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00:00:45Hello and of welcome to the program, this edition of newsroom
00:00:49series covering Nigeria's northeast, I am Bukola
00:00:53Coka and we begin in Bouti State where all
00:00:57general hospitals have received a
00:00:59a new lease of life as the state government
00:01:02deploys 24d ultrasound
00:01:05machines valued at 600 million nara to them
00:01:09for improved medical
00:01:12of diagnosis
00:01:12in a major step to reduce maternal, newborn and child
00:01:16mortality, the state has also distributed
00:01:19anti-sock garments to its health care
00:01:22facilities. during the flag of ceremony at the quarterly
00:01:26meeting for the state healthcare task force, the deputy governor
00:01:30urges health
00:01:31of workers of to ensure
00:01:33of these new facilities translate into better health
00:01:36outcomes. our correspondant hajara aliu reports
00:01:39and then
00:01:42of the anti-shop garment is going to be given to primary healthcare million
00:01:46over and two
00:01:48of 25 years about ago. from early diagnosis safer childbirth, bochi state is
00:01:52strengthening healthcare delivery with over
00:01:54of 600 million narr worth of medical equipment to improve
00:01:58patient care across the... both women,
00:02:02children, agets and people like me with
00:02:05commission.
00:02:09Deputy Governor
00:02:10of Alwals the equipment, including
00:02:1424 dimensional ultrasound machines and 40
00:02:18anti-shock
00:02:19of garments targeted at improving marternal and child
00:02:23health among women or
00:02:26pregnant mothers
00:02:28of in our various.
00:02:35the
00:02:36of ceremony coincides with the second quarter 2026
00:02:39meeting
00:02:40of of the states tax force on
00:02:42of primary healthcare and the 2025 annual recognition
00:02:45awards where tax force cochairman othman
00:02:49reviews progress and challenges in grassroots healthcare
00:02:53delivery the channel the
00:02:56directors be very careful is very
00:03:00important uh detection, then
00:03:04executive chairman
00:03:05of the state primary healthcare development
00:03:08of agency, Dr. Rilwano Mohammed calls for rapid response
00:03:11teams to
00:03:12of address disease outbreaks and strict accountability in the use
00:03:16of resources. Traditional
00:03:18of leaders participate in quality review meetings
00:03:22to evaluate interventions, address system
00:03:26butts such
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00:03:34policy decisions into actional
00:03:36of directives for their
00:03:37communities.
00:03:43deputy governor Alwal stresses proper maintenance
00:03:46of the equipment and notes government efforts to address staff
00:03:50of shortages in the health sector. fundamentally resolved our
00:03:54critical manpower constraints and maximize the
00:03:57utility
00:03:58of these newly deployed. clinical
00:04:01tools, the Bautister Government has recently
00:04:05engaged and formally observed
00:04:081678 skilled birth
00:04:12attendants directly into the
00:04:15permanent civil sides by the healthcare
00:04:19board, your excellency sir,
00:04:23of shira local government images
00:04:26of as the best performing primary healthcare authority for the second
00:04:30executive
00:04:30of year, of of highlighting the importance of sustained investment and
00:04:34accountability in improving healthcare
00:04:40of delivery. Channel's television
00:04:42news. The federal road safety
00:04:46core FRC has appealed for a stronger collaboration with
00:04:50transport
00:04:51of unions, road users and other stakeholders to improve
00:04:54road safety in the state and in the country at
00:04:58large.
00:04:59of The appeal was made. by the zonal commanding officer RS3
00:05:02headquarters in yola, the adam state capital, ACM
00:05:06Alfonsos Halim Godwin a stakeholder engagement
00:05:10as part of activities marking 2026 International
00:05:14Day of Customers with the theme, the extra
00:05:17mile.
