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00:00:20Hello and a
00:00:21of warm welcome to Newstack, I'm Melinda Akami, and these are the
00:00:25stories and reports we're tracking at this
00:00:27time, Operatives
00:00:30of the Department of State Services (GSS) have arrested three
00:00:34more
00:00:34of suspects allegedly linked to the kidnapping
00:00:37of the dean of agriculture at the Nasarawa State University, professor
00:00:41Samuel. According to security source, the
00:00:44suspects were reportedly arrested on Friday night a local
00:00:48brother along the Lafia Macodi Highway. Professor
00:00:52Okunsebo was abducted by government in the early hours of Wednesday,
00:00:56of July the 15th, at the Miile Uku way.
00:01:00a border community between Alafia and Nasarawa
00:01:03of igon, local government areas
00:01:05of of Nasarawa state. DSS operatives rescued the
00:01:08University Dawn two days after his abduction and arrested two suspects
00:01:12including woman in connection with the incident. The latest
00:01:16arrest brings to five the number of suspects taken into custody
00:01:20in connection with the
00:01:21kidnapping. Ahead
00:01:25of of the 2027 general elections, the all progressive congress, APC in Delta State
00:01:29is intensifying efforts to close rank with the Delta North
00:01:33stakeholders calling for reconciliation and greater grassroot
00:01:37of mobilization. of At the stakeholders meeting in
00:01:40of Asaba, the party endorsed
00:01:42a President Bolatinu and Governor Sheriff Variori for
00:01:45second term in
00:01:46office.
00:01:51With the political terrain already taking shape ahead of
00:01:55of 2027. This meeting provides a platform for APC leaders
00:01:59in Delta North. to consolidate the party structure and
00:02:02address internal differences that could affect its electoral
00:02:06of fortunes. the gathering is attended by delta state deputy
00:02:10governorme, former governor
00:02:13of the state, senator Ifanyo Kowa, APC delta state
00:02:17chairman, chief Solomon Arayanka, Delta North chairman,
00:02:20Mr. Dan Osay, and other party leaders stakeholders
00:02:24and aspirants. Former governor of delta state and APC
00:02:28leader, Senator Koa. charged party leaders to take the
00:02:32message of President Tinus economic policies to the grassroots, saying
00:02:36the reforms
00:02:36me are of moving in the right direction and required greater understanding
00:02:40and support among the people. It is your duty as
00:02:44a party
00:02:46of man to go out there to speak for, Mr.
00:02:49President,
00:02:50in your worlds and in your
00:02:52units.
00:02:54in We may not need to go to the past, but we
00:02:58know. that many well meaning
00:03:02Nigerians, including those who are respected across
00:03:05the world, have consistently said the
00:03:09economy is moving in the right direction. Also speaking,
00:03:13the Delta State APC Chairman, chief
00:03:16de of Solomonca asked party leaders to become more active at the
00:03:19units and word levels stressing that a strong political structure
00:03:23must begin from the grassroots. There are some
00:03:27of leaders who are seated here in this. meeting,
00:03:30but when they call meetings at local levels, they don't
00:03:33attend, please, i want to appeal to those
00:03:36leaders, leadership is derived for your
00:03:40units,
00:03:41it is derived for your work, before you come to the
00:03:45state, please make it point of duty to
00:03:49of attend one meetings. for the deputy
00:03:51governorme, reconciliation remains critical to
00:03:55building a formidable APC ahead
00:03:57of the elections,
00:04:01we proud of all our candidates, starting from
00:04:04president, we must be proud of
00:04:07president, we must be proud of
00:04:10ours, i am very proud of
00:04:13it, we must be proud of our
00:04:16next
00:04:18candidates, of course we must be
00:04:22proud of our governor,
00:04:24including
00:04:33The meeting climaxed with vote of confidence and endorsement of President Bola
00:04:37Ahmed Chinubu and Governor Sheriff Obrari as
00:04:41the party's sold candidates for the presidency and governorship
00:04:44respectively in the 2027 general
00:04:49anders have elections. so
00:04:51stakeholders resolved that motion
00:04:55be put together to
00:04:58endorse. no any other person or
00:05:02presidentd
00:05:06as our soul candidate in the fourth
00:05:10coming presidential. general
00:05:13election come January 16, now we have no another
00:05:17person that we are going to vote for for the APC
00:05:21in Delta North, the message from the gathering is clear,
00:05:24reconcile the ranks, strengthen the party from the grassroots
00:05:28and take the campaign for President Tinubu and governor Oburu
00:05:32into the communities ahead the 2027
00:05:35polls. Meanwhile, inquirer
00:05:39say the president has been urged to weigh into the... post
00:05:43primary election crisis within the all-progressive congress.
