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00:00:54Thanks for joining us on TBC News at Meet Day. I am
00:00:57Victoria. Operative.
00:01:00of the department of state services have arrested three more persons
00:01:03suspected to be
00:01:04of members a
00:01:05of the kidnapping
00:01:06of ring that abducted the dean of agriculture national state
00:01:09university. professor Samuel, the university dawn was
00:01:12rescued by DSS operatives two days after some government
00:01:16kidnapped him in the we hours
00:01:18a of of Wednesday July 15, 2026 at Milu,
00:01:22a border community between Lafia and Nasarawa egon local government
00:01:25areas. Two suspects including lady were arrested by the
00:01:29DSS at the time, security source disclosed that DSS
00:01:33of operatives arrested three order members
00:01:35of the kidnapping gang on Friday night a
00:01:37of local of brother on the Mararabang akunza lafia makodi
00:01:41highway and the chief
00:01:45of army staff Waid
00:01:47of Shibo has warned personnel
00:01:52of of the Nigerian army across the country against of engaging in drugs and substance abuse which could negatively affect their
00:01:56abilities to carry
00:01:57of out duties
00:01:58of effectively the cas st dated this during the commencement of
00:02:02four-day seminar on transformational leadership, post-traumatic
00:02:06of stress disorder and drug and substance abuse, which was held
00:02:10at the
00:02:10of fourth special forces command, doma in
00:02:13of NASA state. the chief of army staff, who was
00:02:16represented by the commander, army
00:02:19of headquarters garrison, John
00:02:20of Lah, of noted that the seminar was aimed at building trust
00:02:24inspiring soldiers with a shared vision and empouring
00:02:27troops to
00:02:28of adapt
00:02:33of of quickly of to the on unpredictable environments part of ongoing efforts by
00:02:36the manjan army to sensitize junior and middle
00:02:40career officers on the need
00:02:43of to adopt appropriate
00:02:46leadership
00:02:47of style and values to achieve
00:02:52of overwhelming command success. it is also designed to
00:02:56address the challenges of transformational
00:03:00effective leadership at junior and
00:03:04of mader level
00:03:05of the Nigerian Army. This philosophy underscores
00:03:09the fact that the strength
00:03:11of the Nigerian army lies not
00:03:14of only in its equipment capabilities,
00:03:18but also in the resilience,
00:03:21discipline and mental
00:03:23of readiness of its
00:03:25personnel. As we continue to record
00:03:29success. in training and operations, it is
00:03:33imperative that we sustain and strengthen the leadership
00:03:37quality and mental health of personnel to
00:03:40enhance their cohesion and operational
00:03:44of efficiency. now to
00:03:48party politics, as all eyes remain on the oshin state governorship
00:03:52election, endorsements continue to roll in for the all progressives
00:03:56congress governorship candidate.
00:04:00Making the latest endorsement is an entrepreneur
00:04:03who rallied women, youth groups, artisans and other groups to
00:04:07reaffirm
00:04:08of their support towards the aspiration
00:04:09of the APC candidate. She noted that his agenda
00:04:12places strong emphasis on economic, youth and women
00:04:16development, job creation and policies aimed at
00:04:19improving the welfare of residence across the
00:04:23of state. of Is the governorship
00:04:27candidate of all progressive.
00:04:34emphasize
00:04:35of leadership,
00:04:36his service, campaign economic development, youth and
00:04:40women
00:04:41of empowerment, quality education, improved health
00:04:45care, infrastructure development, agricultural
00:04:49growth and good governance. this
00:04:52industrial program is organized broad
00:04:56of based of spot for his governorship aspirance.