00:05:22Road safety remains a shared responsibility, requiring the combined
00:05:26efforts of government, security agencies, transport unions
00:05:29and motorists. In
00:05:33adamawa state, the federal road safety core is seeking stronger
00:05:37stakeholder collaboration to promote traffic discipline and
00:05:41reduce road crashes and
00:05:42fatalities. At the stakeholder's
00:05:46engagement in Yola, the FRSC's zonal commanding
00:05:50officer, RS-3 headquarters, Assistant Coore
00:05:53Marshall, Alfonso's Halim Godwin, calls for
00:05:57sustained support and cooperation to strengthen road safety
00:06:00efforts. In the context of federal road safety call, our
00:06:04customers are the commuting public, road users, vehicle
00:06:08owners, transport operators and indeed every chosen.
00:06:12citizen who step onto our roads infrastruction, expecting
00:06:16safe passing and pr professional
00:06:19service. to go the extra mine means
00:06:23transcending basic operational duties, it means elevating our
00:06:27commitment from routine tradic management to a
00:06:30compassionate, customer centric approach where safety,
00:06:34empathy, efficiency and excellent defined
00:06:37every. the core commander, frsc at damage state
00:06:41command. Saddiq also outlines the
00:06:44objectives the engagement, our responsibility therefore goes
00:06:48beyond enforcement, every contact between
00:06:52the FRSC officer and members the
00:06:55public is an opportunity to demonstrate
00:06:58professionalism, culty, integrity
00:07:02and commitment to service.
00:07:06Representatives
00:07:07the 23 brigade and the adamawa state primary health careare development
00:07:11agency comment. frsc for its contributions to public
00:07:14safety. i think my first experience
00:07:17was uh when
00:07:21i met them along lagos spiney
00:07:25expressway responded to
00:07:28animagency. from that day
00:07:31begin to appreciate r. they are doing a
00:07:35lot of job, lot of work for the city of
00:07:38Nigeria.
00:07:40for FRAC, going the extra my news. ensuring
00:07:43safety on our roads, for us at the primary
00:07:46healthcare, it means going the extra mile to save
00:07:50lives, especially victims of uh road
00:07:54traffic crashes who first taken to our primary healthcare
00:07:58centers across the states, there is a strong
00:08:01linkage between road safety and primary
00:08:03healthcare. thank
00:08:06you, the event also
00:08:09features an award presentation to recognize the contributions of
00:08:13dignitaries, while the adamawa state commissioner for works,
00:08:17mohammed suleiman raises concern over motorist
00:08:20disregard for traffic rules and regulations. we would like to
00:08:24inform the general public after some few months of or few days of
00:08:28sensitization, now enforcement will start and fins will
00:08:31be made. in fact,
00:08:33we will go extra mile in ensuring that any traffic
00:08:36violator, particularly moving against the traffic is taken to the psychiatric
00:08:40hospital to be tested for for. mental ability to drive before even
00:08:44get paying the fines. with the theme the extra mile, the
00:08:48engagement emphasizes the need to move beyond enforcement
00:08:52to public education and
00:08:53prevention. stakeholders
00:08:57are expected to sustain the collaboration to promote responsible
00:09:01road use, reduce crashes and fatalities and build
00:09:05public confidence in the
00:09:07FRSC.
00:09:12An upper area court in Jalingo, the taraba state capital has ordered the
00:09:16arrest of social media activist Mr. Abdul Momin
00:09:19Imam, over allegations that relief materials worth
00:09:2345 million naire meant for internally displaced
00:09:26persons, were diverted to Kanu State. The state
00:09:30government accuses him of defamation and character assassination
00:09:34while the court orders the execution the bench warrant following his
00:09:38failure to appear for trial after being released on
00:09:41bail. Council to the defendant, Mr.
00:09:44Isa Buba challenges the court's jurisdiction and
00:09:47considers an
00:09:48appeal.
00:09:52It the ruling the court is simple, they were asking the court
00:09:56to stay the warrant of arrents, warrans of
00:10:00arrents pending the hearing and the determination the
00:10:03preliminary objection and the court rule
00:10:07that filing a preliminary
00:10:10objection is not a around while
00:10:14court should stay at warrant of execution and the
00:10:18defendant has failed to convince the court with
00:10:21persuasive convincing reasons.