00:05:47the appeal was part of resolutions reached by agrieved AP
00:05:50aspirants a stakeholders meeting in the state
00:05:54capital. the group warns that failing to address these
00:05:57issues will deepen the divide within the
00:06:00party.
00:06:05for absolute
00:06:07support,
00:06:10continuous absolute loyalty.
00:06:17continuous try to make
00:06:21sure that our
00:06:24father, the president of
00:06:28Nigeria,
00:06:30Senator Bola Ahmed
00:06:34Dinobu,
00:06:38is returned by the
00:06:41strength of vote by the strength of
00:06:45our support, we call upon the national leadership of
00:06:49APC to take the concern of para party members
00:06:53seriously through the
00:06:57unity, sacrifice and collective result of our people, the
00:07:00APC became the dominant political force
00:07:04in the state, with victory at every level
00:07:07in the 2027 election, family
00:07:11retairing. that prospect has
00:07:14now undermine by the
00:07:17unilateral decision of one individual,
00:07:21unless, unless the present
00:07:24arrangement is reconsidered and the wide spread
00:07:27disaffection among the party members genuinely
00:07:31address, the party's unity and electoral
00:07:34success can no longer be assure, isn't
00:07:37it? so the
00:07:41issues now the... National youth service core has given assurances that
00:07:45core members will be invived with life changing skills in
00:07:49camp. This is made known at the rivers orientation camp ti local
00:07:52government area of river state by the state coordinator Mr.
00:07:56Moses
00:07:57during the
00:07:58swearing in of new core members. Addressing
00:08:01journalists, he gave assurances that core members welfare
00:08:05remains a top priority while charging them to maintain strict
00:08:09discipline throughout their service year.
00:08:15for this th cup they have a whole lot to
00:08:18learn starting from physically
00:08:21conditioning them because as they came out from their various
00:08:25stations they came out th some them the berus
00:08:29but here you don't have a choice because the camp is regimented
00:08:32so we dictate what they do the other side
00:08:36you you know our flagship the skill acquisition many them came without
00:08:40having any skill i can ass that before they leave here they
00:08:44will have more than one ski. um river state is very amazing place and i'm looking
00:08:48forward to explore everything there is in camp and outside
00:08:52camp. um i'm looking forward to meeting quality
00:08:56people on this ground that i'm very sure would help ship my
00:08:59life in the future. taking a moment
00:09:03now when news track returns the federal government and traditional
00:09:07rulers intensify efforts to improve primary health careare
00:09:11delivery will give you Details of that story and others in moment. Join us
00:09:15again.
00:10:25to
00:10:25last,
00:10:42welcome back, the federal government is reaffirming its commitment to
00:10:46investing in primary, tertiary and public healthcare
00:10:50services, the coordinating minister of health and social
00:10:53welfare, professor Muhammad party stated this in the nation's
00:10:57capital at the second quarterly meeting the northern traditional
00:11:01leaders committee on primary healthcare delivery convened by
00:11:05the national primary health careare development agency. he says the
00:11:09progress recorded in the health sector is landly due to effective
00:11:13collaboration between the government and traditional
00:11:16institutions.
00:11:21the coordinating minister of health and social welfare professor.
00:11:25party is hosting the second quarterly meeting the national
00:11:29primer health careare development agencies northern traditional leaders
00:11:32committee on primary healthcare delivery in
00:11:35Abuja. The meeting seeks to assess
00:11:39progress in primary healthcare delivery and chart a path towards
00:11:43improving health outcomes in northern Nigeria. This falls
00:11:47to only 41. The minister notes that vaccines remain one the
00:11:50most cost-effective public health interventions, significantly reducing the...