00:05:00aspiration and froster engagement between the
00:05:03candidate
00:05:08and it's less than two weeks before the official kickoff of
00:05:12campaigns for the 2027 general election in Nigeria,
00:05:16but Professor Christopher of acord party has announced his
00:05:20withdrawal from the presidential race in support of
00:05:23presidentubu. Senior reporter, senior correspondent
00:05:26Solomon reports. Presidential
00:05:30ambition, which ended even before the race
00:05:34started, to officially announce my
00:05:37stepping down from the raise professor
00:05:41Christopher. the accord party announcing his withdraw
00:05:45from the 2027 elections in support the re-election of
00:05:48President Bola Tinubu for second time to
00:05:51support his excellency Mr. President, the President of
00:05:55Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bolad
00:05:59met Tinubu. Professor imumole states the reasons for
00:06:03giving up his ambition, the unity, stability and
00:06:07continued progress of Nigeria
00:06:10must take precedence. over my
00:06:14personal political ambition, his name and party
00:06:17are not even among the 19 listed by the independent national
00:06:21electoral commission inec for the 2027 presidential
00:06:24election. we did not even submit our nomination to
00:06:28INEC, we did our primaries, emerged as the
00:06:31president candidate, what we are supposed to do is now to
00:06:35submit toine which we withdrew. this list is made up
00:06:39of three women and 16 men, like
00:06:422023, incumbent bolatinu the All Progressives
00:06:46Congress, APC is the front runner among three main
00:06:49contenders, as he seeks re-election for the second consecutive term
00:06:53in office. President Tinobu's main challenges are former Vice
00:06:57President, Articu Abubakar the African Democratic Congress,
00:07:01ADC, and the former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi, the
00:07:05Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC. Other candidates include
00:07:08ADE the Action Alliance, AA, Berhane.
00:07:14the African Action Congress (AAC) and Abbas Bin
00:07:18Aliu the Action Democratic Party ADP. Also in
00:07:22the contest our current governor of Oyastate Shii Makinde
00:07:25the allied People's movement APM, Yusuf the Action
00:07:29People's party APP and Samuel Member the
00:07:33Democratic Liberty Alliance (DLA), making up the numbers
00:07:37are Sandday the liberal party (LP), Elizabeth
00:07:40toquari the National. Democratic Party, NDP, and
00:07:44Sanny Honor the People's Democratic Party, PDP, as well as
00:07:48the former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke of People's
00:07:52Redemption Party, PRP, ADE, Adebaya the Social
00:07:56Democratic Party, SDP, and Daniel Mwan of
00:07:59Zenit Labor Party, ZLP. They have from the 19th of
00:08:03August this year to the 14th of January 2027, to
00:08:07campaign and convince Nigerians to vote for them. Salomon
00:08:10ajuzugu, TVC news.
00:08:15as the 2027 electionaring campaigns approach, a group
00:08:19under the ages of tinab ubasani mobilization network
00:08:22has been sensitizing kaduna youths on the dangers of drug abuse. the
00:08:26group says the program is to discourage the practice of drug abuse among
00:08:30youth and to promote drug free election circles. during the
00:08:34flag of campaign, the chairman the group Amino Zaria
00:08:37emphasized that youths are mostly used to perpetrate violence during the
00:08:41elections. "the common minds, the common
00:08:45thinking is they use
00:08:49youth to give them drugs, to go
00:08:53and steal ball boxes, to beat people.
00:08:57meanwile, this politicians cannot put their children in the
00:09:00front to do all these bad
00:09:02behaviors, so if you
00:09:06think that is what is good, why can't you bring your
00:09:08child? my child cannot be used to..."
00:09:13boxes, my child cannot be given drugs to
00:09:16abuse, so we feed
00:09:19in
00:09:24as well, that is where we put this
00:09:27campaign, we gave the name of this campaign
00:09:30as state government
00:09:34is passionate about the mental health of its people, we have seen
00:09:38infrastructure, it's not distinguish senator,
00:09:42is not all about infrastructure, it also it is
00:09:46also concerned with human development,
00:09:49especially mental health of its people, the youths we
00:09:53have in the society are our concern, we will not encourage
00:09:56youths to abuse drugs. first thing that causes
00:10:00or leads to this problem of drug abuse that we have is the
00:10:04availability, drugs are everywhere,
00:10:08it is cheap and you can find it in any corner. the second thing
00:10:12that we you hear young people saying all the time is that you don't have
00:10:15what to do, you need job, you need work, you need skills,
00:10:19and this idolness is causing people to do things to help
00:10:23them pass the time. "the next thing is the
00:10:27pain, the suffering, and you have to
