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00:01:14of Thanks for staying with us, welcome to the news at five on channel's
00:01:17television, I'm Joker Rogers, here the news reports we're tracking for you this
00:01:21hour, the president has directed the economic and financial
00:01:25of crimes commission to immediately return to court advocate the order
00:01:29freezing the ocean. state government statutary accounts. In a statement,
00:01:32President Bolatin Abu said he was not embarrassed by the
00:01:35EFCC's anti-corruption mandate or the court order
00:01:39itself, but by the timing
00:01:41of the action, coming just days before the Aushen State Governorship
00:01:46of election. President Tenubu reiterated his commitment to allowing anti-corruption
00:01:50agencies to operate
00:01:51of independently without political interference, stressing that he had
00:01:55no prior knowledge
00:01:57of the EFCC's decision to seek the court or... order,
00:02:00however, he noted that every action
00:02:03of the federal institution is ultimately linked to the
00:02:06presidency,
00:02:07of making it necessary to intervene in the interest of public
00:02:10confidence. the president said no action should create the
00:02:14impression that any federal
00:02:16of agency is being used to influence the electoral process.
00:02:20he therefore
00:02:21of of directed the EFCC to immediately discontinue the proceedings and vecate the court
00:02:25order freezing the ocean state government's
00:02:27accounts. The
00:02:31Department of State Services has arranged one of its retired
00:02:35officers Worgo Ezecolam before the Federal High Court
00:02:39in Abuja
00:02:40of over allegations of associating with the prescribed indigenous
00:02:43people
00:02:44of of Bafra ipop. Mr. Ezekolam faces four
00:02:48count charge including alleged support for
00:02:51and membership of IPO as
00:02:53of well as using social media to promote the group's
00:02:56activities contrary to the terrorism prevention. and
00:03:00prohibition act 2022 and the cyber crimes act.
00:03:04the charges filed by the director of public
00:03:07of prosecutions
00:03:07of the federation rotipo were read before justice
00:03:11Mohammed Umara. the defendant pleaded not guilty to all the
00:03:15charges. the courns the
00:03:17of a of case until October 29 for the commencement of trial and ordered that
00:03:21the retired DSS officer remanded at the Koj correctional
00:03:25center pending the hearing of his bill
00:03:27application.
00:03:31in Intarava state governor Abu Kafa says the
00:03:35approval by President Bolatanubu for the establishment
00:03:38of the 10 division
00:03:39of the Nigerian Army will enhance the fight against insecurity and
00:03:43improve the level of dominance in security personnel deployed
00:03:47to Taraba and at Damawa State. The governor stated this
00:03:51when he inspected the ongoing work at the permanent site
00:03:54of the newly created Army
00:03:56base.
00:04:01This is a permanent site
00:04:02of the newly
00:04:03of established of 10 division
00:04:04of the Nigerian army and work is in top gear to ensure
00:04:08its completion and operationalization to enhance
00:04:11security
00:04:12of in taraba and adamawa
00:04:14states.