00:10:25while and reasons that has to do with exceptional circumstance
00:10:29while this warrant should be stated and the court has refused this application and dismiss
00:10:32it completely. the law is well established
00:10:36that once notice of preliminary objection is
00:10:39filed, the only thing the court
00:10:43should do is to exert his
00:10:46energy in hearing that preliminary objection to
00:10:50determine whether it has jurisdiction or not, and the
00:10:54court cannot... make any step further except the hearing
00:10:58the preliminary objection, but the ruling is
00:11:01highly surprising to us, but definitely
00:11:05we are going to study the ruling more after collection
00:11:09the certified true record of same to
00:11:11see the need to appeal the
00:11:15the ruling by the grace of
00:11:16God.
00:11:20meanwile, the national council of women's societies in taraba state
00:11:24raises. concern for over cyber bullying,
00:11:27especially against women in
00:11:29leadership.
00:11:35Our demand, cyber crime division
00:11:38should aggressively track,
00:11:42identify and prosecute individuals
00:11:45and their sponsors and the media outfits engage in
00:11:49harassment, blackmail and
00:11:51bullying. Social media company.
00:11:55That's number two of our demand, social media
00:11:58companies should enforce their terms of service and
00:12:02swiftly remove defects and
00:12:06deformatory contents and cooperate with law
00:12:09enforcement agencies. Number
00:12:13three: immediate end to media trials and
00:12:17intimidation of women in leadership
00:12:19positions.
00:12:24The chief judge. Yobe State Justice Gumna Kashim Kaigama
00:12:28has inaugurated local government election petition tribunal
00:12:31and the local government appeal tribunal to hear the outcome
00:12:35the just concluded local government elections in the
00:12:38state. shortly after the oath taking justice kaigama
00:12:42urged the chairman and the committee members to strictly
00:12:46adher to their terms of reference and ensure fairness to
00:12:50all as well as astue all forms of briberry and
00:12:53corruption. the local government election petition tribunal has six
00:12:57panels of three members each, while the local government
00:13:01appeal tribunal has three panels of three members
00:13:04each.
00:13:10the local government election tribunal has the sol jurisdiction to
00:13:13hear and determine petitions arising from the local government
00:13:17elections held on Saturday the 26th of September
00:13:212026. the appeal Tribunal has excluded
00:13:24inclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all
00:13:28appeals arising from the
00:13:32decisions the local government election
00:13:34tribunals in deciding the final outcome of
00:13:38an election, the your duty is to
00:13:42determine the will the people as expressed through the
00:13:46ballot box. in other words, you have no
00:13:49business of what occurred before the date the
00:13:53election, you are: son shall be on what happened on
00:13:57election
00:13:57day, some the
00:14:01members thanked the chief judge for finding them worthy to serve
00:14:05in the committees, pledging never to take the opportunity for
00:14:08granted.
00:14:13uh, this is my second time of being a member the tribunal state, we
00:14:16held once in 2023 and now we are coming for the second
00:14:20time in order to take the grievances of any from the
00:14:24last. election of local government so that we can resolve it
00:14:28pully in accordance with the law uh we have several
00:14:31tribunals based on zones in yobe states a, b and c, so
00:14:35if there is any other grievances though we used to be having peaceful election
00:14:39ub, but elections comes with dispute and grievances,
00:14:42it is norm, so that is why the tribunal and the appeal
00:14:46has been constituted, i really appreciate the
00:14:50honorable cj for this opportunity, because actually
00:14:54we feel we are... part the system, even though I'm from the,
00:14:58but this is very good uh initiative, we appreciating for appointing
00:15:02members from the minist of justice as part of this uh, to have this
00:15:05experience as a judge of tribunal, local government tribunal, my take is
00:15:09we appreciating and we are not going to take this opportunity for
00:15:13granted, the
00:15:16coalition of Christian and ethnic unity organizations in yobe
00:15:20state has thrown its weight behind the governorship candidate
00:15:24the APC and governor may Malabuni, this
00:15:28amongst other stories from the political scene will come after
00:15:31this break, join us
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00:16:59welcome back. the coalition of Christian and ethnic unity organizations
00:17:03in UB state has thrown its weight behind the governorship candidate the all
00:17:07progress Congress and Governor May Malabuni's bid for
00:17:10Yobe East Senatorial Seat. The convener Mr.
