Speaker 1: Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski has continued to make phone calls
Speaker 1: with world leaders since President Donald Trump of the United
Speaker 1: States US announced that President Vladimir Putin of Russia will
Speaker 1: meet with him next week Friday in the U S
Speaker 1: state of Alaska, and stated, while answering questions from the
Speaker 1: White House reporters, that there will be some swapping of
Speaker 1: territories to the betterment of both Ukraine and Russia, specifically
Speaker 1: saying we will get some back and we will get
Speaker 1: some switched. There will be some swapping of territories to
Speaker 1: the betterment of both, a statement that immediately and apparently
Speaker 1: drew the attention of the Ukrainian President Voladimir Zelenski, who
Speaker 1: have issued series of video and written press releases since
Speaker 1: President Donald Trump made the announcement, insisting that Ukraine will
Speaker 1: not see any of its territory to Russia for the
Speaker 1: purpose of peace or to end the war, emphasizing that
Speaker 1: it was because President Putin occupied part of ukraine territory
Speaker 1: in the past and assembled its true Ukrainian borders were
Speaker 1: without preventive punishment, made him to start full scale war
Speaker 1: with Ukraine since twenty twenty two, adding that the path
Speaker 1: to piece for Ukraine must be determined together with Ukraine.
Speaker 1: This is fundamental. It is important that joint approaches and
Speaker 1: a shared vision work toward genuine peace, a consolidated position,
Speaker 1: cease fire, end of occupation, end of war. According to Trump,
Speaker 1: the highly anticipated meeting between myself as President of the
Speaker 1: United States of America and President Vladimir Putin of Russia
Speaker 1: will take place next Friday, August fifteenth, twenty twenty five,
Speaker 1: in the Great State of Alaska. Further details to follow.
Speaker 1: Thank you for your attention to this matter. Zulensky, in
Speaker 1: a series of press releases on Saturday, said, I have
Speaker 1: not heard any partners express doubts about America's ability to
Speaker 1: ensure that the war ends. The President of the United
Speaker 1: States has the leavers and the determination. Pine has supported
Speaker 1: all of President Trump's proposals starting back in February. Cease fire,
Speaker 1: all formats have been supported. What is needed now is
Speaker 1: not a pause in the killings, but a real, lasting peace,
Speaker 1: not a ceasefire sometime in the future, in months, but immediately.
Speaker 1: President Trump told me so, and I fully support it.
Speaker 1: There must be a just end to the war, and
Speaker 1: it is Russia that must end the war it started
Speaker 1: Ukraine and all partners shared the same understanding of the
Speaker 1: need for a cease fire, for an end to the killings.
Speaker 1: There is only one actor opposing this putin. His only
Speaker 1: card is the ability to kill, and he is trying
Speaker 1: to sell the cessation of killings at the highest possible price.
Speaker 1: It is important that this does not mislead anyone. Results
Speaker 1: are needed at the leader's level, dignified results, Results that
Speaker 1: will save lives that the world will value and for
Speaker 1: which it will be grateful to the leader who den
Speaker 1: In Nigeria Police Force has refuted claims that its men
Speaker 1: man handled Sahara, a reporter's publisher, Army La Saware inside
Speaker 1: cell after the media personnel honoured the invitation sent him
Speaker 1: from the Office of the Inspector General of Police IGP
Speaker 1: over allegations of forgery and criminal defamation of characters, with
Speaker 1: the police stating in a press release signed and made
Speaker 1: available after the detained media publisher was released on Friday
Speaker 1: night that Saware allegedly brought bandages alongside other personal items
Speaker 1: when he came to the station to honour the police
Speaker 1: invitation and when the IGP ordered internal investigation to ascertain
Speaker 1: if truly the media publisher was tortured as claimed Saware
Speaker 1: refused to allow medical personnel from the Nigeria Police Force
Speaker 1: checked the alleged injury on his hand. He had claimed
Speaker 1: he suffered as a result of the police personnel brutality
Speaker 1: while inside cell. Meanwhile, as at the time Sware was
Speaker 1: released on Friday night, bandages were still seen wrapped around
Speaker 1: and one of his hands are seen in the video
Speaker 1: while he was coming out from the IGP Rapid Response
Speaker 1: Team IRT police detention facilities in Abuja, as stated by
Speaker 1: Sware in the video. Shortly after his release from detention
Speaker 1: facilities at the IGP Rapid Response Team on Friday, Saware
Speaker 1: posted on his social media handles and said that freedom
Speaker 1: is never given. It is not a gift from the powerful,
Speaker 1: nor a token handed down by the oppressor. It must
Speaker 1: be seized with raw courage, with clarity, and with collective will.