00:04:19Located in Yali community and in
00:04:21of the outskirts of Jalingo, the state capital, the infrastructure was the
00:04:25base
00:04:25of the sixth brigade
00:04:26of the Nigerian army and Governor Abu Kefas is visited. the
00:04:30site to see the level of work, we also
00:04:33have uh the
00:04:35of one bedroom officers transit accommodation, it used
00:04:39to be two story building at secretariat, but down here we
00:04:42bombarded it also to become a bungalo, meaning we be
00:04:46of having three blocks of 10 10 room
00:04:48each to be used by transit officers as
00:04:52accommodation for now sir, they are
00:04:55a of also on the under the new division there will be three brigades located in
00:04:59parts of taraba. and Adam states already the 23
00:05:02brigade Yola and the six brigade wukari are
00:05:06operational within the
00:05:07area. As we
00:05:11all know Taraba is the third largest
00:05:14state in Nigeria and lot of
00:05:17landmarks, so establishing a devia is - a
00:05:21welcome development, for our deployment, I'm not at
00:05:25liberty to discuss yet, then for the
00:05:29movement it will be incremental, it will be gradual, so I will not
00:05:32lose the um progress we have made
00:05:36so far. In his remark, governor Abu Kefas, who is retired
00:05:40military officer believes Establishment the new division will
00:05:44enhance the fight against insecurity, pledging to support
00:05:48efforts to operation to operationalize the division. Security and
00:05:52intelligence analysis have given rise to setting
00:05:55up division here, uh, the place we
00:05:59inspected today was initially made for
00:06:03the brigade, the permanent side for the
00:06:06brigade, but that particular
00:06:09environment can accommodate. so we
00:06:13have gone there to assess the work that is
00:06:16ongoing to see how we can
00:06:19increase uh some the infrastructure
00:06:22there and to also ensure that uh
00:06:26the work is being heating up so that the the division will
00:06:30have a place. the division is expected to take off next
00:06:34month.
00:06:38political leaders, traditional rulers, women, youths and
00:06:42others stakeholders from Yagua federal constituency in Kogi State
00:06:46have endorsed President Paul Timbu and the Senator representing Kogi West
00:06:50Sunday Carrimi for another term in office citing the law makers
00:06:53performance and the need for continuity in governance. The
00:06:57endorsement which is coming ahead the 2027 general elections was made
00:07:01during the Yaba federal constituency town hall held in Isalu
00:07:05with the theme continuity for sustainable development in Kogi
00:07:08West Senatorial District.
00:07:12without wasting
00:07:12time, i want to call on the local government
00:07:17chairman from the zone, loyalists the all progressive
00:07:21congress, traditional rulers, as well as youth and women groups
00:07:25converge illu as the seek a strong
00:07:29finish for the party in 2027,
00:07:32convener the meeting, senator Steve Karime who
00:07:36represents Kugi West senatorial district is the
00:07:40highest ranking political office holder. in the
00:07:42zone, he appreciates governor Usmano and
00:07:46the constituents for giving him their support during the
00:07:50APC National Assembly primaries, however
00:07:54is quick to remind the gathering that the race is far
00:07:58from over, calling for unity to ensure the APC is
00:08:02victorious in yagba and the entire Kogi
00:08:05west during the presidential and national assembly
00:08:09elections. I a member of APC.
00:08:13"i have other party and for
00:08:16Mr. President, the governor the state we don't
00:08:20have any problem
00:08:22together,
00:08:26we don't have problem, it's relationship
00:08:30that has to be rebuild and we are starting
00:08:33it, we all need each
00:08:35other, some things has gone
00:08:38wrong and we are ready to unite the party."
00:08:43so that we win election together, other party leaders in the
00:08:46zone express satisfaction with the development witnessed in the
00:08:50constituency as the pledge to deliver all their
00:08:53candidates. i want to assure you we
00:08:57are put our differences behind
00:09:00alls and we are agreed to work
00:09:03together and we are agreed
00:09:07to deliver all our candidates
00:09:11from president.
00:09:23and all our assembly members, we have the right to
00:09:27support anybody you like, the moment all of
00:09:31us, you are looking for the ticket, but the moment you
00:09:34get the tick, all of us
00:09:37have to work together, and i'm telling
00:09:40you, telling you as of
00:09:43today in mopamuro,
00:09:47all of us you are working together as
00:09:49team,
00:09:56without minson words, these stakeholders led by the
00:10:00senator unanimously endorse president
00:10:04bola Chinibu for his second term, we have the impact the federal
00:10:07government and we in the
00:10:11whole state. I want to let you know
00:10:15that the president, we
00:10:19are going to give him and overwhelming support in terms
00:10:22of these loyalists. say they are confident
00:10:26back in both leaders who they believe will continue to
00:10:29champion people oriented development
00:10:32projects.
