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00:00:23Good morning and welcome to news track on channels television, I'm
00:00:28of loring here the stories and reports where. for you at this time
00:00:32in of ahead
00:00:32of the 2027 general elections, the independent national
00:00:36electoral commission in
00:00:38of Kogi State is stepping
00:00:39in up efforts to ensure a peaceful and credible electoral
00:00:43process with particular emphasy on the security of voters,
00:00:47of electoral officials and election materials across the state. a
00:00:51strategic meeting in Lokoja, the state capital, the resident
00:00:55electoral commissioner for the state, Mr. Sheu Wahab, and
00:00:58Kogi State
00:00:59of Commissioner of police Naziru Kan-Karufi called for better
00:01:06of collaboration.
00:01:10The strategic meeting is holding at the Kogi state headquarters
00:01:14of the Independence National Electoral Commission with Electoral officers from the
00:01:1821 local government areas
00:01:19of the state in
00:01:20attendance. Security
00:01:24arrangements for the 2027 general election is the focal point
00:01:28of of the discussion as a state commissioner of police outlines measures to
00:01:32in prevent electoral violence, safeguard voters and ensure a
00:01:36peaceful conduct
00:01:38of of the elections. no matter how highly placed he is, would not allow
00:01:41of and would not tolerate political violence, will not tolerate
00:01:45thugri, whoever you think you are, the laws are there, everybody
00:01:49must follow and we will not spare anybody. in his response, the
00:01:52resident electoral commissioner, mr. sheikh wahab expresses
00:01:56confidence in the ability
00:01:57of the police and other security agen to deliver on their
00:02:01responsibilities, urging electoral officers across the 21 local
00:02:05government
00:02:06of areas to strengthen
00:02:08of collaboration with divisional police officers for effective coordination and
00:02:12a prompt a response to security
00:02:17a of threats. the of structure they are putting in place is such that apart from those that are posted to polling units,
00:02:21critical area like the rack centers are going to be
00:02:25deployed differently because those ones are going to sleep
00:02:29with the... our officials a day before,
00:02:31the police chief also stresses the need for proper coordination
00:02:34and monitoring of security operators
00:02:36of to prevent an authorized individuals from taking advantage
00:02:40of the electoral process. assure you, it
00:02:44will not happen under my
00:02:45in watch, because because if people go and dislodge people there and snatch the election, you can't have
00:02:49election the following day, so we can Iraq is very sensitive
00:02:53center, and here I want to promise
00:02:56you, all police will be deployed a day before.
00:03:00election, by the grace of God, we will be
00:03:03waiting for you at your appoling units, and each
00:03:07box will have people that will escort it. The electoral officers are
00:03:11expressing confidence in the security assurances given by the police
00:03:15as preparations continue to ensure a peaceful and orderly
00:03:18electoral process in the
00:03:23of state. As troops and other security agencies continue the
00:03:26fight against insecurity, a
00:03:29of former. commander of operation Lafia Dole, retired Major General
00:03:33Nicholas Rogers is advocating greater citizen
00:03:36participation as part of efforts to improve security
00:03:40across the country. Speaking in Abuja during the
00:03:43unveiling of new mobile application designed to enhance
00:03:47emergency and security response times, uh General Nicholas
00:03:52in says citizens can support security
00:03:54of agencies by providing timely and credible information that
00:03:58of can be processed into. actionable intelligence, thereby
00:04:02strengthening efforts to address
00:04:04of security of challenges
00:04:07of and of importance if our
00:04:11security
00:04:11of agencies and the state governors and even local government
00:04:15can key into this particular project, because it go a long way to
00:04:19help security agencies
00:04:21of in time management to be able to respond to early
00:04:25warning and early actions
00:04:27Jesus to enable them to respond on time because i like to give you 2 seconds
00:04:31time information to be able to respond, i think it's important
00:04:35that security agencies, the state governments and local government and
00:04:39other agencies i will take state for instance or your state where
00:04:43they have a state own security
00:04:46of outfit, of you have the amoteku in the southwest and you have maybe
00:04:49operation rainbow states,
00:04:52of now if operation is skid into this, it means that
00:04:56of once there's an
00:04:57of attack somewhere between state. once the person double
00:05:01taps, operational rainbow will get the information as
00:05:05to where the person is or where the action is taking place, so within
00:05:09of please second the security agencies or other agencies. we get
00:05:13information to where the action is taking place, so it enable them to
00:05:17respect on
00:05:17time.