Speaker 1: Those who sit in power never give it up willingly.
Speaker 1: That's why we take it back, because freedom is ours
Speaker 1: and we will fight until it is no longer a
Speaker 1: dream but a lived reality. Nigeria Police Force, in a
Speaker 1: statement issued on August eighth, twenty twenty five and made
Speaker 1: available to the public said, the Nigeria Police Force is
Speaker 1: compelled to address and decisively correct the recent wave of
Speaker 1: disinformation being peddled in connection with the lawful arrest and
Speaker 1: attention of mister on the Yena Saware, a figure known
Speaker 1: for manipulating public narratives and weaponizing propaganda to malign state
Speaker 1: institutions and their leadership, particularly the Office of the Inspector
Speaker 1: General of Police. Contrary to the falsehoods being circulated, mister
Speaker 1: Sware was arrested based on credible corroborated allegations involving criminal
Speaker 1: offenses such as forgery, cyberstalking and other infractions currently under
Speaker 1: active investigation. The arrest was affected in full compliance with
Speaker 1: extant legal provisions and with strict adherents to constitutional safeguards,
Speaker 1: due process and the rights of the suspect. To be clear,
Speaker 1: mister Sirware was released on bailwell within the forty eight
Speaker 1: hour constitutional window in accordance with the provisions of Section
Speaker 1: thirty five four of the nineteen ninety nine Constitution of
Speaker 1: the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended. Human rights activists
Speaker 1: and found under of Sahara Reporters News Network, Omila Saware
Speaker 1: has been reportedly man handled on Thursday early warning inside
Speaker 1: police cell by offices from the Inspector General of Police
Speaker 1: IGP Monitoring Unit after the journalist honored the invitation sent
Speaker 1: him from the office of the Inspector General of Police
Speaker 1: for a reason not stated, but the media personnel working
Speaker 1: with Omila Sware, in a statement on Thursday made available
Speaker 1: through the verified personal social media handles of Saware, said
Speaker 1: that the police presented two petitions against Sware over alleged
Speaker 1: forgery and defamation of character, adding that some police officers
Speaker 1: from the IGP Monitoring Unit as early as six a m.
Speaker 1: On Thursday entered Sware cell at the Force Intelligence Department
Speaker 1: in Abuja with alleged pretense to take the media publisher
Speaker 1: to court, but when the journalist demanded to see the
Speaker 1: charges against him, he was allegedly handled roughly by a
Speaker 1: team of armed policemen. The US barrister Addi andju Deji
Speaker 1: petitioned the President of Nigeria, Bola amed Tanubu, demanding the
Speaker 1: immediate dismissal of the IGP Kyode Eggbetoken for allegedly abusing
Speaker 1: his office by thus using his high ranking office in
Speaker 1: the Nigeria Police Force to settle personal scores. Although the
Speaker 1: Nigeria Police Force has not reacted to these allegations, but
Speaker 1: the force in a press release on Thursday afternoon apparently
Speaker 1: made statements in relation to the current matters involving the
Speaker 1: detained media publisher Omiyele Saware by insisting and stating in
Speaker 1: the press statement that the recent promotions in the Nigeria
Speaker 1: Police Force was based on merit and not selective, accusing
Speaker 1: an unnamed online platform of allegedly sponsoring deliberate falsehoods to
Speaker 1: tarnish the image of the force, while also calling on
Speaker 1: offices and men of the force to desist from lobbying
Speaker 1: to get promoted, saying the IGP has warned that any
Speaker 1: police personnel court lobbying to get promotion will be made
Speaker 1: to face disciplinary action. According to the post published via
Speaker 1: Sware social media handles, the media team of the publisher
Speaker 1: said this morning at six a m. A police team
Speaker 1: led by a Chief Superintendent of Police from the IGP
Speaker 1: Monitoring Unit forcibly gained entry into omiena Sware cell at
Speaker 1: the Force Intelligence Department in Abuja, claiming they were taking
Speaker 1: him to court. The team of nine offices, including eight
Speaker 1: heavily armed personnel handled Sirwar roughly when he asked to
Speaker 1: see the charges and notify his lawyers, breaking his arm
Speaker 1: in the process before taking him to another police facility,
Speaker 1: the media team stated. In another post, the media said
Speaker 1: the notorious former SARS officer, d C. P Akin Fakarayda