00:10:41the very state governor has task all ministries,
00:10:45department and agencies to ensure all revenues due to the state
00:10:49are collected through the single treasury operated by the benry state
00:10:53internal revenue services and double taxation and
00:10:56restore public confidence. Governor Aliah was speaking at the
00:11:00MDA's revenue synergy forum where he was represented by the
00:11:04executive chairman Bernry State Internal Revenue Service Joseph
00:11:08Kwagba. He tasks participants to guard against leakages
00:11:12as his administration is in need of all available
00:11:15resources to sustain infrastructure
00:11:18development.
00:11:23Infrastructure development markedy. capital is
00:11:26gradually taking shape with road construction forming major
00:11:30part of governor's urban renewal
00:11:33program.
00:11:39the projects include concrete cast drainage channels alongside the
00:11:432.4 kilometer idea flaud control project which is
00:11:47resolved the parenial flooding in the state
00:11:49capital.
00:11:54such social communities come a huge financial cost to the state,
00:11:58hence the need to maximize all internally generated revenue
00:12:01sources is highlighted at the benway MDA's revenue
00:12:05synergy forum. the essence of this is to synergize the
00:12:09MDAs and the board of internal uh internal revenue
00:12:13to generate more revenue to help with
00:12:16the development the state and to help with every work that his
00:12:20excellency - is doing for the
00:12:23state, almost everything. that is needed has been put in
00:12:26place to make the IGR work better in the state, so
00:12:30by the time the NDAs collaborate with us, and we
00:12:34will do better job to see more, and you will be happy to as an indigenous
00:12:38bany to see what will happen in the IGR
00:12:41sector. Benway state governor retraced the point while
00:12:45addressing heads the MDAs and other participants. He
00:12:49says his administration is looking at less dependency on federal
00:12:53allocation to fund its. programs, urging everyone to
00:12:57sit up as it will no longer be business as usual. if
00:13:01this collaboration is sustained and enhance, full
00:13:04integration of NDA revenue streams into a central
00:13:08transparent and collective platform will be achieved.
00:13:11mandatory data sharing to expand the tax net and levy will also be
00:13:15achieved. we also eliminate cash collections and third party
00:13:18agents where they create leakages. joint enforcement and
00:13:22sensitization will become more easier. Heads of participating
00:13:26Mdas welcome the synergy, when the the
00:13:29government team are working together then the people will also be able to
00:13:33support you know very critically and you can have more
00:13:37revenue and by the time you pull this together you be able to
00:13:41direct it to where it should go, so I think this meeting is a
00:13:45good one and I know going forward is going to uh
00:13:49increase our revenue generation, increase uh confidence in
00:13:52government and then uh we can... sure to move along with the
00:13:56people too, we have brought into lamb
00:13:59light a system where the
00:14:03executive governor of binway states
00:14:06has
00:14:10uh reduced the cost of
00:14:12titling to close to by
00:14:1675% and we have
00:14:19already collaborated with
00:14:21BIRS with intent that all these
00:14:25revenues that are coming in because the lower
00:14:29lowering of costs can go straight into
00:14:33the BIRS account. they are confident that the one
00:14:36government one go theme for the MDA revenue synergy forum will
00:14:40address concerns by revenue generating agencies and their
00:14:44operating cost which has already been captured by the ministry of
00:14:48finance remittent
00:14:49system.
00:14:54let me come back on the news. five presidentubu receives the ICPC
00:14:57chairman's report on the establishment the
00:15:01PHIPC following author investigation into the
00:15:04matter. Details after the break. Please stay with
00:15:07us.
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00:16:49Welcome back to the news at five. The chairman the independent corrupt
00:16:52practices and other related offenses commission Dr.
