well as [00:18:37] six. thousand kilograms of potent strains of cannabis [00:18:41] in major operational breakthroughs across Lagos, edo [00:18:44] Niger, Delta among other states. We have details in this [00:18:48] report. Top on the lineup the successful [00:18:52] operations was the interception of [00:18:54] 1200 passels of Canadian loud, [00:18:58] a synthetic strain of cannabis valued at [00:19:02] over 1.8 billion naira, the alleged [00:19:05] straffica innocent. epo, who allegedly [00:19:09] impersonates as a senior police officer, was arrested [00:19:13] alongside his alleged accomplice, [00:19:17] 39 year old Unduka Joseph. In [00:19:21] a those state, NDLA operators arrested [00:19:24] 45 year old Matthew Osay who reportedly [00:19:28] used his auto repair workshop as a front for [00:19:32] storing illicit drugs. 48 kilograms [00:19:36] of Canadian roud and 152 [00:19:40] grams of metapetamine were recovered by the [00:19:43] NDLA officers. At the Tinkan Island [00:19:47] port in Lagos, 1,200 passels of [00:19:50] Canadian loud weighing 63.7 [00:19:54] kilograms were discovered a 40 foot [00:19:57] container shipped from Montreal in Canada where [00:20:01] they were concealed inside 31 black jumbo [00:20:04] bags loaded into Toyo. Sienna vehicles [00:20:08] in the container. In Niger state, [00:20:12] NDLEA operatives on patrol along the Abuja [00:20:16] Kaduna Expressway at Chachi, Taffa local government [00:20:20] area arested three young suspects with two locally [00:20:24] fabricated AK-47 rifles and a [00:20:27] magazine. Suspected pedlers of cannabis, [00:20:31] skunk, trauma doll were also arrested in [00:20:34] Ondo, Gombe, IMO states. With the same [00:20:38] vigor, commands and formations the NDLA [00:20:42] across the country continued with the war against drug [00:20:46] abuse. The Chairman, Chief Executive Officer the [00:20:50] agency, brigadier general Mohammed Boba Marwa [00:20:54] retired, commended the officers for their efforts and [00:20:58] advised them to keep up the [00:21:00] commitment. Now talking [00:21:04] politics, thousands of youths have taken to the streets of [00:21:08] Hadeja, Digawa state a major show of support [00:21:12] for President Bolatinov and governor Omar Namadi ahead [00:21:15] the 2027 elections. The 1 million man march. [00:21:20] organized by supporters the all progressives congress is also being used to [00:21:24] mobilize support for the second term beid the president [00:21:28] and the governor. TBC News Yusufifica has [00:21:30] details. Behind me is the scene of a massive [00:21:34] political mobilization here in Hadejajgar state where [00:21:38] youth have taken to the streets to demonstrate their support for [00:21:42] presidentubu and gabnor Umar Namadi. [00:21:46] The participants match through major streets of hadeja. [00:21:50] in APC plugs and curring posters and burners in [00:21:53] support of President Tinubu and governor Omar Namadi, the [00:21:57] organizers said the mobilization was part of efforts to [00:22:01] secure more than 2 million votes for President Tinubu in Gar [00:22:05] state in 2027 presidential election. The [00:22:08] chairman the movement said the group was supporting the Tinubo [00:22:12] administration because of what it described as progress in [00:22:16] security, education, agriculture and economy. [00:22:20] reforms today shows that there [00:22:24] are [00:22:28] all his candidate, our senator, our res, our all [00:22:32] state assembly candidate, we thank God for this remarkable [00:22:35] day, here today [00:22:39] voluntarily and in in [00:22:43] good spirit, because every [00:22:47] government who is doing good. for its [00:22:50] people, it is [00:22:52] actually the responsibility the [00:22:56] people who have shared that same bition to come [00:22:59] out in mass and show [00:23:03] solidarity sporters at them said their presence [00:23:07] was intended to demonstrate their continuous support for the [00:23:10] APC and to mobilize more young people ahead the [00:23:14] 2027 elections, today we are gather here in [00:23:17] harda to show our solidarity for our [00:23:21] president and our executive governor of [00:23:23] state, we gather about 1 [00:23:27] million man, we are marching for their own sake, we are [00:23:31] here to show our support and to let people aware for [00:23:35] the second term [00:23:36] of [00:23:39] witnessing [00:23:40] one million match in support the reelection [00:23:44] of our other aspirants [00:23:47] and second second term in [00:23:51] office, the gathering comes and growing political activities across [00:23:55] the country as political parties and their supporters begin [00:23:58] preparations for the 2027 elections. [00:24:02] Yusuf isa, tbc [00:24:05] news, jigawa. sociocultural [00:24:08] group in remoland, the pan remo movement, [00:24:12] PRM, has warned political leaders and aspirants from the [00:24:15] zone against any attempt to derill the zone arrangement [00:24:19] ahead of the 2027 governorship election, saying such move [00:24:23] could undermine the good will and trust built between the various [00:24:27] zones of ogon state. a statement, the group argued that Ramo had [00:24:31] occupied the governorship for 16 the 28 years [00:24:35] since the return to democratic role in 1999, having [00:24:38] produced former governor [00:24:40] and incumbent. the set time has [00:24:44] come for the zone to reciprocate the support it had [00:24:47] enjoyed by allowing power. shift to another part [00:24:51] the state, particularly [00:24:53] in west, in the interest of equity and [00:24:55] fairness. [00:25:02] the fusenguada ruling house of state has [00:25:06] demanded a fresh selection process for the vacant [00:25:09] awoojales tool, insisting that the exercise must be [00:25:13] transparent, follow established procedures and give all [00:25:16] qualified members a fair opportunity to... participate, [00:25:20] the demand was made a meeting the ruling house [00:25:24] at - day on Sunday, [00:25:28] where all more was also elected [00:25:31] the new olur. The rolling house said the decision to seek a [00:25:35] fresh process followed concerns over the handling the previous [00:25:39] exercise, including alleged procedural infractions, [00:25:43] inadequate consultation and other issues, which, according [00:25:46] to its members, compromised confidence in the process. [00:25:53] change of leadership is obviously to [00:25:57] everybody, this [00:25:58] is true, because we've had lot of stuck. [00:26:03] water from the past and previous uh [00:26:07] chairman and deputy and and for real we need to have [00:26:10] one and those men they have tried their best [00:26:14] so like he said we are not fighting anybody let the family [00:26:18] move on let the government move on and let [00:26:21] us that's our own that's [00:26:24] our most important objective sorry failure [00:26:28] to conduct gen screening there was no join. [00:26:32] training the aspirants after the meeting at Bisstrood hall. [00:26:36] Consequently, 86 names were [00:26:40] submitted to the kingmers (86 names) which is [00:26:43] shameful and very, very [00:26:45] ridiculous. The implication [00:26:48] these was that the responsibility for screening the [00:26:52] aspirants was effectively shifted to the king [00:26:56] makers. To me, this amended to shelving [00:27:00] the responsibility the ruling house. and placing it on the king [00:27:04] makakers labs, you're watching [00:27:08] TVs news at 10, we'll take moment now, when we [00:27:11] return uh you would be able to watch TVC news at [00:27:15] 10 on uh uh DSTv on [00:27:18] our linear channel and of course also on our [00:27:22] digital platform the will be signing out of TVC entertainment now, [00:27:26] we'll be back a moment, please stay with [00:27:28] us. [00:28:09] Thank you for staying with us on TVC News at 10. If [00:28:13] women make up nearly half of Nigeria's population and [00:28:16] more than half of all voters, why are they less than [00:28:20] 5% in the National Assembly? But that question was at the [00:28:24] heart of a three-day reflections meeting in Lagos State where [00:28:28] media practitioners from across the country strategize on how [00:28:31] to bet that project women in public leadership. We have details [00:28:35] in this report. It's a room of [00:28:38] gatekeepers, media professionals alongside civil society [00:28:42] leaders and gender advocates. They are here to reflect on [00:28:46] one assignment: how the media sees, hears and [00:28:50] projects women in public leadership. Statistics from the [00:28:54] Ellen Johnson surliff Center data hub says there are only 4% of [00:28:58] women in Nigeria's House of Representatives, that is 15 [00:29:01] out of. 356 legislators, while the senate [00:29:05] has only 4%, four out of 107 [00:29:09] senators. this is despite women constituting [00:29:12] 49.5% of Nigeria's 206 [00:29:16] million people as of 2021, according to the United [00:29:20] Nations data. one the things that we notice is as much as we are trying [00:29:24] to get more women represented in the room and sitting at decision [00:29:28] making tables. we understood that media has a big role to [00:29:31] play. in defining who is seen as a leader [00:29:35] and even when they are, if at all they are credible. the [00:29:39] energy from this room is that uh, let's go out there and engage them at all [00:29:43] levels, state levels uh through various partnerships, [00:29:47] existing uh memorandums of understanding, for example [00:29:51] between the international press center and now watch and also [00:29:54] between international press center and gokop and so with the three of [00:29:58] us working together and all others here, i'm sure that if [00:30:02] we ask female candidates to come and have some discussions with [00:30:05] us, they would oblige us. findings revealed that too often [00:30:09] the coverage of women leaders focuses on what she wore, who her [00:30:13] husband is, or her marital status, not what she brings to the [00:30:16] table. the assumptions that our traditions and our [00:30:20] culture and our upbringing have [00:30:24] modified us to accept as who [00:30:28] woman must be, how she must be presented, [00:30:33] must change, it's been a very stimulating [00:30:37] reflection meeting [00:30:38] and I love, it's not a training, it's a reflection meeting, [00:30:41] meaning that we have people in the industry [00:30:45] who have who are engaged actively in [00:30:49] reporting, coming together, in you know editing, [00:30:53] editorial work, coming together, in in in in creating [00:30:57] agenda setting coming together to have.