00:17:14Immanuel Degubi disclosed this at the inauguration of its new
00:17:18State Executives in Damaturu, the state
00:17:20capital.
00:17:25Ahead the 2027 general elections, Christian and
00:17:29ethnic groups in Europe state are pushing for greater inclusion
00:17:33and peaceful coexistence.
00:17:39"the coalition of Christian and ethnic unity organizations is
00:17:42bringing members together to promote unity and strengthen relations
00:17:46across the state. At the
00:17:50meeting, the coalition inaugurates new leaders,
00:17:53as convener Immanu Degubi outlines the objectives the
00:17:57group. We are here
00:18:01to inaugurate the leaders that are going to take charge of this
00:18:04new coalation that is made. of
00:18:07three uh composition, the christian
00:18:11leaders, the ethnic leaders
00:18:14and our political leaders coming
00:18:17together to speak with one voice, one
00:18:21vision and one community, we are
00:18:24here to also appreciate his
00:18:28excellency, the executive
00:18:31governor of for the
00:18:35exemplary leadership of inclusive he has demonstrated
00:18:38in your, he has shown us that he is father
00:18:42to all, he knows no discrimination, he is a
00:18:46leader for all and grand patron the
00:18:50south south ethnic groups of isokun also
00:18:54speaks on the coalition's expectations. i want to encourage
00:18:57everyone that has been nominated and about to be inaugurated
00:19:01today as leaders of this great coalition to lead
00:19:05by example again leader. is
00:19:08selflessness, so don't consider what you have to gain as
00:19:11a leader, you must think of what you want to do for the
00:19:15people, and if we think in this direction, we will it very
00:19:19well. representing governor may Mala buuni, the attorney general and
00:19:23commissioner for justice Abubakar Kagu, as the commissioner for religious
00:19:26affairs and ethical orientation, Yusuf
00:19:30umar stresses the need for peaceful coexistence and inclusive
00:19:34governance. I love peace.
00:19:37because I know what disport can
00:19:40create and I love
00:19:43unity because I have seen war, so
00:19:47for that I say to you in the
00:19:50infamous African phrase that
00:19:54when two brothers fight, a stranger
00:19:58inherits their home. Every one these
00:20:02people, every one these communities, every one these tribes
00:20:06are ancient. canem tribes and
00:20:10together not only defended the
00:20:13empire, but they ensure that it has trived to
00:20:17this day, so you can see
00:20:21united with stand, we fall, all of
00:20:25us,
00:20:26whether you
00:20:28are, whetherism, whatever,
00:20:32we are united, I will remain
00:20:34united.