00:10:31hear me on this, nobody starts using drugs because they want to become
00:10:35addict, nobody starts using drugs because they're a wicked
00:10:39person, it's the
00:10:40pain. in other
00:10:44news, for many women in conflict affected communities across
00:10:48for no state, the daily search for firewood has come
00:10:51with serious risks, now humanitarian project." is
00:10:55changing that narrative by the introduction of solar power cooking
00:10:59systems that improve safety, protect the environment and
00:11:03enhance the wellbeing of vulnerable families. senior reporter Jesse
00:11:07tefida has more details. for
00:11:10years, cooking meant long journeys into the bush in such a
00:11:14firewood, journeys that exposed women and girls to
00:11:17insecurity while smoke filled kitchens post
00:11:20serious health risks to families. today,
00:11:25many these families are embracing cleaner and safer
00:11:28alternative. the just transition to solar electric cooking
00:11:31project known as a coker is providing vulnerable
00:11:35household with solar powered electric cooking systems, reducing
00:11:39dependence on firewood and charcoal while promoting clean
00:11:42energy, implemented by the grassroot
00:11:45initiative for strengthening community resilience, chisco in
00:11:49partnership with mission east, the project is helping women spend less
00:11:53time searching for field. improving household health and
00:11:57contributing to environmental protection, this initiative is one
00:12:01the uh concern that we have identified
00:12:05during our engagement with the community right from the
00:12:08inception of gisco around 2016 we are into
00:12:12protection monitoring so protection is about to
00:12:15identify the concern the ID fees these machines
00:12:19worth around um 800 to 900
00:12:22thous if you are going to buy. uh as individual,
00:12:26so this is kind of support coming
00:12:28from the mission east uh funding and
00:12:32then uh supported by line climate. the
00:12:36project has so far deployed 268 solar electric
00:12:40cooking systems across Mungunu, maydugory and Jerry
00:12:44with humanitarian partners planning to reach even more vulnerable
00:12:48household. this is a good one and uh is
00:12:52going to go a long way in salvaging.
00:13:05under climate change, beyond providing clean
00:13:08cooking solutions, the initiative is helping reduce protection risk for women and
00:13:11girls, lowering greenhouse gas emissions and supporting climate
00:13:15resilience in communities these recovering
00:13:19families, from conflicts, this
00:13:19for is more than a quicking device, it is safer
00:13:23way of life, one protect women, improves
00:13:26health, preserves the environment and offers renewed hope
00:13:30for communities rebuilding after years of
00:13:33conflict. Jesse tefida, TBC News,
00:13:37maydougry. You're watching TBC
00:13:40News, there's more after this break, stay with
00:13:43us.
00:14:38thanks for staying with us, the federal capital territory
00:14:42administration has issued final warning to commercial
00:14:46transport operators picking passengers from illegal parks and road
00:14:49sides across Abuja, directing them to immediately relocate
00:14:53to designated. winterproved boss terminals or risk
00:14:57being shut down, the mandate secretary the
00:15:01FCTA transport secretariat, Chinedum Elechi, handed
00:15:05down the directive during a press briefing
00:15:07in Abuja, declaring that the error of indiscriminate roadside loading and
00:15:11unauthorized moto parks in the nation's capital has come to an
00:15:15end, every day they talk about one chance, everyday
00:15:19they talk about kekeran, everyday
00:15:21they talk about okada,
00:15:22it is all pointing to one place,
00:15:24I'm
00:15:29I tired, I tired, so that is why we call to
00:15:33say, and this is the first time I'm having this kind of press
00:15:36conference. and so so it's a serious
00:15:40matter and we'll do everything to make sure that
00:15:44this met of everybody put any
00:15:47small space you see we turn it into a moto park we
00:15:51stop it if you got premises and
00:15:55stop it because the laws are there we have the
00:15:57laws
00:16:01the national association of polytechnic students has called on the
00:16:05federal government to investigate allegations that some
00:16:09institutions are commercializing the technical and vocational
00:16:13education and training tvet program introduced by the
00:16:16President Tinubu administration. The Association says
00:16:20reports indicate that students have been asked to make payments
00:16:24before accessing the program. The development he
00:16:27describes as exploitative and
00:16:30unacceptable. Addressing Journalist Sina, the National
00:16:34President of Naps Comrade Jumo Ibrahim, said the... is
00:16:38concerned about what he described as credible reports that
00:16:42some institutions are charging students before allowing them to
00:16:45benefit from the tvet initiative.
