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00:00:10From
00:00:11of Lagos, the nation's commercial capital. This
00:00:15is the news at
00:00:19of 10, live from Channel's television, reporting
00:00:23tonight, Melinda
00:00:25Akilami.
00:00:30Hello and welcome tonight, operatives
00:00:32of the department of state services arrest more suspects
00:00:36allegedly linked to the
00:00:37of kidnapping
00:00:38of the dean of agriculture at the Nasarawa State University, professor
00:00:42Samuel. And those
00:00:45state police command says is
00:00:47in intensifying operations against kidnappers and other criminal elements in
00:00:51the state by taking the fight deep into the
00:00:53forest. The
00:00:57people's democratic party in
00:00:59of plating state on.
00:01:00his deputy governorship candidate just as the ABC in Delta State
00:01:04mobilized grasswood support ahead of next year's
00:01:07election. An
00:01:11O'man says positive talks have been taking place with Iran over an
00:01:14agreement to secure a
00:01:16of shipping route through the states of
00:01:19Pumus. On sports
00:01:22news tonight super
00:01:24in falcons of Nigeria battle Cameroon's indomitable lionesses on
00:01:28Sunday for a place in the women's. Africa cup of nations semi-finals
00:01:32and next year's FIFA World
00:01:33Cup.
00:01:40of
00:01:45of Operatives
00:01:48of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested
00:01:52three more suspects allegedly linked to the kidnapping
00:01:55of the Dean of Agriculture at the Nasarawa State University
00:01:58of Professor Samuel Okusebo. According to
00:02:01a security source, the suspects were reportedly arrested on Friday night
00:02:05a local brothel along Alapia
00:02:08at Makady Highway. Professor Kusabor was abducted by government in the early
00:02:12hours of Wednesday July 15th at Mal Uku, a
00:02:16border community between Lafia and Natarawa igon, local government
00:02:20areas of Natarawa
00:02:22of state. BSS operators rescued the
00:02:24of University Donn two days after his abduction and arrested
00:02:28two suspects including the woman. in connection with the
00:02:31of incident. The latest arrest brings to five the number of suspects taken
00:02:35of into custody in connection with the
00:02:37kidnapping.
00:02:42Still on security issues, governor Marifiniry has played the adamawa state
00:02:46government's full support for the establishment
00:02:49of the newly approved 10 division
00:02:52of the Nigerian army. He made
00:02:54a this known when he received the
00:02:57of of delegation from the chief of army staff at his office in Yula, this capital.
00:03:01According to him, the new
00:03:02of division would significantly improve the army's operational
00:03:06of effectiveness, rapid response to security threats and provide better protection
00:03:10of lives and property, especially in border
00:03:16of communities. A high-powered
00:03:20delegation from the army headquarters led by major
00:03:24general b are in Adam state to
00:03:27assess the suitability of location. for the deployment of
00:03:31troops and the establishment of military formations
00:03:35under the new 10
00:03:36division.
00:03:42your excellency major general explains that the army
00:03:46headquarters constituted the assessment team following the
00:03:49approval
00:03:50of the establishment
00:03:51of the 10 division to strengthen military
00:03:54operations within adama and tababa
00:03:57a
00:03:58of of states.
00:04:11of in and so that force can be projected
00:04:14towards
00:04:20uh and this is to make sure that whatever we
00:04:24do in Adam state allow very conducive
00:04:28environment for
00:04:31of of peace. In his response, governor Umar Finture describes the
00:04:35creation
00:04:35of the 10th division as a strategic intervention by
00:04:40of presidentubu of aimed as strengthening national security and addressing emerging
00:04:44security challenges in Adam, taraba and
00:04:48of neighboring states. These
00:04:51of considerations of are welcome, we will provide land
00:04:55immediately, we will provide other
00:04:58support. that are needed for the
00:05:01immediate take
00:05:03of
00:05:03of off of this new brigades and division, like we have done before,
00:05:07we've collaborated uh with the
00:05:10army from the b. headquarters here to the
00:05:14new sector command in movie and
00:05:17other
00:05:20uh general requirements and support the
00:05:24army for them to effectively carry out their
00:05:27operation and
00:05:31give us the benefit of peace and security in this state where our people
00:05:35can sleep with their two eyes close while the central headquarters for
00:05:39the 10 division is situated in jalingo taraba state.