Speaker 1: presented two petitions to SAWARE from the illegal igp's office,
Speaker 1: one alleged forgery in the second written by Bukoayemisi Kuti,
Speaker 1: who was promoted to a Namra is no doubt one
Speaker 1: of the states in Nigeria are experiencing incessant and very
Speaker 1: high rates of kidnapping that in some cases do lead
Speaker 1: to the death of the abducted victims and killing of
Speaker 1: security operatives and some other persons around the scene of
Speaker 1: the mostly monetary crimes of hostage taking for a ransom. Specifically,
Speaker 1: our crime reporters gathered that there is hardly no week
Speaker 1: without one or two persons being kidnapped along the Innicho,
Speaker 1: a wary federal road in an Ambra State, especially between
Speaker 1: Over community and Ihiala town. As we gathered that most
Speaker 1: victims of kidnapping in the state are hard working small
Speaker 1: and medium sized business owners who most of whom struggled
Speaker 1: out of poverty to become wealthy successful traders. This we
Speaker 1: learnt there may be no wealthy successful business owner along
Speaker 1: the Ihiala or who Road left to be kidnapped or
Speaker 1: forced to pay ransom to the kidnappers. While in Ober,
Speaker 1: wealthy people are being kidnapped quietly and ransom in millions
Speaker 1: of pain in silence to the kidnappers. According to members
Speaker 1: of the community, a young successful businessman was kidnapped recently
Speaker 1: at a location between the Ober New Road and Old
Speaker 1: Road junctions, shortly after he visited his building construction site.
Speaker 1: While we also learned that some people in the state
Speaker 1: to report or contract their friends to kidnappers just to
Speaker 1: get a share from the ransom that will be paid
Speaker 1: afterwards or when such people have issue or dispute with
Speaker 1: their friends or co traders. It may interest you to
Speaker 1: know that the Anambra State Police Command recently arrested a
Speaker 1: twenty four year old male suspect, Muanaie Victor, for allegedly
Speaker 1: luring his friend to be kidnapped by his criminal gang
Speaker 1: in Uli Ihiala local government area of the state, and
Speaker 1: they reportedly collected a ransom in dollars equivalent to five
Speaker 1: point three million narras with his gang members, just as
Speaker 1: government in a not too long distance time abducted a
Speaker 1: lawyer and two other persons in in polygu Aguata Local
Speaker 1: Government area of Anambra, in addition to previous cases of
Speaker 1: kidnapping of the owner of Deporta cub Chief phoebe Aworg
Speaker 1: by unknown gunmen after the gunmen killed numbers of persons
Speaker 1: along the new Ober Newi Road in Idomili South Local
Speaker 1: Government Area of a Nambra State, with the number of
Speaker 1: those killed at the Porsha nightclub said to be seven,
Speaker 1: but one of the security operatives was beheaded and another
Speaker 1: had his foot cut off and made away by the
Speaker 1: invading deadly kidnappers. This occurred shortly after a well known
Speaker 1: native doctor or which doctor Chidos in nawangu Aka Aqua
Speaker 1: Okako Timuraki was kidnapped after his two personal aids killed
Speaker 1: in the vicinity of his hotel at ober community before
Speaker 1: the kidnappers effortlessly took him away and was released after
Speaker 1: ransom in millions were reportedly paid that not all. On
Speaker 1: May twenty first, twenty twenty two, shortly after Professor Chikuma
Speaker 1: Saludo was sworn in as Governor. Gunman abducted the lawmaker
Speaker 1: representing Aguata to Constigana Minister of Defense Edward Omain Boehmer
Speaker 1: alongside said another top government officials and military personnel have
Speaker 1: been confirmed dead after Ghana Armed Forces in a statement
Speaker 1: on Wednesday, had declared the Zen nine military helicopter missing,
Speaker 1: stating the helicopter, traveling from the nation capital in Akra
Speaker 1: to Obuasi in a shanty region, went off from radar
Speaker 1: at nine to twelve am with three crew members and
Speaker 1: five passengers on board. Others killed in the helicopter crash,
Speaker 1: as confirmed by the Office of the President of Ghana
Speaker 1: include doctor al Haji Mattala Mohammad, MP for Tamali, Central
Speaker 1: Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Alhaji Munaru Mohammad, Acting
Speaker 1: Deputy National Security Coordinator, Doctor Samuel Sarpan, Vice Chairman of
Speaker 1: the NDC, Samuel Aboagie, former parliamentary candidate, Squadron Leader Peter Bufemi,
Speaker 1: Anila flying Officer to Amampadoo and Sergeant ernest Ado Mensa.