00:16:56Musa Aliu has submitted his interim report to the
00:17:00president regarding the establishment the presidential foreign
00:17:04intervention promotion council, PfiPC. This
00:17:07comes about 30 days after President Bolatinu ordered the
00:17:11commission to carry out what he described as a thorough
00:17:14investigation into the fictitious presidential foreign intervention
00:17:18promotion council. According to him, the appointment letter and other documents
00:17:22including the setid gazette set to establish the
00:17:25agency are forged and the interim report found that there are
00:17:29weaknesses in verification, interagency oversight
00:17:33and government processes. The ICPC boss also
00:17:36discovered that those weaknesses were exploited by Mr.
00:17:40Adini with some level of negligence and no federal government funds
00:17:44were approved or disbur to the fake
00:17:46Pfipc.
00:17:52The controller general the Nigeria Customs Service Mr.
00:17:55Very has announced the revenue collection of over
00:17:597.3 trillion iRA in 2025 so passing
00:18:02its target by 10.24%.
00:18:06Speaking at retreat with the senate committee on customs,
00:18:09the boss customs boss explains that the
00:18:13reforms under the Nigeria Customs Act 2023 and the
00:18:16deployment the bodogu platform are driving
00:18:20transparency and efficiency, he asked lawers to focus
00:18:24oversight on system design, protect the risk engine from
00:18:27interference and review trade
00:18:29exemptions.
00:18:33permit me to place this conversation in its proper setting,
00:18:38Last year, the service collected
00:18:417.27 trillion
00:18:43nara, exceeding our targets
00:18:47by 10.24%, and between
00:18:51January and May of this year, we've collected 3.35
00:18:54trillion. These are not the figures of an
00:18:58administration that could be said to be in difficult,
00:19:01difficulty, but I want to be careful about
00:19:05what those numbers prove. revenue growth
00:19:09a period of currency adjustments can flatter an
00:19:13administration that has done very
00:19:15little. what matters is whether the whether the growth
00:19:19rests on better systems or on
00:19:23favorable arithmetic. i want to
00:19:27let you know that
00:19:29- story our
00:19:32situation rests on system
00:19:36and the prom. of this restrict is to let you
00:19:40examine that claim rather than just accepting it from
00:19:44me.
00:19:48meanwile, the chairman the senate committee on customs, senator
00:19:52Jibrin Isa gave his words of support to legislation
00:19:56that will sustain the modernization policy the Nigerian customs
00:20:00service.
00:20:04going forward in 2026, we believe that you
00:20:08can do lot better, what you need to
00:20:12do is to identify your
00:20:14challenges, try to address them as much as
00:20:17possible so that you can have much more robust
00:20:20performance in 2026 and
00:20:23beyond, where you
00:20:27require legislative backings, please do not
00:20:30hesitate to call
00:20:31us.
00:20:39A former Niger Delta agitator Herbert Akalog is
00:20:43appealing to President Bola Tunumbu and key stakeholders in
00:20:47the Niger Delta region to review what he describes his
00:20:50exclusion from the presidential armnessy program and other post
00:20:54conflict benefits despite his alleged role in the United Delta
00:20:58struggle. He's been Mr. Akalub has been confined to a
00:21:01wheelchair since sustaining injury in 2006.
00:21:05He called on the national security advisor, the coordinator the presidential
00:21:09amnessy program, the Niger Delta Development Commission and
00:21:13former leaders the 90 delta struggle to intervene and
00:21:16ensure he's included in the amnessy program. and
00:21:20considered for benefits being enjoyed by other leaders the
00:21:24struggle.
00:21:47The only thing I'm appealing to... him for
00:21:50the ninja delta
00:21:52u for me for for the
00:21:56later for him to see into my request my
00:22:00request you understand because fought for the struggle
00:22:04for i have not benefited and i have not
00:22:06including the pipeline level of it they
00:22:10did not call me let him see into it and let me
00:22:14benefit to the amnesty part of
00:22:17it.