00:05:42Adam state will host various military battalions
00:05:46and sector command in movie, the area of
00:05:49responsibility covers security operations, border
00:05:53safety and counter insurgency
00:05:56responses. In the state,
00:06:00the police command says is intensifying operations against kidnappers
00:06:04and other criminal elements, which security operatives now
00:06:07taking the fight deep into the forest. The commander,
00:06:11police mobile. Force Squad 5, ACP Olanka
00:06:15Said made the commitment following the completion of a forest coming
00:06:19exercise in Acyadol of your northeast local government
00:06:23area. For six
00:06:27weeks, heavily armed operatives the police mobile force squadrens 5
00:06:31in Benin and 82 in Urumi are being deployed deep into the
00:06:35forest around Ekiadolo a sustained operation targeting
00:06:38suspected camps of kidnappers and other criminal guns.
00:06:42some people should flank me, my men flank, the operation is
00:06:46taking the police beyond the highways and residential communities as
00:06:50operatives are coming thick forest parts and areas believes to be
00:06:53used as cover by criminals, is clearance operation,
00:06:57this is just one the flash point we are over 20 within from this
00:07:01being express way all their journey villages, we have come everywhere,
00:07:05yesterday again the vco team came with their
00:07:09drones to identify a particular please and it was very success for
00:07:12operation, so is just clearance operation and the
00:07:16rescue to just have a signal to this uh
00:07:19terrorist kidnappers, bandits that edo state is not a
00:07:23place of saving for them,
00:07:25you know the best form of defense is attack and that is what we are doing, we are
00:07:29bringing the b to their d step. the operation is also involving the use
00:07:33of servilance drones to provide eeral cover and monitor
00:07:36movements within the
00:07:37forest.
00:07:43"the police say the coming the forest is part of a border strategy to
00:07:46dismantle criminal camps, deny kidnappers, safe heavens and
00:07:50strengthen security across adul state. with the operations
00:07:54continuing, the police are saying the forest will remain under surveillance as
00:07:58security operatives sustain the pressure on criminal
00:08:01elements.
00:08:05some security to politics now, the governorship candidate the people's
00:08:08democratic party in plateau state, mr. kefas robsik. has
00:08:12announced Mr. Daniel Kim as his runing mate for the
00:08:162027 election. Speaking in Jos the Plato
00:08:19State Capital, during the formal presentation, he described his running
00:08:23mate as seasoned administrator, committed party man and
00:08:27Christian worker. He says the selection is deliberate, stressing that
00:08:31his administration will be business driven and require strong
00:08:35administrative
00:08:35backing.
00:08:40Very important.
00:08:53has
00:08:53been a sin administrator, has been
00:08:57a party
00:08:58man
00:09:06and has been a walker
00:09:09in the vein yard the lord. and so for
00:09:13every qualities that we're looking for in
00:09:17leadership, he has
00:09:20it, I want people to
00:09:23know that this selection
00:09:27was very deliberate, because I a
00:09:31very practical personality, I'm a businessman and like
00:09:35I've always said, governor is going to be driving like
00:09:39business, but if you are driving it like business, there should
00:09:42be an administrative backing and that is where Dr.
00:09:46Kim comes
00:09:47in
00:09:51Kim is going to help us in the administration of
00:09:55leadership as far as
00:09:56plot is concerned, while we are going to be doing the
00:10:00business the day in the front line, because like I said to people a
00:10:03lot of things that I'm talking about I'm going to practicalize it, if I'm talking about
00:10:07security, I'm going to be in the front line of security with the security
00:10:11person in the bushes.
00:10:15Ahead the 2027 general elections, the All Progressive Congress in
00:10:19Delta State is intensifying efforts to close ranks
00:10:23with the Delta North stakeholder. is calling for reconciliation and
00:10:27greater grassroot mobilization. At the stakeholders meeting
00:10:30asaba, the party endorsed presidentimbu and
00:10:34governor Sheriff Oberuwi for second term in
00:10:37office. With the political
00:10:41terrain already taking shape ahead of
00:10:442027. This meeting provides a platform for
00:10:47APC leaders and delta north to consolidate the party
00:10:51structure and address internal differences that could affect it.
