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00:00:00farm
00:00:03of of of in the last three to four years now uh cannot be accused of delaying the supply of fertilizers. i park
00:00:06also alleges that government projects are concentrated in gusou the still
00:00:10capital while
00:00:11of questioning the award of some
00:00:12of contracts to non indigens. in the real sense if you are taking of
00:00:16of sophistication nature of a international airport i don't think
00:00:20that that is any indigenous contractor that can handle the issue of international airport.
00:00:24you see this is what i'm saying either ipark
00:00:27are just want to make a cheap
00:00:29in black. mail on governor Dr. you have to give it to a standard
00:00:33contractor, an international contractor with international refuge for that
00:00:37matter for him to do the issue of international
00:00:40airport, but when it comes to the local contractors, i that it if there
00:00:44is any contractor in zanfare state
00:00:47of who is competent that has not been given contract in zanfar
00:00:51state, the zan for state government says development projects will be extended
00:00:54across the 14 local government areas based on the specific needs and
00:00:58priorities
00:00:59of of each community.
00:01:05In other reports now, stakeholders in Kuki state
00:01:08of are calling for greater into faith, harmony, peaceful
00:01:11coexistence and unity as foundations for sustainable
00:01:16of development. The call was made at the inauguration
00:01:18of the Gegu
00:01:19in Beki Central Jumat mask in Kogi local government
00:01:23area attended by governor Usman Ododo and other eminent
00:01:27of guests. Michael reports.
00:01:33of of of The formal unveiling has been described as a historic
00:01:37milestone for religious and community leaders to
00:01:40promote tolerance, unity and peaceful coexistence
00:01:44among
00:01:44of people of different fates. Governor Usman Odododo, who
00:01:48joined the ribbon cutting ceremony, urged Nigerians to
00:01:52use religion as a unifying force rather than source of
00:01:56division for collective national prosperity. It is
00:02:00my conviction that when we rais children with the
00:02:04fear of Allah and the right value, we build stronger
00:02:08families, stronger community and a
00:02:11stronger
00:02:15of nation. Representing the sultan of sokoto, the
00:02:18Etsunupe Yahaya Abubakar emphasized the need for
00:02:22greater support for initiatives promoting religion,
00:02:26education and
00:02:29of of community development and to appreciate all those who have
00:02:33in contributed of one way or the another to ensure the completion of
00:02:36this mosk, both the dead and the
00:02:39living, may Allah reward in
00:02:43abundance, officials
00:02:46in say the project was conceived about 30 years ago
00:02:50with tributes paid to the founding fathers and other
00:02:53contributors who sustained the vision until its
00:02:57completion the efforts
00:03:00of the children, the sons and daughters
00:03:04of this community and entire local government. I got my support
00:03:08from the people, and the one thing I know about
00:03:12of getting of this support on energy is when you are humble,
00:03:16when you are ready to serve your people, when you are ready to
00:03:19support your people, your your people in turn will support you. We
00:03:23have come to rejoice with the people of gegubeki on
00:03:27the beautiful edifice.
00:03:34of has been able to put together for them.
00:03:37in Beyond of the sermons, keys stakeholders urged imams
00:03:40and religious leaders to promote good
00:03:43conduct, discourage drug abuse and other social
00:03:47vices among youths across the
00:03:51of of country. Michael ila, TVC
00:03:55news,
00:03:58President Bolatanobo. has congratulated the national
00:04:02chairman
00:04:04of of the all progressives congress and the former minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty
00:04:08of reduction professor nenthawiel watta
00:04:12of on
00:04:13of his birthday. the president describes him as a distinguished academic, technocrat and committed
00:04:17party leader whose experience and intellectual death have
00:04:21continued to enrich the administration
00:04:23of the party and its efforts to provide effective political
00:04:27leadership. president so acknowledges the
00:04:31celebrants contributions to strengthening the party's
00:04:34organizational structures, fostering unity
00:04:37of among party members and promoting the shared vision
00:04:40of the renewed hope
00:04:42a agenda. the president commends professor yel watta for his
00:04:46dedication, discipline and steadfast
00:04:49of commitment to the ideals
00:04:50of the APC,
00:04:52of particularly a time when the party continues to consolidate
00:04:56its position as a strong platform for national develop.
00:05:00democratic governance and progressive
00:05:04politics, also the
00:05:07governor of state sent his felicitations to
00:05:11the national Chairman the All Progressives Congress in
00:05:15Tamil Watta on his 58th birthday, describing him as
00:05:19a focused and strategic leader whose
00:05:22stewardship is strengthening the party ahead the 2027
00:05:26general election. Governor Byordun says the national chairman
00:05:30had since assuming office demonstrated the capacity,
00:05:34maturity and political dexterity required to
00:05:37lead the ruling party a critical stage in the
00:05:41nation's political develop. a congratulatory message,
00:05:45the governor noted that the APC under professor
00:05:49leadership had continue to deepen internal
00:05:52cohesion, strengthen party structures and position
00:05:56itself for greater electoral victories across the
00:06:00country.