00:16:49commend the federal government under the leadership the
00:16:51presidentubu, the GCFR for placing rene
00:16:55emphasis on technical and vocational education and
00:16:59training, recognizing that no nation can
00:17:02sustain can maintain sustainable industrialization without
00:17:06investing in technical education and skill
00:17:10manpower, however, we
00:17:13are deeply disturbed by the credible reports that some
00:17:17institutions have continued have commercialized
00:17:21the this lable initiative by demanding payment from
00:17:24students before allowing them to benefit from tivet programs. we
00:17:28state categorical that this is
00:17:30unactable. aviation
00:17:33agencies are demanding bigger slices the billions of n.
00:17:37from Nigeria's 5% ticket sales charge a public
00:17:41hearing on two proposed laws, agencies in the
00:17:45sector row over who collects the largest chunk the
00:17:48revenue. National assembly correspondent Joke Adisa
00:17:52reports. The House of Representatives host
00:17:56agencies and experts in the sector to a public hearing on two
00:18:00critical bills designed to better improve aviation business in the
00:18:03country. The Parliament says the amendments. in
00:18:07to strengthen transparency and align Nigeria's
00:18:11laws with global best practices, introducing
00:18:14transparent, automated remittance of
00:18:17statutory 5%
00:18:20pass passenger cargo service charges, improving how
00:18:23revenues are shared among key avation
00:18:26institutions and enhancing the capacity these
00:18:30agencies effectively manage and surgard our
00:18:34airspace are here to consider two key bills:
00:18:38which are aimed at strengthening the financial and institutional
00:18:41framework the aviation industry with direct
00:18:45implication for safety, transparency and services
00:18:48delivery. at the technical session, agencies clutched
00:18:52over funding from the 5% ticket charge. the Nigerian
00:18:55airspace management agency nama wants his share raised from
00:18:5922% to 56%. it says agent
00:19:03navigation equipment and rising costs demand more
00:19:06money. we meeting seven
00:19:10different correspondents up to the very last
00:19:13one, which was 20th of
00:19:17July inviting the
00:19:21minister to committee, but
00:19:25as the case may be, and as we can all see, the
00:19:29minister is not here and no
00:19:31representative or correspondent was sent to the
00:19:35committee on the... For its part, the
00:19:39African Aviation and Aerospace University, AAAU, Abuja
00:19:43seeks a minimum of 10% the fund to train skilled
00:19:47workers for NCAA, fan, Nimet and
00:19:51NSIB. African Aviation and space university
00:19:55respectfully praise that the National Assembly, recognized
00:19:59aAO as a statutory beneficiary the 5% tikil
00:20:02charge while amending the civil aviation
00:20:05act to express to expressly
00:20:09include AU in the revenue sharing formula, the
00:20:13future of Nigerian aviation industry will take a new shape from the
00:20:17debates ongoing today. One the bills seeks to amend the
00:20:21civil aviation act to provide for the automated remittance of
00:20:24funds according to aviation agencies. It also aims
00:20:28to revise the revenue sharing formula and to reflect renaming
00:20:32the the accident investigation bureau as the Nigerian
00:20:35safety investigation. Bureau, the other six to amend the
00:20:39Nama Establishment Act to revise the percentage of statutory
00:20:43charges according to the agency. The committee promised to
00:20:47review all submissions before recommending change. to the revenue
00:20:50sharing formula and automated remittance of aviation
00:20:54fonds. TBC News
00:20:58Abuja. The federal government has
00:21:01flagged off the 122
00:21:04kmwari road in Kaduna State. The
00:21:08project is aimed at improving connectivity, boosting trade and strengthening
00:21:12security along one of Northern Ningerous strategic transport
00:21:15corridors. At the flag of ceremony, minister of state for
00:21:19works Bell. Guru described the project as a major
00:21:23investment under the renewed hope agenda designed
00:21:26ease movement, reduce transport costs and stimulate economic
00:21:30activities. The minister says the road project reflects the
00:21:34federal government's commitment to expanding critical infrastructure
00:21:38that supports national development and improves the lives of
00:21:41Nigerians. I wish to
00:21:44most respectfully express my
00:21:48deepest appreciation. to his
00:21:51excellency, our dear president, the father
00:21:54the nation,
00:21:56president, for his
00:21:59visionary leadership, bold and courageous
00:22:03decisions that partize
00:22:06infrastructure across all
00:22:09regions, his administration is ensuring
00:22:13that no region is left behind
00:22:16in Nigeria's journey towards sustainable.