00:05:24the recent establishment of an army battalion in
00:05:27omaron by president Bola Tenumbu has been described as a
00:05:31good decision that has reduced insecurity in kwara
00:05:35south senatorial district. this is the view of some stakeholders
00:05:38a political gathering the all-progressive congress in
00:05:44local is government in the area the state, both the state commissioner for local
00:05:47government and chifted sea affairs and the chairman the local government
00:05:51area say the attacks and kidnapping by bandits have
00:05:55drastically reduced in the area and commended the
00:05:58collaborative efforts the president and the state governor in
00:06:02that regard.
00:06:06we we thank his
00:06:08excellency the president of Nigeria.
00:06:17and by stations our leader inkara the executive
00:06:21governor of Kuara state for all their
00:06:24collaborative efforts to comb the security crisis in
00:06:28quara state, this is first of his
00:06:31kind that such battalions will be
00:06:35extended to a single state, i
00:06:37believe today
00:06:41kara a time we know
00:06:44what we are facing and with the coming of this
00:06:48battalion is uma today i believe he can be able to comb these
00:06:52areas today with the help of
00:06:55his
00:06:57excellency the president of
00:07:01Nigeriaban of
00:07:04Nigeriator
00:07:10we can see that the tension are dousing
00:07:13now with the help of our governor malam
00:07:17abrazak
00:07:19the chairman of governor's
00:07:22forum he has done a lot to doubt de tension
00:07:26these issue these
00:07:27securities
00:07:31mining remains a major source of livelihood for hundreds of
00:07:35youths and women in plateau state but the dangers
00:07:38associated with unregulated operations continue to
00:07:42concerns following series of fatal mining accidents and
00:07:46attacks in plateau and other parts the country, the state
00:07:50government says it is taking strategic steps to reorganize the
00:07:54sector for improved safety, efficiency and economic
00:07:58benefits. our correspondent percy de bang reports
00:08:01every
00:08:05day, hundreds of youths and women troop to mini insight across plateau
00:08:09state to extract in and columbite, another minor.
00:08:13providing a source of livelihood for
00:08:15many, while some minors depend on
00:08:19manual labor, others use heavy equipment, including
00:08:23excavators to extract the
00:08:24minerals,
00:08:29but these activities come with serious risk including
00:08:32collapsing peat, flooding and threats to critical
00:08:35infrastructure,
00:08:39mining close to high tension electricity transmission. thighten
00:08:43the supporting structures and danger miners surrounding
00:08:47communities and national assets. the dangers are reflected in
00:08:51recent reports which identified at least 29 deaths in five
00:08:54mining accidents and 13 deaths in four attacks on mining
00:08:58sigh across the country in the past three months. in
00:09:02Niger state, 37 suspected illegal miners also
00:09:06died in the custody the Nanduran Security and civil defense
00:09:09core, although the cost the dead is yet will be
00:09:12conclusively
00:09:13established, to
00:09:17address these concerns, the plateau state commissioner for environment,
00:09:21climate change and solid minerals alongside mining experts
00:09:24visited some mining sit in just south local government area to
00:09:28inspect operations and interact with artisanal
00:09:31miners, we see how we should coordinate all these local
00:09:35miners so that we will uh prevent what happen
00:09:39in Niger state
00:09:40and then
00:09:41kby state and also the accident happened within Basa uh bark and
00:09:45ladi and boss the accident and then the the bandit
00:09:49th as well too so if we don't senrgize with those local artisan miners there is
00:09:53no how we understand what is going on the government want to take charge
00:09:56their artisanship these mining people these mining
00:10:00operations are done in localities whereby it affects the
00:10:04people the states so when we have this synergy and cooperation
00:10:07definitely is going to be a win
00:10:09situation. "the
00:10:13miners also highlights the support they need from the government to improve
00:10:17their operations, we are not finding it easy, it is
00:10:21so difficult and later on you not see what"
00:10:25you gain or
00:10:26you just have a small change, which is not
00:10:30helpful. with the government being involved, maybe
00:10:34we reduce the risk of uh the accidents
00:10:38in the mining sites. as a government moves to bring
00:10:41miners into a more organized framework, the expectation is that with
00:10:45stronger regulations, proper monitoring and continuous engagement,
00:10:49mining will become safer and further prevent loss of
00:10:52lives. from the gudabu mining site. in just north local government
00:10:56area of plateau state (persy dabang) channels
00:11:00television news. governor
00:11:03Uberni of Kajuna state is calling on northern political
00:11:07leaders to develop a common development blueprint
00:11:11to address the region's challenges, particularly the high number
00:11:15of out of school children, maternal and child mortality and
00:11:19inadequate access to quality health care. the governor made the call
00:11:23when he received the leadership the Sir Amado Belo Memorial
00:11:26Foundation who paid him a vacancy visit at the Sir
00:11:30Kashim Ibrahim Government House in
00:11:32Kajuna. The challenges of
00:11:36education, health care and human capital development in northern
00:11:39Nigeria have continue to raise concerns among stakeholders
00:11:43with Governor Obanani of Kaduna State calling for a coordinated
00:11:47approach to address the
00:11:49situation.