00:06:05On the foreign scene now, US President Donald Trump's former personal
00:06:08lawyer Todd Blanche has been narroly confirmed.
00:06:12as attorney general, that's the nation's top law
00:06:15enforcement office, while the vote brings to
00:06:19an end, a lengthy standoff between senates, republicans and the
00:06:23Trump administration, over Blanch, who has served as
00:06:26acting attorney general since April, Mr. Blanch won
00:06:30confirmation a 50 to 49 vote overnight
00:06:34with two Republican senators, Susan Collins and
00:06:37Lisa Molovsky joining all democrats to
00:06:41oppose his.
00:06:42nomination,
00:09:53Welcome to flashback reckup of some stories that made headlines during the
00:09:57week and we begin from Monday where the federal government commence
00:10:01the drafting the national policing bill to
00:10:04operationalize state police setting seven week
00:10:08timeline to produce the legal framework or a dual policing
00:10:11system. The government says the legislation will define the
00:10:15responsibilities, funding, safeguards and operational
00:10:19standards for the proposed state police
00:10:21system. constitutional
00:10:25amendment the state policing already underway, the federal
00:10:29government is moving to the next phase, which is developing the
00:10:32law that will govern its implementation, chairman the
00:10:36presidential working group on the national policing bill and chief of
00:10:40staff to the president says
00:10:43presidentubu has approved seven week work
00:10:47plan to produce an executive bill for a dual policing
00:10:51system. the final package will comprise more than
00:10:55bill, it will include schedules, an explanatory
00:10:58memorandum, legal audit, and consequential
00:11:02amendments, matrix. responding to content
00:11:05that national policing standards could weaken state
00:11:08autonomy, says the standards and
00:11:12minimum safeguards to prevent abuse, guarantee
00:11:16accountability and ensure every Nigerian enjoys the
00:11:20same basic level of protection, regardless of where they
00:11:23live and send the... contributions in through the through that uh
00:11:27through that platform through that channel uh so the
00:11:31public is included general the federation latif
00:11:35says the minimum standards are designed to prevent state
00:11:38police from becoming instruments of political
00:11:42prosecution. the main trust of this
00:11:46bill is to ensure security of lives and
00:11:49property uh the minimum
00:11:50threshold describes the proposed
00:11:55legislation as one the most significant reforms the table
00:11:58administration, saying it will clearly define the powers of
00:12:02federal and state police. um, some states may
00:12:06not have as much capacity as others, of course they will recruit as many
00:12:10police men that they want in their state, and I'm sure that part of
00:12:14what we are doing also would uh also uh
00:12:17recommend some form of grant from the federal to ensure
00:12:21a startup. the federal government says states that are: not
00:12:25immediately ready to establish their own police services,
00:12:28will continue to rely on the Nigerian police force until they
00:12:32meet the required operational standards, insisting that
00:12:36the reform is aimed at strengthening national security
00:12:40rather than replacing the existing policing
00:12:43structure. Still on
00:12:47Monday, a war of words between two senior advocates of
00:12:50Nigeria, Olimide, Fushika and Akilulu Kaindi
00:12:54saw, the continuation the trial of Omoyal Shu a
00:12:58deformation case filed by the Department of State Service,
00:13:02the DSS. tensions arose after Mr.
00:13:05Shower's Council Olumide Fushika SAN sought
00:13:09an adjonment saying key document had only just been
00:13:13released to him by the court
00:13:15registrar. Mr. Fusika told the court he
00:13:19applied for the document on July 26th. The request was
00:13:23approved by trial Jod Mohammed. on July 27th,
00:13:27but the documents were only released to him on August 3rd.