Speaker 1: It was gathered that the military helicopter went down at
Speaker 1: a dancy acro firm in the Ashanti region on Wednesday
Speaker 1: for yet to be stated cause of the incident, as
Speaker 1: video footage showed the burnt beyond recognition bodies of those
Speaker 1: on board the aircraft. The aircraft was from Acraa and
Speaker 1: heading for Abausi and is currently off the radar. All
Speaker 1: efforts of being made to establish contact. The Ghana Armed
Speaker 1: Forces had stated in a statement earlier on Wednesday. The
Speaker 1: Government of Ghana has directed that all national flags be
Speaker 1: flown at half mast in honor of the late government
Speaker 1: top officials Edward Omein Boehmer Minister for Defense and Ibrahem Mattalamahammad,
Speaker 1: Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, among others, who
Speaker 1: died in the military helicopter crash. According to local media,
Speaker 1: the fatal incident occurred on Wednesday, August sixth in the
Speaker 1: a Dansi Akro Form district of the Ashanti Region, while
Speaker 1: the two ministers along with six others were en route
Speaker 1: to Abuasi for official duties. Announcing the directive, Chief of
Speaker 1: Staff Julius Debra expressed the government's deep sorrow regarding the
Speaker 1: loss of the two senior public officials and others on
Speaker 1: board the helicopter. The President is emotionally down the Vice
Speaker 1: President is leading a team to formally inform the families.
Speaker 1: Education Minister Paruna Idrasu told news reporters following the tragic
Speaker 1: helicopter crash that claimed the lives of top government officials,
Speaker 1: including the Defense and Environment ministers, while announcing the death
Speaker 1: of the all passengers and crew members on board, The
Speaker 1: Garaner Chief of Staff Julius Debra said on behalf of
Speaker 1: the President of the Republic, his Excellency John dromeny Mohamma,
Speaker 1: the Vice President, Professor nna Jana Poku Agumang, who is
Speaker 1: with us here and the Government of Ghana, I have
Speaker 1: the unpleasant duty sadly to announce a national tragedy involving
Speaker 1: the crash of a military helicopter this morning around the
Speaker 1: Adancy area in Theanamra State government under the leadership of
Speaker 1: Governor Charles Chukuma Saludo has said that the state is
Speaker 1: currently in search of justice over the killing of a
Speaker 1: young and creative fish farmer, Martin's of Fessinaci On y KC,
Speaker 1: well known by his business name as Fish Magnet, who
Speaker 1: was reportedly shot on the leg while being kidnapped on Sunday,
Speaker 1: the twenty seventh of July twenty twenty five at his
Speaker 1: residence in zini Fitte Village, o Puno in Orca, the
Speaker 1: Enambra State capital. This Dr George Mogalu, the Labour Party
Speaker 1: candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in the state, said
Speaker 1: that Anambra State is no longer safe, adding that people
Speaker 1: are being killed, slorted for their families to bury in silence,
Speaker 1: while the state governor, Professor Charles Chukuma salud olukx the
Speaker 1: other way with no sympathy, condolence, visit or statement. Specifically,
Speaker 1: Mongolou said, I must speak frankly, an amber is no
Speaker 1: longer safe, not even in the state capital. Our people
Speaker 1: are being sorted, kidnapped and buried in silence while the
Speaker 1: government looks the way. This is not leadership, it is abandonment.