00:10:55troll fortunes. the gathering is attended by delta
00:10:59state deputy governorme, former governor the
00:11:03state, senator Ifanyo Kowa, APC delta state chairman,
00:11:06chief Solomon Arayanka, Delta North chairman, Mr. Dan
00:11:10ofsai, and other party leaders, stakeholders and
00:11:14aspirants. Former governor of Delta state and APC leader,
00:11:17Senator Ifanyo Ko charged party leaders to take the message
00:11:21of President
00:11:22Tinu's economic policies to the grassroots. saying the reforms are moving in
00:11:26the right direction and require greater understanding and
00:11:30support among the people. It is your duty as a
00:11:34party man to go out there to
00:11:37speak for Mr. President in your words and in
00:11:41your units. We may not need
00:11:45to go to the past, but we
00:11:47know that many well meaning
00:11:51Nigerians, including those who are respected at. across
00:11:55the world have consistently said the
00:11:58economy is moving in the right direction. also speaking, the
00:12:02delta state APC chairman chief Solomonka
00:12:06asked party leaders to become more active at the unit and word
00:12:10levels, stressing that a strong political structure must
00:12:14begin from the grassroots. there are some are leaders seated
00:12:17who here in this editorial meeting, but when the call meetings
00:12:21at local level did not attend i appeal
00:12:25to those leaders, leadership is derived for
00:12:29your units, it is the right for your
00:12:32work before you come to the state, please make it
00:12:36point of duty to attend one
00:12:39meetings. for the deputy governor nyeme,
00:12:42reconciliation remains critical to building a formidable APC
00:12:46ahead the elections, we
00:12:49must be proud of all our
00:12:52candidates, starting from president we must be
00:12:56proud of president, we must be proud
00:12:59of our cities, i am very
00:13:02proud
00:13:03of
00:13:09it, we must
00:13:11be proud of our
00:13:12governor,
00:13:22the meeting climax with vote of confidence. an endorsement of President Bola
00:13:26Ahmed Chinubu and Governor Sheriff Oburawari as
00:13:30the party's soul candidates for the presidency and governorship
00:13:34respectively in the 2027 general
00:13:37elections.
00:13:41So result that motion
00:13:45be put together to
00:13:48endorse other person or
00:13:51president Ahmed.
00:13:55as our soul candidate in the
00:13:59forthcoming presidential general
00:14:02election come January 16 now
00:14:06we have no another person that we are going to vote for
00:14:09for the APC in der north the message from the gathering is
00:14:13clear, reconcile the ranks, strengthen the party
00:14:17from the grassroots and take the campaign for President Tinubu
00:14:20and governor Oburu into the communities ahead the
00:14:232027. to
00:14:27health issues now, the bochi state government has officially declared
00:14:31a cholera outbreak following a spike acute
00:14:35bty diarrhea cases and laboratory confirmation of
00:14:39active transmission across the state. the declaration was contained
00:14:42in an official document dated august 1st titled
00:14:46declaration of cholera outbreak in bochi state. the document was signed by
00:14:50the commissioner for health and social welfare, dr. sanni
00:14:54dabam and address to development partners and relevant
00:14:57agencies. further details reveals that as at July
00:15:0131st this year, the state had recorded
00:15:04398 suspected cholera cases across
00:15:0813 local government area with 16 deaths and
00:15:12six local government areas mostly affected. Dr. Dambam
00:15:15added that the state government has activated the coordinated
00:15:19multi-sectoral response involving governance and
00:15:22coordination, disease surveillance of and calls on
00:15:26all stakeholders and development partners to support the government's
00:15:29efforts by mobilizing resources and providing technical
00:15:33expertise to ensure a well coordinated
00:15:36response. the
00:18:26if you just joined us, you're watching the news at 10 on channels television,
00:18:29broadcasting live from Lagos, reminder of our top
00:18:32story, operatives the department of state services arrest
00:18:36three more. suspects allegedly linked to the kidnapping the dean of
00:18:40agriculture at the Nasarawa State
00:18:42University. Ados say police command says
00:18:46is intensifying operations against kidnappers and other criminal elements
00:18:50in the state by taking the fight deep into the forest
00:18:54suspected to be used as criminal hideout. The people's
00:18:57democratic party in platu state on fills is deputy governorship
00:19:01candidate just as the APC in Delta states mobilized
00:19:05support ahead of next year's election.
00:19:08Anoman says positive talks have been taking place with Iran over an
00:19:12agreement to secure a shipping roof through the state
00:19:15opponent.