00:11:55burding of many vaccine preventable diseases, we are aware
00:11:59the dedication of all members the
00:12:02traditional institution across levels in between the quality
00:12:06reviews to focus on improving the health of our
00:12:09people. the federal government deeply values
00:12:13the partnership with you, because you have demonstrated
00:12:17repeatedly that lasting health outcomes are achieved
00:12:21not only through sound policies of government, but so
00:12:25through trusted community engagement, community leadership. the
00:12:28sultan of was represented by the chairman the northern traditional
00:12:32leaders committee, his royal highness al haji samela mera
00:12:36urged authorities not to neglect remote and vulnerable communities due
00:12:40to insecurity. our
00:12:45the immunization, broader
00:12:46support primary healthcare agenda, improve nutrition,
00:12:49improving nutrition, combating malaria, streng
00:12:53somevelance and no mother loses her life, bringing life into
00:12:57this world. healthy communities are the better of national
00:13:01development, peace and prosperity. also
00:13:04speaking on the government's commitment to expanding healthcare services in
00:13:08remote communities, the executive director the national primary healthcare
00:13:12development agency, Dr. Muyu Ana said recent health
00:13:16survey findings indicated progress in national immunization
00:13:20coverage. What we are also doing today with the traditional
00:13:23leaders is identify. some of those states where we
00:13:27still have issues of insecurity, we still have issues of communities
00:13:31that um need to be better reached and better targeted, and we're trying
00:13:35to figure out ways with the traditional leaders to reach them. as
00:13:39Nigeria pushes to strengthen primary healthcare as a foundation of
00:13:43its health system. the partnership between government and traditional
00:13:46institutions remains indispensable in reaching the most
00:13:50vulnerable communities and delivering better health outcomes for millions
00:13:54of Niger. from Abuja Victoria Longchon
00:13:58Channels Television News about
00:14:0110,000 households and hundreds of businesses in
00:14:05Balanga, local government area of Gombay State is said to get
00:14:0924 hours reliable power supply, and that's after
00:14:1317 years, now the project is expected to boost small
00:14:16businesses, agricultural activities and improve the livelihoods
00:14:20of residents.
00:14:25This is Talase town in Balanga, local government area of Gumbe
00:14:28State, a community surrounded by thousands of subsistents
00:14:32and commercial farmers who have long struggled with the absence
00:14:36of electricity.
00:14:40For more than 17 years. Talasian surrounding villages lived with
00:14:44little or no access to electricity, leaving households and small
00:14:48business owners no option but to rely on alternative
00:14:52sources of power. Their weight may soon. be over as
00:14:56governor Innova Yahyaya is leveraging on the 2023
00:14:59electricity Act which opened up the power sector for state
00:15:03governments to generate, market and distribute
00:15:06power.
00:15:10The state government is partnering with the rural electrification
00:15:13agency and other development partners to deliver the
00:15:17Balanga 1 megwatt solar power project. This project
00:15:21is going to have lot of benefits for the people.
00:15:27one is that they are going to be having an uninterrupted 24
00:15:31hours power supply,
00:15:33uninterrupted, two, the we are
00:15:36going
00:15:37to provide electric. motorcycles, rechargeable electric
00:15:40motorcycles that can be used by the farmers. Balanga local government is
00:15:44one the local government that is
00:15:47that are very very good in farming, they have a
00:15:51large farmlands, we have the balanga dam, so the farmers
00:15:55around this area will no longer have to make use of
00:15:58electricity to power their own generators, even during the
00:16:02irrigation farming, so it will have lot of benefits to the
00:16:06people of balanga local. area: the project represents an
00:16:10opportunity to unlock the economic potential of
00:16:13communities that have been without power for nearly two
00:16:16decades. Balanga local government is the local government,
00:16:20we are proud of farming, because we don't have any, we don't
00:16:24have any other business rather than farming, so it will in
00:16:27help, it will help us, it will enhance our people to boost their farming,
00:16:31even to boost their businesses. In fact, we have some of our graduates
00:16:35that are into small business. it will help them in into doing their
00:16:39small businesses, in fact is one the best
00:16:43project as far as we, the farmers of Balanga local government are
00:16:46concerned because uh it will boost
00:16:50the economic activities of our farming work and it will
00:16:54also allow us to have mechanized farming in Balanga
00:16:58local government and that will go a long way in making the local
00:17:02government proud and we are hoping in future that
00:17:06Balanga local government will become the food basket of Gumbe
00:17:09State. Beyond providing electricity, it's also
00:17:12designed to advance Gombe State's clean energy agenda.