00:22:30Business news, the manufacturers association of Nigeria says business
00:22:34confidence in the nation's industrial sector rebounded in the second
00:22:38quarter of 2026 driven by optimism over recent
00:22:42government reforms and expectations of improved operating
00:22:45conditions, according to the latest manufacturers CEO confidence
00:22:49Index. the aggregate score rose to 52.1 points
00:22:53from 48.7 in the preceeding quarter, signaling renewed
00:22:57confidence among manufacturers despite persistent challenges such
00:23:00as limited access to finance, high borrowing costs, power
00:23:04shortages and foreign exchange constraints. the report also
00:23:08highlights stronger optimism across key sectors
00:23:11of and industrialized zones with the
00:23:14manufacturers urging policy actions to improve credit
00:23:17access, energy supply and pattern. of locally made
00:23:21products to sustain growth in the
00:23:23sector. The Nigerian
00:23:26insurance Association has commended the National Insurance Commission for
00:23:30its fair, transparent and structured implementation the
00:23:34minimum capital requirements under the Nigerian insurance
00:23:38industry reform Act, 2025. In an
00:23:41official statement released today, the chairman the NIA,
00:23:45Mr. Wachuku, highlights the clear regulatory
00:23:48guidelines. systematic verification, defined timelines
00:23:52and rigorous supervisory oversight provided operators
00:23:56with a credible framework to navigate the recapitalization
00:24:00exercise successfully. she assures the apex regulator the
00:24:03associations and wavering support in leveraging the gains the
00:24:07recapitalization process to drive sustainable industry
00:24:11growth and force high market conduct, elevate
00:24:14consumer trust and expand the sector's contribution to
00:24:18national economy.
00:24:22As government's increasingly focus on delivering measurable results, the
00:24:26role of monitoring and evaluation is gaining prominence in
00:24:30the public sector governance, in legal state policy
00:24:34makers, development partners and community stakeholders are
00:24:38exploring ways to strengthen accountability and improve the
00:24:42impact of government
00:24:43programs.
00:24:48As legal state pushes its Development agenda, stakeholders are
00:24:52exploring how to enhance service delivery and ensure
00:24:56public projects deliver measurable results. The discussion is
00:25:00center at the 2026 monitoring and evaluation stakeholders
00:25:03forum themed leveraging monitoring and evaluation of
00:25:07advanced shared
00:25:08prosperity.
00:25:12The state ministry of economic planning and budgets believes that strengthening
00:25:16monitoring and evaluation remains central. to
00:25:20promoting transparency, accountability and better
00:25:23development outcomes. This forum is therefore inspected to
00:25:27deeping collaboration among our stakeholders,
00:25:31encourage the exchange of best practices and generate
00:25:35practical recommendation that we further
00:25:39strengthen our monitoring and evaluation system in legal
00:25:42states. But having done this to ensure that
00:25:46there is real value for money. If we also take out.
00:25:53the the department and operation is
00:25:57always be called in the role of host
00:26:01communities is als so on the f: first and foremost we want
00:26:05to appreciate the legal state
00:26:08government for consulting us
00:26:12before commensing a project. the
00:26:15communities are always been involved in the
00:26:19monitoring the execution of projects
00:26:23within our various communities and
00:26:27after the execution the state government is
00:26:31always handing over. such projects to the
00:26:34community, you data is very key and technology is also very
00:26:38key, so over the years we've developed a Amene capabilities
00:26:42from where
00:26:43you know things are done a lot more digital now, as you said we have the eco
00:26:46360 app where you can go, we have things being done by civic and we can go
00:26:50and track uh the projects and people citizens can go for themselves and say
00:26:54look okay what's happening with the massy uh children's hospital they can go and they can log
00:26:58on they can say okay this is where we are
00:27:00this is
00:27:00the stage we are at and this is where we're trying to there to at this point in time,
00:27:04stakeholders maintain that employing stronger collaboration,
00:27:07technology and continuous evaluation will be key to
00:27:11ensuring public investment deliver lasting benefits
00:27:15for Lagos
00:27:16residents.
00:27:21And that's the news at five. Thank you for watching. I'm Jocca
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