00:22:20economic growth and
00:22:22prosperity. The
00:22:26northern kacus the National Association of Nigerian
00:22:30students has dismissed claims
00:22:33that the federal government
00:22:36will, as dismiss claims that the
00:22:39federal government, passport centralization reforms are
00:22:43designed to disinfranchise northern Nigerians. The student
00:22:47bodies says the policy is nationwide modernization.
00:22:50initiative aimed at improving security and
00:22:53efficiency in passport production. a press briefing, the
00:22:57Northern Courcus of Nuts said reports suggesting that
00:23:01passport processing in the northeast and northwest would be
00:23:04halted at false and misleading.
00:23:08implementation the migration plan stated for
00:23:12August 2026 will onboard the remaining passport offices in
00:23:16south south, northeast and in the northwest.
00:23:20including kalaba, potato, uyo,
00:23:23yanagua, bauti, Gombe, Jalungo,
00:23:27Yola, Farm Center Kano and Dawakin kudu. It is
00:23:31therefore far from the truth to asset that the federal government is trying to
00:23:35disenfranchise de north or any part the country through this
00:23:38process.
00:23:43The federal government has unveiled plans for the made in Nigeria now
00:23:47Global Investors Expo 2026. Aimed at attracting
00:23:51local and foreign investment into Nigeria's solid minerals,
00:23:55energy, manufacturing and infrastructure sectors. The
00:23:58expo scheduled for November 19 and 20 in
00:24:01Abuja, it's been organized by the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals
00:24:05development in partnership with Energynet. The initiative
00:24:09is expected to bring together government institutions,
00:24:13investors, development partners and industry leaders to
00:24:16showcase investment opportunities, strengthen public. private
00:24:20partnerships and promote economic
00:24:22diversification. As a ministry, we are pleased to
00:24:26hold this first public engagement. Our responsibility is to
00:24:30support
00:24:30the ministry participation. Our responsibility is to support the
00:24:34participation, maintain contact with the organizers
00:24:38and help bring the relevant institutions and
00:24:41stakeholders into a participatory concept. For
00:24:45the solid minor sector, the task before us is
00:24:49clear. "the ministry's approach is to
00:24:52move the sector from the simple
00:24:55extraction and export
00:24:57of raw materials, raw minerals
00:25:01towards a system that supports processing,
00:25:05manufacturing, employment and
00:25:08stronger leakages with other parts the
00:25:12economy. these require
00:25:14patients, patient
00:25:18capital, technical. expertise,
00:25:21more than equipments and partnership that can
00:25:25recognize both commercial interest
00:25:29and Nigeria's development priority. So we
00:25:33discussed, in the past few years that on the continent
00:25:36projects are not moving fast, however Nigeria is showing
00:25:40that it possesses the tools to make such
00:25:43acceleration, so we want to make sure the economic
00:25:47development that is happening that we are part. of that journey, hence why
00:25:51we're putting together this gathering across everyone, not only in this room,
00:25:55but the country as a whole, to put together Nigeria now, which is
00:25:59national initiative, national platform we pr. to jump
00:26:03on that journey together, that's
00:26:07it on TBC News, these are, I am Victoria on Nia. Thanks
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00:27:38news. Good morning, Marina Station
00:27:42and all the
00:27:43passengers,
00:27:47efficient, it's comfortable, this development will go a
00:27:51long way in reducing congestion and
00:27:53emission. The trains are long-term
00:27:56solution to Lagos traffic challenges. This is where we take the
00:28:00final
00:28:01you know decisions on. policies, programs of government, I will have to ensure
00:28:05that, the narration of Legos as a PLC is taken
00:28:09very, very
00:28:09seriously.
00:28:14This is the major pedestrian bridge, linking or you go
00:28:18here to Apapa road over there, with this
00:28:21overpass, we are providing what we call permanent
00:28:24solutions,
00:28:30this place is one the most dangerous areas. at the
00:28:33biosecurity environment, this can go into the news and every
00:28:37crimes of your neighborhood. our goal is to remain as
00:28:40africa's model never city to move our
00:28:43GDP from the 5-6 position to the third position and
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00:29:12This week Nigeria's political space is a boss from heated
00:29:15debates on the floor the national assembly to high profile meetings
00:29:19behind closed doors and high stakes decisions with unexpected
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