00:11:52Receiving the leadership the Sir. bello memorial
00:11:56foundation, the governor urges northern political leaders to look
00:11:59beyond the struggle for political power and focus on developing
00:12:03a common agenda that will improve the lives the
00:12:06people. he identifies the
00:12:10high number of out of school children, the shortage of
00:12:14skill-based education and inadequate healthcare delivery is
00:12:17major challenges requiring urgent and collective
00:12:21action. the last time we check from the UNICEF
00:12:25statistics, we are talking about 18 million people are scriptured in the whole
00:12:29of Nigeria, and out the 18 million,
00:12:3370% are domicide here in Northern Nigeria, in
00:12:36Nigeria,
00:12:37what holisted have done a
00:12:38holistic, have come
00:12:42with holistic process in ad school children, because our
00:12:45household mapping exercise, the federal government
00:12:49have seen it, and they have realized that we have reached
00:12:53at least to... 600
00:12:55363 households to be able to
00:12:59identify 55000 other school children in
00:13:03caduna state. earlier, the foundation's delegation led by former Nija
00:13:07state governor Mr. Babangida Aliu, thanks the Kaduna
00:13:11State Government for its commitment to improving education and
00:13:15primary healthcare, urging other states to follow
00:13:18suit. how can we stop begging,
00:13:22particularly children that are supposed to be in school?
00:13:25begging on our streets, we hope
00:13:29that you will use your usual good
00:13:32nature to really encourage and bring
00:13:35about stopping the begging so that
00:13:39every child that should go to school is
00:13:43attending schools. as the meeting comes to an end, governor
00:13:47S says the challenges confronting northern Nigeria cannot be
00:13:51tackled in isolation, underscoring the need for a qu
00:13:55inated regional approach driven by common development
00:13:58agenda.
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00:15:09Welcome back, the Zamfara state government has defended a
00:15:13statement by governor Dalda Lawhile that his administration
00:15:16has executed projects worth 20 billion naira
00:15:20each the 14 local government areas the state. The state
00:15:24accountant general Mr.
00:15:26Ali. Bungudu disclosed this during the budget
00:15:30performance and accountability meeting to review revenue
00:15:33generation, expenditure and the implementation of.
00:15:37projects under the state's 2025 fiscal year. he
00:15:41noted that all the projects were affected in the budget, adding
00:15:45that 72% the budget was airmarked for capital
00:15:49expenditure, while the remaining 28% was allocated
00:15:53to recurrent expenditure. among the projects
00:15:56identified include road infrastructure, school
00:15:59projects and other medical research center, smart city,
00:16:03food production initiatives, hospitals, because all inter
00:16:07national conference center and the gosol international sports
00:16:11center,
00:16:17a state like this or in every state you try to see, you make
00:16:21sure you spread projects across
00:16:25uh the 14 local governments we have, now we started
00:16:28with what we call the urban uh
00:16:32renewal which is centered around the state capital, when
00:16:36you come your state capital. should be
00:16:39intact then this so when we started like last year there
00:16:43was a lot of push from local government that are
00:16:47the governor the governor and government are only working in gusou we said
00:16:51yes we are not only working in gusou but we agree of
00:16:55concentrated much effort in gooso and that is
00:16:59just to make the capital city over
00:17:02renewal a reality we have done that in
00:17:052025 in 2020 26 lot of projects were pushed
00:17:09outside the state capital
00:17:12from
00:17:15namoda to gumi to mafara
00:17:19to bakura every local government like i mentioned during
00:17:23my speech my boss the executive governor mentioned that there is no
00:17:27local government that he has not done project almost 20 billion and
00:17:30i want to tell people i have records only state
00:17:34funds apart from works that are being done at local government
00:17:37level,
00:17:42the registr and chief executive officer the teachers
00:17:46registration council of Nigeria, Dr. Runke Shompo,
00:17:50has emphasized that empowering teachers through continuous professional
00:17:54development is critical priority that requires urgent
00:17:57attention to improve the quality of Nigeria's education
00:18:01sector. In addition to teacher development, Dr.