00:19:21The federal government is reaffirming is commitment to investing in
00:19:25primary, teatury and public healthcare services. The
00:19:29coordinating minister of health and social welfare, professor
00:19:32Muhammad Parti stated is in Abuja at the second quarterly
00:19:36meeting of. Northern traditional leaders committee on primary
00:19:40healthcare delivery convened by the national primary healthcare
00:19:44development agency. He said the progress recorded in the health
00:19:47sector is largely due to effective collaboration between the
00:19:51government and traditional institutions. Our correspondent Victoria
00:19:55Long has this
00:19:56report. The coordinating
00:20:00Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad
00:20:03Pate is hosting the second quarterly meeting the National
00:20:07primary health care development agency's northern traditional leaders
00:20:11committee on primary healthcare delivery in
00:20:13Abujares. the meetings seeks to assess
00:20:17progress and primer healthcare delivery and chart path towards
00:20:21improving health outcomes in northern Nigeria. this falls
00:20:25to only 41. the minister notes that vaccines remain one the
00:20:29most cost-effective public health interventions significantly reducing
00:20:33the burding of many vaccine preventable diseases.
00:20:36we're aware. the dedication of all members
00:20:40the traditional institution across levels in between the
00:20:44quality reviews to focus on improving the health of our
00:20:48people, the federal government deeply values
00:20:52the partnership with you, because you have demonstrated
00:20:55repeatedly that lasting health outcomes are achieved
00:20:59not only through sound policies of government, but also
00:21:03through trusted community engagement, community leadership. the
00:21:07sultan
00:21:08of sukato who was represented by the chairman the northern traditional leaders
00:21:11committee, his royal highness al haji samela mera urged
00:21:15authorities not to neglect remote and vulnerable communities due to
00:21:19insecurity.
00:21:40peace and prosperity. also speaking on the government's
00:21:44commitment to expanding healthcare services in remote communities, the
00:21:48executive director the national Healthcare development agency, Dr.
00:21:52Muya said, recent health survey findings
00:21:55indicated progress in national immunization coverage. What
00:21:59we are also doing today with the traditional leaders is
00:22:02identifying some of those states where we still have issues
00:22:06of insecurity, we still have issues of communities that um
00:22:10need to be better reached and better targeted, and we're trying to figure out
00:22:14ways with the traditional leaders to reach them. As Nigeria
00:22:18pushes to strengthen primy help. care as a foundation of its health
00:22:22system, the partnership between government and traditional
00:22:25institutions remains indispensable in reaching the most
00:22:28vulnerable communities and delivering better health outcomes for millions
00:22:32of nigerians from Abuja, victoria,
00:22:35longchannels television news. still on health
00:22:39issues, a free medical outreach has been flagged
00:22:43off across three senitorial zones of taraba state by the
00:22:47national chairman the All Progressive Congress. Professor
00:22:50Neltawe Yawata. More than 10,000
00:22:54vulnerable residents have already benefited from the ongoing free
00:22:58medical outreach program. Your
00:23:01excellencies, the APC national chairman, professor
00:23:05Nintauwe Waster, Tarab State Governor Abu Kafus and the
00:23:08coordinating minister of health and social welfare, Professor Mohammed
00:23:12Ali Pate, alongside other dignitaries have flagged off a free
00:23:16medical outreach across Taraba state to mark the AP. national
00:23:20chairman's birthday
00:23:21anniversary.
00:23:28For five days a team of medical personnel provided free medical
00:23:32consultations, screenings, surgeries, medications and
00:23:36bandage care emergency support and other essential medical
00:23:40services. The outreach, which is focused on healing lives
00:23:43and restoring hope while building healthier
00:23:46community has so far impacted 10,000. across the
00:23:50state, we have been able to attend to over
00:23:5410,000 patients the patients with
00:23:57surgical conditions, we have
00:24:00been able to perform
00:24:03327 general
00:24:05surgeries,
00:24:0771 e
00:24:11surgeries,
00:24:13575 dental
00:24:16surgeries, what makes today's celebration particularly?
00:24:20remarkable is the manner in which you have chosen to market, rather than
00:24:24celebrating your birthday with farm fair alone, you have chosen to
00:24:27celebrate by giving hope, relieve and healthcare to people who need
00:24:31it most. for the coordinating minister of health and social
00:24:35welfare, the APC national chairman's decision to mark his
00:24:39birthday by supporting the health sector as a welcome
00:24:42development. healthy person has a thousand
00:24:45wishes, but sick person has only one
00:24:49wish. to be healthy, you
00:24:53picked health as ancho for the celebration,
00:24:56instead of inviting us to some very fancy places to
00:25:00celebrate, you decided to choose this moment
00:25:04to serve our citizens who face ill
00:25:07health. this is very significant
00:25:10statement of your values. Tural state governor
00:25:14abus, was a partner in the medical outreach says his
00:25:17administration will continue to support. initiatives that provide
00:25:21quality health care and humanitarian interventions aimed at
00:25:25restoring hope and improving productivity among the
00:25:28people. on behalf the government and the good
00:25:32people of Tarava State, I sincerely
00:25:35commend our leader, the national party
00:25:39chairman and everyone who has made this
00:25:42humanitarian intervention possible
00:25:45across the 16 local government of Tarava
00:25:49States. Before making his remarks, the APC national
00:25:52chairman used the occasion to cut his birthday cake and
00:25:56explained why he chose to rubber state and the health sector to mark his
00:26:00birthday.