00:17:16Before we implement a project, we used to run simulation using
00:17:20PBCs and Homer Pro to test the global radiance and
00:17:23everything. So we have all our documents and then our
00:17:27simulation are reports before we even come and site a project even if you
00:17:30see the the inclination the panels, direction is and
00:17:34everything is stated and we do lot of. calculation
00:17:38in determining everything here with the gombe model admired by
00:17:42several state governments now at about 90%
00:17:44completion, expectations are high that is commissioning will
00:17:48mark a new chapter for Telase and neighboring
00:17:51communities.
00:17:56the panja delta forum pandef and group managing
00:18:00director of UTM floating liquified natural
00:18:03gass (flNG limited) Mr.
00:18:07Rone have commended President Bolatinu over the execution the
00:18:11landmark 15-year gas supply agreement for the UTM
00:18:15floating liquified natural gas project, describing it as
00:18:19major breakthrough for the industry and indigenous energy
00:18:22development. The agreement signed during the Nigerian oil and gas
00:18:26energy week in Abuja guarantees the supply of
00:18:30200 million stanbic cubic feet of gas per day
00:18:34to the UTM FLNG facility. the
00:18:38gas will be supplied under a wet gas seal and purchase agreement
00:18:41between the NNPC, Seplat Energy Joint Venture and
00:18:45UTM FLNG Limited. According to Pandev,
00:18:49securing the long-term gas supply removes the biggest obstacle to the
00:18:53project and represents major milestone for indigenous
00:18:56participation in the injurious energy sector, while the
00:19:00UTMF LNG Managing Director, Mr.
00:19:04Rone adds that the agreement demonstrates what in companies
00:19:08can achieve with the right policy support and
00:19:11political will. Beyond LNG
00:19:15exports, the project is expected to boost domestic gas
00:19:18utilization, reduce gas flaring, create jobs and
00:19:22generate additional foreign exchange for the country. For the federal
00:19:26government, the agreement also fits into his broader decade of
00:19:30gas agenda and efforts to monify monetize
00:19:34Langer's vast gas reserves.
00:19:41so to come on news track Nigeria's FDI surges will give you the
00:19:45numbers on business news, do stay with
00:19:47us.
00:20:53Coleman wires and cables, world class quality built to
00:20:56last.
00:21:10Nigeria recorded a strong rebound in foreign direct
00:21:14investment in 2025 with inflows rising to
00:21:17about $4 billion dollars. from 1.6 billion
00:21:21a year earlier, increase of about 148%, and
00:21:25that's according to the 2026 UN trade and
00:21:29development world investment report, now that report
00:21:32reveals that global FDI rose 6% to
00:21:361.6 trillion dollars in 2025.
00:21:39However, Africa attracted just $70
00:21:43billion dollars, that's about 4.3% the global
00:21:46investment as capital inflows to the continent. declined
00:21:5026%. while Nigeria's rebound was driven mainly
00:21:54by oil, gas and energy investments, the report says the country
00:21:58should now prioritize high quality investment that supports
00:22:02industrialization, creating of jobs, strengthening the
00:22:06local businesses and boosting export
00:22:08competitiveness. now speaking of
00:22:12investment, Nigeria is targeting up to $50 billion dollars
00:22:16in offshore oil and gas by 20.
00:22:2030 as it moves to boost crude production and attract
00:22:24more private capital into the energy sector,
00:22:27according to the Nigerian upstream petroleum regulatory commission,
00:22:31NUPRC, the target will be driven
00:22:35by mostly the target will be driven by 22 major
00:22:39offshore projects expected over the next five years, it added more
00:22:43than 57 billion dollars in field development
00:22:46plans have already been approved, and the commission says that
00:22:50investments will create jobs, strengthen energy security and
00:22:53support munge goal of raising oil production
00:22:57to 3 million barrels per day by
00:23:002030.