00:18:04Shoyanvo underscored the urgent need to to strengthen
00:18:08quality assurance systems and invest in leadership training
00:18:11across the sector, drawing on successful educational
00:18:15models such as England's office for standards in
00:18:19education, she stressed that highly competent and well trained
00:18:22quality assurance officers are essential to driving meaningful
00:18:26school improvement, fostering accountability and supporting
00:18:30educational
00:18:31excellence.
00:18:36I think uh... "empowering teachers is a core
00:18:40area that everybody has got to look at, because I must
00:18:44say um in the past people have done a lot on infrastructure,
00:18:48renovations of schools, um, getting resources, if I
00:18:52use ok, I don't know if you remember that there was a particular exercise where we
00:18:56use oppo, but teachers were not carried along, and that was
00:19:00what failed that system, so there's a need for us to be
00:19:04very, very intentional with mandatory cont'.
00:19:07professional development for all our teachers, another thing
00:19:11is quality assurance should be given enough attention, we
00:19:15need to have good practitioners, exemplary officers,
00:19:19because who is going to lead your quality assurance, it matters, because
00:19:22what transformed education in England is all about quality assurance
00:19:26offsted, offstead is coming to your school, you don't mess up, they know what they're
00:19:30looking for, they're not looking for money, they're looking for how they can
00:19:34actually partner with you and move education better, another thing
00:19:38will be number three will be for me will be leadership and
00:19:41management, because if we improve teachers across board in
00:19:45Nigeria, if we don't improve our school leaders, then we have
00:19:48missed it. um, school leaders must be
00:19:52trained, um, they must be specially trained
00:19:55to lead our schools. I'm talking of principals,
00:19:59I'm talking of school head teachers, I'm talking of even
00:20:02proprieters,
00:20:06to catch. The full interview Watch News Nights by 9 pm on
00:20:10Monday on all channels television
00:20:12platforms.
00:20:17In major move to tackle malnutrition and food insecurity
00:20:21across the country, Nigeria's 36 state governors have declared
00:20:25nationwide nutrition emergency. The announcement follows a
00:20:29high-level three-day bilateral leadership exchange in Addis
00:20:33Ababa, Ethiopia, led by Vice President Kashim
00:20:36Shatima. State governors have pledged to establish
00:20:40national nutrition intervention fund to drive the
00:20:43Nutrition 774 initiative directly into
00:20:47every local government area in Nigeria. Our
00:20:50correspondent emperor Simon
00:20:52reports.
00:20:57This meeting has in attendance Vice President Kashim
00:21:00Shatima, governors, ministers and some presidential
00:21:04aids from Nigeria and their counterparts from Ethiopia
00:21:08who have converged on Adizaba to compare notes on the subject of
00:21:11nutrition. This is what we sign. Reading the
00:21:15Niger Governor's forum's commitment, governor lawal of Zara state
00:21:19reveals that. subnational leaders in Nigeria are adopting key
00:21:23lessons from Ethiopia's successful serkota declaration to
00:21:27overhaul Nigers approach to child growth and public
00:21:30health. We collectively commit to number
00:21:33one, declaration of nutrition as
00:21:37national emergency. Reinforcing the highest
00:21:41level of political commitment and coordinated action across
00:21:45federal, states and local government
00:21:49levels. number two, establishing a national
00:21:52nutrition intervention fund to catalyze implementation
00:21:56the nutrition compact. under the new deal, state and
00:21:59federal governments will adopt a unified framework titled one
00:22:03goal, one plan and one budget. the federal government says it
00:22:07is already preparing to roll out immediate targeted action
00:22:11beginning with two pilot states carrying the highest burden of
00:22:15stunting before expanding nationwide. we will
00:22:18define with the states what are the clear objectives
00:22:22for reduction of stunting and begin with the
00:22:25multisectoral high-level team, all the ministers here,
00:22:29the ministry of budget and planning and the steam, water
00:22:33resources, health and social welfare as well as agriculture and
00:22:37other relevant ministries will go on the ground to the
00:22:40state, sit with the executive governor, sit with the steam
00:22:44to identify what are the sectoral priorities that
00:22:48would help to achieve. the agreed objectives
00:22:51in stunting, few
00:22:55points, focus, multi-sectoral
00:22:59action, clear road
00:23:01map that is
00:23:03implementable, performance matrices and
00:23:07accountability, if we do that, we will bend the needle, we will shift the
00:23:11needle, we will move the needle on nutrition. Ethiopian government
00:23:15pledges technical support to Nigeria, describing the partnership
00:23:18between the two countries. in the area of nutrition as a benchmark for
00:23:22intra-african collaboration. we look forward to work with you
00:23:26and to support you, be technically or anything that is
00:23:30needed to move our continent together in your commitment.