00:20:39"the coalition calls for greater representation in government and the
00:20:43introduction of Christian religious studies in public schools. the
00:20:47event also features awards to security agent. and media
00:20:50organisations
00:20:57more politics, the people's democratic party PDP in Boruno state
00:21:01has criticized the ruling party over its failure to rescue
00:21:05school children abducted in askirauba local government
00:21:08area and travellers along the buninggiri bu road. the
00:21:12PDP candidate for how well askiraba federal
00:21:15constituency makes
00:21:18security at key priority a campaign flag off in
00:21:22Azari, Hawul local government area, pledging to
00:21:26sponsor legislation that strengthens security and supports
00:21:30farming and other agricultural activity. Party
00:21:33supporters gathered to receive the candidate and the state chairman
00:21:37Abbas Musa Jibring, who also criticizes the government over the
00:21:41abduction of pupils and students from Musa and Lasa
00:21:44communities. Satumari haske also identifies
00:21:48women and youth empowerment. alongside agricultural
00:21:51development as programs to prioritize if elected
00:21:55in 2027 general
00:21:57elections,
00:22:02with what we have seen and witness today, you don't
00:22:06have to ask whether we are going to win or not, with what
00:22:10you have seen today, this tells you that uh we are going to
00:22:14win this forthcoming election from 20 27
00:22:17100% with massive vote. with the current situation the
00:22:21leadership of this ruling party in burno state, more especially
00:22:25uh in the southern part of uh burno state. the one priority is to
00:22:29see how will bring the issue of insecurity to the center
00:22:32stage of discussion. it is one thing uh to talk about
00:22:36it. it is another thing to bring the correct
00:22:40narrative and bring about very
00:22:43balance and objective
00:22:47approach to finding solutions that was. "we have to
00:22:50make ourselves employable, there are so many unemployed graduate out
00:22:54there and every year we are tuning more and more out to add to the
00:22:58number, but the technological development
00:23:01around the world now has made the entire world the global
00:23:05village, and there is need for us to develop skills that are
00:23:08needed, especially in artificial intelligence, and we
00:23:12need to develop some skills that will help us to be easily employed
00:23:16to meet the job the present and the job for the..."
00:23:23the 2027 general elections will mark the end the politics
00:23:27of lies and deceat. those were the words
00:23:30the presidential candidate the allied people's movement and
00:23:34governor of your state shi makinde who made the declaration a
00:23:38presidential campaign and apm northeast town hall
00:23:41meeting in yola, the adama state capital.
00:23:45governor makinde also pledges to address the challenges confronting.
00:23:50Nigeria with focus on finding lasting solutions
00:23:54to the country's socio economic and security
00:23:57challenges.
00:24:02I was in Daura, less
00:24:06than 20 km to our border with Niger
00:24:09Republic, those are our neighbors.
00:24:13Is it not concerning that
00:24:17for our neighbors when they... discovered
00:24:20oil and they were looking for
00:24:23avenue to take the oil to the
00:24:27international community, they avoided
00:24:30Nigeria, charge that is right here
00:24:34top of us, they decided to take their
00:24:37pipeline through
00:24:39Cameroon, NJ, top
00:24:43of us, decided to take their own pipeline
00:24:46through Republic of Biene, they avoided.
00:24:50Nigeria, but meanwile the caduna
00:24:53refinery was commissioned in
00:24:561980, it was supposed
00:24:59to take heavy crude to blend
00:25:03with our own crude, heavy crude from Venezuela, so we had
00:25:07pipeline from Lagos up to Kaduna
00:25:11if they are looking for a cheaper
00:25:14option, they would have utilized that
00:25:18pipeline, make a shorter. pipeline to kaduna, but they
00:25:21all know that if their oil come into
00:25:25Nigeria, it will
00:25:27disappear. my promise to
00:25:30you in the northeast and to
00:25:34the people of Nigeria is
00:25:38that we will be
00:25:42sincere in finding
00:25:44solutions to the challenges that we're faced
00:25:48with. We will
00:25:50ensure that we
00:25:54tell you the exact truth, we will listen to
00:25:58you, solutions can come from
00:26:01anywhere. and I want
00:26:05to say to you
00:26:06that
00:26:092027 will be the hand of politics
00:26:13of lies and deceat. It
00:26:17is a time where we will all together through the
00:26:21reset agenda
00:26:25tell Nigerians the home
00:26:28truth.
00:26:32fine place to anchor and thank you for watching newsroom
00:26:36series
00:26:37uh this satty edition, it also marks the editions, the end the
00:26:41editions for the entire week, join us again same time next week, we bring you
00:26:44reports from across the country, i am bukola, koka, bye
00:26:48for
00:26:49now,