00:23:06on the international scene, Spain has imposed border
00:23:09controls on air and sea travel from Italy for the
00:23:13escalating a dispute between the two EU member states over
00:23:17migration and border security. now this measures which took effect early
00:23:21today will remain in place for a month and comes
00:23:25a week after Italy introduced similar restrictions following the
00:23:28arrival of about 78 thousand migrants from Morocco
00:23:32into Spain's enclaves of Suta. Madrid had given Rome
00:23:36until Friday to reverse its border checks, but Italy says the measures will
00:23:40remain in place until at least August the 15th, siting
00:23:44security and terrorism concerns. The dispute has brought spanish
00:23:47prime minister Pedro Sanchez. into a direct class with
00:23:51his Italian counterpart Georgia Balloni has both
00:23:55governments affair on the application of Shengen border free agreement
00:23:59and how to respond to migration
00:24:01pressures.
00:24:16With a ticket to the next year's FIFA World Cup at stake.
00:24:20Super Falcons of Nigeria will confront parennial
00:24:23rivals Cameroon in the Women Africa Cup of Nations
00:24:27quarterfinal in Casablanca on Sunday. Now the
00:24:30turf is an all familiar terrain as the Lari
00:24:34Zooli stadium in Casablanca, the venue where super
00:24:38falcons played most their matches on the way to successful and
00:24:42historic 10 title last
00:24:44yeary between the indomitable lioneses
00:24:48of Cameroon and the super off Nigeria started in
00:24:521991 and that was as the first ever
00:24:55FIFA Women's World Cup African qualifiers, Nigeria won
00:24:59both legs to qualify for the World Cup, and the last
00:25:03battle was in Morocco here in the quarter final, and of
00:25:07course the World Cup ticket was also at stake, Rashidad
00:25:10Ajibadi scoring the only goal for Nigeria to reach the
00:25:14semi-final and also book a ticket for the 2023
00:25:18FIFA World Cup. This time around there is another battle in
00:25:222026 and also in
00:25:24Morocco.
00:25:30It's gonna be very tough one, it's gonna be physical, it's gonna be
00:25:34very,
00:25:34you know, both mentally and emotionally and everywhere I can expect
00:25:38it, it's going to be tense, but yeah we are ready for
00:25:42this and we are prepared for these and for us superfall buse we know a
00:25:46standard
00:25:46we not our level and we not our level and uh
00:25:50Yeah, we we sure we're going to weather through everything and we just focus
00:25:54on our game and take one step by the time. For the Cameroonians, they are
00:25:58determined to end the superfalcon's dominance.
00:26:02remember that in our country uh for the Olympic
00:26:06games we push out
00:26:10Nigeria and the the history
00:26:14repeat repeat itself in this work for the first
00:26:17time tomorrow this uh Sunday
00:26:21the Cameroon will beat Nigeria and I give you
00:26:25rendezv after the match the fighting spirits that prevails in the
00:26:29Lioneses then as compared to previous competitions and when you look
00:26:32at uh the slow pace with which the superfall constated or impact on
00:26:36this women's afcon with uh the defeat in the tournament opener to
00:26:40Malawi and uh slight margin win
00:26:44against Zambia and the win against Egypt that prepared them to the next one of this
00:26:48competition it's not the super falcons that we used to know that's on paper
00:26:52on the field of play it's something else this time around and that's what convinces me that
00:26:55tomorrow is going to be the on the vote for Nigeria having considered five goals
00:26:59and scoring nine coach Justin Madugo. understands the
00:27:03mission for them to have talked the group, mean you you cannot take
00:27:07them for granted and we watch all their games, they have watch all our
00:27:11games, we see what everybody does,
00:27:14so you just as you asking me the what
00:27:18i know as their strength, they are also trying to know what is our
00:27:22strength and our weakness, so these are things that is only the technical
00:27:25people that will deal with, so it's not anything we know
00:27:29ourselves, there's so much to play for for this...
00:27:32people performs with the criticism they faced bring out the best in
00:27:36them and for
00:27:37the cameroonians will they qualify
00:27:39for the semifinal and also end the dominance the
00:27:43superfalcons. the battle will be here at the labi
00:27:47zule stadium in Casablanca. Cecilia
00:27:50m for Chinese television. I
00:27:54guess all those questions will be answered tomorrow. That's it on
00:27:58News track. Thank you so much for watching. I'm Melinda Kise.
00:28:02Stay with channel's television, especially our flagship, the news of
00:28:0510.
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00:29:22doctor.
00:30:17Bible is my
00:30:18fatherland god bless
00:30:22the bible and every
00:30:25woman we are
00:30:28beautiful.
00:30:53Ask conversations, ask conversations on
00:30:57governance and democracy continues.