00:23:34with this commitment made a disabar. all eyes will now
00:23:38be on the implementation stage across the 774
00:23:42local government areas of Nigeria as the country works
00:23:45towards curbing stanting and improving child health
00:23:49nationwide. Emperor Simon, channel's television
00:23:52news. The Nigeria Police Force
00:23:56Intelligence Department Special Tactical Squad, STS,
00:24:00have announced the arrest of three suspects allegedly involved in the
00:24:04movement and distribution of explosive materials from Gana
00:24:08into Nigeria. Parading the suspects in Abuja,
00:24:12the commander the Special Tactical Squad, Mr. Victor
00:24:15Ogwede says the police recovered 500 kg
00:24:19the... materials concealed in 50 kilograms bags
00:24:23of flour during intelligence lead operation in
00:24:26Badagri Lagos
00:24:28state.
00:24:35It is another parade of suspect as the Nigeria Police force
00:24:38alleged that these three men played different roles a
00:24:42supply chain through which explosive materials were brought
00:24:46into Nigeria and subsequently moved to criminal elements.
00:24:50in parts the northeast, north central and other parts
00:24:54the country. the commander the special
00:24:57tactical squad speaks on the operation, which is part the
00:25:01squad's proactive efforts to disrupt the supply
00:25:05chains that provide criminal groups with explosives
00:25:08and other materials used to carry out violent
00:25:11attacks. we are going to present to you those
00:25:15people, those syndicates, those evil people
00:25:19who... in their innam devil's mind
00:25:22imported highly explosive devices
00:25:26into this country. determined to move beyond responding to
00:25:30attacks after they occur, the police insist that
00:25:34identifying and dismantal in the networks responsible for
00:25:38supplying weapons and explosives to bandits,
00:25:41terrorists and other non-state actors remains a top
00:25:45priority. here we have three suspects: the first suspect is
00:25:49uluwa shegong. godwinn a 27 years
00:25:52old who was found who was
00:25:56found with the explosive at the border one the suspect who
00:26:00was arrested in badagre legacy?
00:26:21so we talk about the price like are they going to pay
00:26:25me the passenger money they have greedy price so on my way
00:26:28coming from Gana to Nigeria I was arrested by
00:26:32police Nigeria Police officer, a separate case presented
00:26:36during the briefing, the police also paraded
00:26:39Ihumachumaroke, also known as Morocco, who was
00:26:43allegedly involved an attack in Ezi Ohaju,
00:26:46atbema local government area of IMO state, where security
00:26:50personnel came under fire, with the arrest of nine suspects linked to the
00:26:54attack on security personnel in IMO state, the police
00:26:57reiterates commitment to expanding intelligence late
00:27:01operations across. the country in order to ensure that criminal elements are
00:27:05denied the opportunity to operate
00:27:07freely. on the
00:27:11foreign scene, power cuts have been reported in three Ukrainian
00:27:15regions following Russian strikes on energy infrastructure,
00:27:19despite US president Trump's announcement of what he called
00:27:23an energy cease fire. Ukrainian president Vladimir
00:27:26Zelenski says Russia struck power plant shortly after
00:27:30President Donald Trump announced the proposal. and this raises fresh
00:27:33questions over whether the pause attacks will take effect. President
00:27:37Zelensky says Kive is ready to support the arrangement if Moscow
00:27:41agrees, but the Kremlin is yet to respond. For now, the
00:27:45proposed this fire remains uncertain as Fresh strikes threaten
00:27:49power supplies and hopes for pause in the
00:27:52conflict.
00:27:57UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham says Russia interfered
00:28:00with in Britain's 20. 2016 Brexit
00:28:04referendum, warning that similar disinformation campaigns and
00:28:08now targeting France and Germany. Speaking on the
00:28:11podcast, Prime Minister Burnham said he was given clear
00:28:15confirmation of Russian interference after entering Downing Street,
00:28:18although he provided no details about the alleged activity or its
00:28:22impact on the result. The claims come amaid wider
00:28:26concerns over Russian linked disinformation, including
00:28:30fake news websites and AI generated videos. Prime
00:28:34Minister Burnham says the UK must do more to protect democratic
00:28:37institutions as foreign interference concerns grow
00:28:41across the European
00:28:43Union.
00:28:47And that's it on news track at this time. Thank you for watching. I'm layo
00:28:51all are
00:28:52indeed.