Speaker 1: Just recently, we lost over ten lives in a ghastly
Speaker 1: accident at Amchi no We South local government area. Yet
Speaker 1: there was no statement, no condolence, not even a visit
Speaker 1: from the state government. Instead we see street renamings and
Speaker 1: political endorsement rallies. Where is our conscience? Mogolu stated, while
Speaker 1: the former lawyer to Namdi Cardu, the detained Biafra agitation
Speaker 1: leader Barrister Afani Go four said the people of the
Speaker 1: state are currently romancing with crimes, hiding criminals and painting
Speaker 1: absurd narratives on social media to glorify and justify the
Speaker 1: rising crimes in the state, saying the most frightening part
Speaker 1: the reckless energy our own people expend defending these killers.
Speaker 1: When you shield murderers because they are your kinsmen, you
Speaker 1: embolden them. When you justify kidnappings under the guise of
Speaker 1: ethnic pride, you leave the gates wide open for the
Speaker 1: real external aggresses like armed Herd's whose invasion will come
Speaker 1: when we are weakest and most divided. Namra's State Commissioner
Speaker 1: for Information Law Mepha made the government position known on
Speaker 1: Sunday after he led other government officials on a condolence
Speaker 1: visit to the bereaved mother of the victim, who happened
Speaker 1: to be the woman leader of the Enamra's State All
Speaker 1: Progressives Grand Alliance Apga missus esther On ye kc. According
Speaker 1: to Punch newspaper, Homyaka, a son of the woman leader
Speaker 1: of the Enamra State All Progressives Grand Alliance, was abducted
Speaker 1: by government and his residence in Zeniphied Community, Opuno, Orcasuth
Speaker 1: local government area of Enambra State, in a late night
Speaker 1: attack on Saturday, July twenty sixth, and was subsequently killed.
Speaker 1: In a press statement released on Sunday, the State Commissioner
Speaker 1: for Information Law Mephor sympathized with the deceased family, assuring
Speaker 1: them that the state government is in Nigeria, President Bolah
Speaker 1: Ahmed Tanubu has called on online content creators to create
Speaker 1: jobs for others, saying the digital media is now a
Speaker 1: central driver of economic growth, while emphasizing that the youths
Speaker 1: are no longer waiting to be invited into the future,
Speaker 1: that they are already building the future. Details of the
Speaker 1: President's statement, as made available in a news release signed
Speaker 1: by the presidential spokesperson, bo On Anuga on Friday, reads
Speaker 1: verbatim below. President Bola Ahmed Tenubu on Friday called on
Speaker 1: young Nigerians active in the digital media space to harness
Speaker 1: their platforms as instruments of national progress. He urged them
Speaker 1: to build businesses that create employment, produce content that reflects
Speaker 1: unifying values, and serve as positive catalysts for societal development.
Speaker 1: He emphasized the critical importance of verifying information before amplifying it.
Speaker 1: At the opening of the Progressive Digital Media Summit themed
Speaker 1: unveiling the critical role of new media in national development,
Speaker 1: President Tanubu said generation has recognized this moment. You are
Speaker 1: using digital tools to innovate, educate, and demand accountability. But
Speaker 1: as your influence grows, so must our collective sense of
Speaker 1: purpose and responsibility. I urge you to continue using digital
Speaker 1: platforms to advance our nation's progress. Build businesses that employ others,
Speaker 1: create content that uplifts and unites. Use your influence to
Speaker 1: foster unity, not division. He commended the creativity and resilience
Speaker 1: of Nigeria's youth as he described digital media as a
Speaker 1: driving force of economic and social transformation. It is no
Speaker 1: longer merely an accessory to life, he said. From developing
Speaker 1: innovative platforms to building vibrant online communities, you are demonstrating
Speaker 1: the determination that is redefining what is possible for this country.
Speaker 1: You are not waiting for the future, you are building it.
Speaker 1: Digital media is now a central driver of economic growth,
Speaker 1: civic engagement and social change. It broadens representation for those
Speaker 1: previously unheard. The President said his administration is committed to
Speaker 1: supporting digital innovation through the National Digital Innovation Fund and
Speaker 1: policies that promote a thriving start up ecosystem. However, he
Speaker 1: warned practitioners to remain vigilant against disinformation and cyber threats.