00:26:12states that have large local governments
00:26:15it is so difficult to provide critical
00:26:19health infrastructure by the local government in taraba
00:26:22state is over 9000 square
00:26:24kilometers and numbra state as a
00:26:28state it's about 4,600 square kilometers.
00:26:33which means that any provision you provide in the entire Annamber
00:26:36state is like you're covering half of local government in
00:26:40taraba. therefore, it makes it
00:26:44difficult for a state governor when he
00:26:47provides and he gives all his best a state and you
00:26:51picking the lens compared to other states and
00:26:55that's why told mr president made a
00:26:58choice of taraba state he said who is funded?
00:27:03the program, i said, myself and my friends, i
00:27:07contributed
00:27:07to fund the project, say no, you're my
00:27:11son, i'll take responsibility of
00:27:14funding the
00:27:16program. the event also culminated in the
00:27:20inauguration of several projects at the federal medical center,
00:27:24jalingo, as well as visit to patients a national orthopedic
00:27:27hospital located within the state specialist
00:27:30hospital. In July
00:27:342026 alone, Nigerian courts ordered the final
00:27:38forfitture of over 40 properties linked to former attorney
00:27:42general the federation Abubakar Malami, seven luxury properties
00:27:46linked to the former CBN governor Mr. Godwin Mefile, an
00:27:50assets worth 8.9 billion nara linked to
00:27:54businesswoman Aisha achimugu, and that list is far from
00:27:57exhaustive, but beyond the headline lies another
00:28:00question, what becomes these assets after the
00:28:04courts hands them over to the government, are they
00:28:07sold, occupied by government agencies, or simply
00:28:11diverted by another set of public office holders. In this
00:28:15next report, our judiciary correspondent Sholash looks
00:28:19beyond the courtroom to the management and accountability of
00:28:22forfetted assets. Since the establishment
00:28:26the ICPC in the year 2000 and the EFCC in
00:28:302003, Nigeria's pursued an aggressive campaign to
00:28:34recover proceeds of corruption and financial crimes. One
00:28:38the EFCC's early landmark cases involved former Inspector General
00:28:42of Police Taffa Balugu who in 2005 pleaded guilty
00:28:46to a 13 billion irra money laundering charge and forfetted
00:28:49several properties. Since then the list has grown to include
00:28:53former governors, many other politically exposed persons
00:28:57and convicted frosters. Perhaps the most extensive
00:29:01for future litigation in Recent times has involved former petroleum minister
00:29:05Diani Alison Madoke who had cases before several
00:29:08judges and former CBN governor Godwin Emephele with a
00:29:12for feature of a 753 unit housing estate in Abuja
00:29:16linked to him emerging as one the country's most
00:29:20significant single property recoveries, but while
00:29:24the courts continue to deliver for future orders, questions
00:29:27remain about what happens after the judgement.
00:29:31once access are forfitted by a specific
00:29:34agency, that agency then
00:29:38has the powers to deal with
00:29:42those assets, and there are four areas, four ways
00:29:46of dealing with those assets, he may decide to sell those access by
00:29:50public auction, and the process arising from such public
00:29:54options are transferred to the consolidated revenue
00:29:57fund, to you
00:30:01making those assets available for to agencies and present for public
00:30:05use, three restitution to victims
00:30:08who are directly affected by the crime, and
00:30:11lastly deployment the funds you
00:30:15recovered or ass recovered for developmental
00:30:18projects. so what this means in essence is poker,
00:30:22that's a proceed of crimes act, did not create a
00:30:26specific agency to manage uh forfitted
00:30:30assets, but creates the... directorate within each
00:30:33these agencies to oversee the management, it means that to
00:30:37be accountable, one has to trace each these agencies to
00:30:41get details of what they've recovered, what has been forfitted through
00:30:45their activities, and information on
00:30:49how those have been managed, but there are agencies that also
00:30:52oversee the activities these agencies when