00:13:31He asked for
00:13:31an adjointment to study the documents and prepare for cross examination the
00:13:35next witness, an official the DSS. The prosecuting
00:13:39council in their senior advocate of Nigeria opposed the
00:13:43application. He described it as dillactory tactics
00:13:46aim to further delete the trial and urged to court to foreclose
00:13:50the defense. Following the heated exchange justice Mohammed
00:13:54Karubal, intervent, he caution board counsel saying
00:13:58any further misconduct will be referred to the appropriate disciplinary
00:14:01body. the jud then adjoined the matter to september
00:14:0426th, stating he was not in the position to continue with the
00:14:08case. the prosecuty council later apologized to the judge, the
00:14:12bar and everyone in the court saying the conduct has lowered the standard the
00:14:16bar. Mr. Fusika also tended apology to the
00:14:19court. And on Tuesday, President
00:14:23Bolatino approved increases of
00:14:26between 30 and 80% for personnel the Nigerian
00:14:30armed forces with about 25000
00:14:34personnel expected to benefit under the new arrangement which
00:14:38takes effect from September the 1st, officers above the rank
00:14:41of Connel will receive a 30% increase, personnel
00:14:45from Connel to warrant officer
00:14:4850%, while private to staff surgeon
00:14:52categories will enjoy an 80% increase the new
00:14:56pay package is expected to raise the annual military salary
00:15:00bill from 660 billion naira to
00:15:04924 billion
00:15:06naira and still on
00:15:10Tuesday the Minister of Education Tunji Alausa directed vice
00:15:14chancellors, rectors and provos to dismiss
00:15:17any students found guilty of kidnapping
00:15:21or related crimes after due investigation. The
00:15:25minister also ordered tashary institutions to strengthen internal
00:15:28intelligence systems and deepen collaboration with the department of
00:15:32state service and other security agencies to improve
00:15:36campus security. Dr. Lausa says the directive
00:15:39forms part the federal government's broader strategy to protect
00:15:43students and strengthen the safe schools initiative across
00:15:47the
00:15:47country.
00:15:52Moving to Wednesday where victims the deadly kidnap attack
00:15:56on Wara community in Kaima local government area of
00:15:59Kuara State regin their freedom. After spending several months
00:16:03in captivity, the Quara state government announced the development.
00:16:07thanking President Bolatinopu for his support and commending
00:16:11security agencies for the successful rescue
00:16:14operation. the release brought relief to
00:16:17families and residents and in months of anxiety following
00:16:21the mass abduction that height in security consens
00:16:25inquaran noth.
00:16:28also on Wednesday, the economic and financial crimes commission froze the
00:16:32Oshin State government's statutory allocation account,
00:16:36domiciled with the commercial bank as part of an ongoing
00:16:40investigation into the state's finances,
00:16:44governor dimoladiliki disclosed this in Oshogo,
00:16:48describing the action as attempt to disrupt the
00:16:52operations of his administration. he says the ESCC had earlier
00:16:55invited government officials for questioning and requested
00:16:59explanations on government transactions,
00:17:03but maintained that freezing the states account was
00:17:06beyond the government's the commission's legal
00:17:10powers, we receive
00:17:13letter from our banker
00:17:17forwarding letter from the EFCC
00:17:21instructing the bank to freeze orsu state
00:17:24government account. this action
00:17:28was taken without any court order and uh this is
00:17:32the main account that we use to pay people's salary,
00:17:36workers, salaries, pensioners. uh teachers as
00:17:40well as the health careare uh service uh
00:17:43providers, his excellency the governor of state as instructed
00:17:47me as the attorney general and commissioner for justice to approach the courts for
00:17:51proper interpretation and determination the issues involved, we shall therefore be
00:17:55seeking the court's guidance on whether the cited
00:17:58provisions or any other law empower the EFCC to freeze or
00:18:02restrict the statutory account of portion states.
00:18:06Still on Wednesday, the economic and financial crimes commission
00:18:09confirmed frison the otion state government's bank account, sighting
00:18:13suspicious movement of public funds and made
00:18:16investigation into alleged financial
00:18:20misconduct involving about 11 billion naira. a
00:18:24statement, the commission says it had been
00:18:26investigating the state government since
00:18:30March 2026 over the alleged handling of
00:18:34ecology funds, intervention funds.