Speaker 1: Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Bajabia Mila, praised
Speaker 1: digital media practitioners who have consistently stood up for Nigeria
Speaker 1: and projected the nation positively on the global stage. You
Speaker 1: are the vanguard of a reborn Nigeria determined to reach
Speaker 1: for the stars. Under President Tanoubu's leadership, our nation has
Speaker 1: begun its long delayed march toward greatness. The road may
Speaker 1: be challenging, but it is necessary, he stated in a
Speaker 1: good will message the special in line with the requirements
Speaker 1: of the ceasefire deal reached on Monday night in Malaysia,
Speaker 1: the military commanders in the three areas along the Thailand
Speaker 1: Cambodia border have met on Tuesday with a resolution that
Speaker 1: both sides will hault the movements of troops and enforce
Speaker 1: the ceasefire agreement, while waiting till August fourth, twenty twenty
Speaker 1: five for the outcome of the General Border Committee GBC
Speaker 1: meeting to be held before they will know the next
Speaker 1: line of action to be taken, which could be to
Speaker 1: evacuate troops out of the area or continue the war.
Speaker 1: Based on the aftermath of the GBC meeting agreed to
Speaker 1: be hosted by Cambodia next week Monday, the ceasefire Mediator,
Speaker 1: who is the Azian Chair and Malaysia Prime Minister and
Speaker 1: While Ibrahim, who is currently in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia,
Speaker 1: for a Zian meeting, said in a post buyer his
Speaker 1: personal verified ex social media account on Tuesday that as
Speaker 1: the Azian Chair, Malaysia has emerged to lead efforts in
Speaker 1: reconciling Cambodia and Thailand, two neighboring countries that were nearly
Speaker 1: drawn into a more devastating conflict. Adding, with the US
Speaker 1: active involvement of China and the United States, we successfully
Speaker 1: achieved an immediate and unconditional ceasefire agreements. This is proof
Speaker 1: that diplomacy must guide our efforts to realize peace and
Speaker 1: resolute leadership, While stating in his earlier post after the
Speaker 1: cease fire agreement was reached that the ceasefire agreement is
Speaker 1: a concrete proof of the strength of a Zian diplomacy
Speaker 1: rooted in consensus negotiation and humanitarian principles. The Office of
Speaker 1: the Prime Minister of Malaysia, in a press statement published
Speaker 1: on its website, stated that on behalf of the Malaysian
Speaker 1: government and Azian, I must express my deep appreciation and
Speaker 1: gratitude to both my close friends and associates, the Prime
Speaker 1: Minister of Cambodia, samde k h Haanmane and the Acting Prime
Speaker 1: Minister of Thailand Fon from which I AI, for not
Speaker 1: only being present, gracious enough to participate in very frank discussions,
Speaker 1: very passionate about securing peace, and due to their efforts
Speaker 1: and participation, we have seen very positive developmental results that
Speaker 1: would all go well for Cambodia and Thailand and Frazian.
Speaker 1: The Government of Malaysia, Cambodia and Thailand issue this joint
Speaker 1: press release following the special meeting chaired, hosted and witnessed
Speaker 1: by Prime Minister and while Ibraheim in Putrajaire and participated
Speaker 1: by Cambodia's Prime Minister Samdek Mohabawaitipodai hunt Maney and Thailand's
Speaker 1: Acting Prime Minister fantham Wechaiai and co organized by the
Speaker 1: United States of America with the active participation of the
Speaker 1: People's Republic of China to promote a peaceful resolution to
Speaker 1: the ongoing situation. PM hunt Maney and Acting PM fumtham
Speaker 1: Wechaiai have expressed the positions and willingness for immediate ceasefire
Speaker 1: and returned to normalcy. The United States President Donald J.