00:18:37and federation account
00:18:40allocations, the EFCC said it detected large
00:18:44transfers to various corporate entities and fros their
00:18:48accounts to halt the movement of funds, adding that the
00:18:51action was part of its preventive mandate
00:18:54safeguard public
00:18:56resources. now to
00:19:00Thursday where President Bolatanobo directed the
00:19:03AFCC to immediately withdraw the court order freezing the
00:19:06accounts. the Aushen State Government. The President said the timing
00:19:10the action coming ahead the state's governorship election cool
00:19:14undermine public confidence in the electoral process in the
00:19:18statements personally signed by him. President Tinubo
00:19:22says he respects the independence of
00:19:25anti-corruption agencies but wasn't aware the
00:19:29AFCC's decision before it was taken. He acknowledged the
00:19:33commission's powers to investigate financial crimes but
00:19:36stressed that Government institutions must act in ways that
00:19:40protect public trust and Nigeria's
00:19:42democracy. Still on
00:19:46Thursday, governor of Ogun State Dakwabyodu confirmed the rescue the
00:19:50abducted students the gateway ICT polytechnic
00:19:53Shakpading. The governor said the rescue followed a
00:19:57coordinated operation involving the police, armed
00:20:01forces as well as the DSS, NSCDC,
00:20:04Amoteko, vigilantes and local hunters. as well
00:20:08as air support deployed after the abduction which occurred on
00:20:12July the 29th. he confirmed that one the seven
00:20:15victims sustained a gunshot injury but has been
00:20:19stabilized. the commissioner of police, but
00:20:23jaaginy said no ransom was paid and that the rescued
00:20:26victims were providing useful information to the
00:20:30police. we rescued five at the
00:20:33early hours of today and uh we had them
00:20:37over to the respective families, we reunited them, but before
00:20:41then, before then we took them for our medical
00:20:44treatment to police medical services
00:20:47and early. are to the
00:20:51helicopter with the grand forces
00:20:54stormed the kidnappers
00:20:57in and also rescue the remaining
00:21:00two uh victims. security remains a shared
00:21:04responsibility and i orge all residents to continue
00:21:07providing credible information to the appropriate
00:21:11authorities. let me reassure every
00:21:14resident, every
00:21:17investor, every visitor, that
00:21:21og state remains safe and secure and
00:21:24open to legitimate business and
00:21:27investment, and on
00:21:30Friday, the governor of Kuara state, Abdul Rahman Abdul
00:21:34Razzaq received the rescued victims the war
00:21:37community abduction in Kaima local government area
00:21:41following their rescue by security forces. Governor
00:21:45Abdul Razzaq described the operation as
00:21:47demonstration the federal. men's commitment to protecting lives
00:21:51and restoring peace, assuring the victims of continued
00:21:55support, rehabilitation and reintegration.
00:21:59meanwile, 46 survivors are receiving medical treatment at
00:22:03the Cuira State University. one the victims,
00:22:07Amir Salu recounted the heroin experience
00:22:10saying she assisted in delivering 11 pregnant
00:22:14women in captivity while about half the babies
00:22:18survived. she also says that children died at
00:22:22the kidnappers den while some young women were married
00:22:25off and some young men joined the terrorists,
00:22:29sometimes they will give us food, sometimes they will not give how we us, used
00:22:33that's to sleep with our children and we have sick people over there
00:22:37again, pregnant summer that they deliver, they as
00:22:41of nu if nos is with us, i said no, because was
00:22:44i'm also
00:22:46in one one
00:22:50176 people that they took us, but
00:22:54those people that did here is starting of number, but they were
00:22:58children. i have since directed that the appropriate
00:23:02medical attention be extended to anyone, everyone
00:23:06to ensure the well being. priority this time, our
00:23:10government had extended various forms of support to the world
00:23:13community.
00:23:16finally, on flashback and ahead the ocean state. governership
00:23:20election, the inspector general of police,
00:23:23olatunjisu warned against thugry and any action
00:23:26capable of undermining the electoral process. after meeting with
00:23:30civil society organizations at the police force headquarters in
00:23:34Abuja, the IGP assured residence of a peaceful and
00:23:38non-partisan police
00:23:39deployment,
00:23:45state dominated discussions as members of civil society
00:23:49organizations met with inspector general of police in Abuja
00:23:52express appreciation the executive director of civil society
00:23:56legislative advocacy center awal rasanjani led a
00:23:59conversation highlighting concerns raised by civil society
00:24:03groups, we are worried that the
00:24:07tension, the political tension in the
00:24:09country is not something
00:24:12we should. executive director yaga africa's
00:24:16samson itodo stress the need for stronger. safeguards
00:24:20against electoral violence given the level of pre-election
00:24:24violence that we have seen in ocean and the
00:24:28political tension and
00:24:31election that is mad by
00:24:34insecurity and we perceive
00:24:37security bias could undermine public
00:24:41trust and confidence. without mentioning words, inspector general of police
00:24:45olating political actors against violence assuring
00:24:49residents of absol neutrality and massive deployment of
00:24:52personnel for the election. I got complaint from a commissioner of police, you arrest this
00:24:56one, you arrest that one, you at the end the day find that they belong to
00:25:00a cult crew, because we knew the dimension it was
00:25:04taken, we deployed to ash earlier,
00:25:07our teams have moved into earlier, and then
00:25:11we have been responsive to the situations as they
00:25:15occur. With few days to
00:25:17the asum governorship election, palpable tension. but the
00:25:20police say they are leaving
00:25:23nose turn unturned to ensure incident free
00:25:26poll and that's it on
00:25:30TVC news this hour which also featured flashback
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00:30:47The race for the osum state governorship election is entering its
00:30:51final stretch with 14 candidates in the contest ahead
00:30:54the August 15th elections as the major parties
00:30:58intensified their campaign.