Speaker 1: Trump has been in contact with the leaders of both countries,
Speaker 1: urging that Nigeria on Monday staged an uncommon welcoming ceremony
Speaker 1: to appreciate and celebrate the country women football team, who
Speaker 1: may be apparently correct to be described as winning Queens
Speaker 1: of Africa as they landed at the Namdi Azukiway International
Speaker 1: Airport in Abuja after the Super Falcons of Nigeria defeated
Speaker 1: the host Lionesses of Morocco by three to two in
Speaker 1: a breath taking and thrilling final football match held in
Speaker 1: robat the capital city of Morocco on Saturday, marking the
Speaker 1: tenth triumph of the Super Falcons on the continental stage,
Speaker 1: after the previous triumphs in the Women's Africa Cup of
Speaker 1: Nations waf con consecutively in nineteen ninety eight, two thousand,
Speaker 1: two thousand and two, two thousand and four, two thousand
Speaker 1: and six, twenty ten, twenty fourteen, twenty sixteen, twenty eighteen
Speaker 1: and recently for the twenty twenty four Africa Continental Women Tournaments.
Speaker 1: This many top government officials, most especially governors and ministers
Speaker 1: like the governors of Kaduna Uber Sani, Governor of Kuara
Speaker 1: Abdul Rahmen Abdul Razak and inhost state Hopuzz Jodimer gathered
Speaker 1: for hours at the Nandi Hazukiway International Airport, Abuja waiting
Speaker 1: the Super Queens of Africa to arrive and after welcoming
Speaker 1: the women football icons home, the governors led the amazing
Speaker 1: Stars of Africa to the West Africa Country's presidential villa
Speaker 1: known as Asso Rock, where President Bolla aremed To Nubu
Speaker 1: conferred on the twenty four Super Falcons football players and
Speaker 1: the eleven member technical team the national honors awards of
Speaker 1: Officer of the Order of Nigern and gifted them houses
Speaker 1: each in Abuja with one hundred thousand dollars each for
Speaker 1: the twenty four women players, which total sum is approximately
Speaker 1: equivalent to three point six billion nyras based on one thousand,
Speaker 1: five hundred nairas exchange rates are a dollar pegged by
Speaker 1: the President for the twenty twenty five financial year in
Speaker 1: the country and in addition, the President gifted the eleven
Speaker 1: member technical team of the Super Falcons fifty thousand dollars each,
Speaker 1: which approximately repped a total of eight hundred and twenty
Speaker 1: five million nairas, bringing the total cash gift to four billion,
Speaker 1: four hundred and twenty five million nairas. During the presentation,
Speaker 1: President Bola Ahmed said he never wanted to watch the
Speaker 1: match because he did not want to have high blood pressure,
Speaker 1: adding that the Super Falcons kept him hungrier as his wife,
Speaker 1: the First Lady of Nigeria, Hola Remi Tanubu, was at
Speaker 1: the kitchen preparing his food while watching the match, emphasizing
Speaker 1: the First Lady almost abandoned his dinner because of the
Speaker 1: football match and the Super Falcons on Monday could be
Speaker 1: seen singing, praising and dancing with the First Lady, Honaremi Tanubu,
Speaker 1: by thus reversing the negativity of the popular viral song
Speaker 1: of na your Mamma be this to nah Mamma be
Speaker 1: this to accept the First Lady as the mother of
Speaker 1: all in the nation. Barely ten days after Israeli soldiers
Speaker 1: bombed the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza. Benjamin Natanyahu,
Speaker 1: the State of Israel Prime Minister, has said that Israel
Speaker 1: is now being portrayed as the enemy of Christians, stating
Speaker 1: that Israel has a thriving Christian community, the only thriving
Speaker 1: Christian community in the broad radius of the Middle East.
Speaker 1: Where Christians are not tolerated, they're cherished, adding you can
Speaker 1: like Christmas trees in Nazareth, but in Bethlehem, the birthplace
Speaker 1: of Jesus. When Israel left and the Palestinian authority came in,
Speaker 1: the Christian majority shrank from eighty percent to under twenty
Speaker 1: percent because there was no more Israel to protect them.
Speaker 1: Though Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu did not mention the bombing
Speaker 1: of the Catholic Church in Gaza that led to the
Speaker 1: killing of three persons and injuring to several people, including
Speaker 1: the parish priest, it could be recalled that the Israel
Speaker 1: Defense Forces idf action against the Christian Holy Place in
Speaker 1: Gaza sparked global condemnations, with the head of the Catholic Church,
Speaker 1: Popelio the fourteenth, in a statement on Sunday, July twentieth,
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, while speaking after his Angelus prayer, read
Speaker 1: out the names of those killed in the incident and said,
Speaker 1: I appeal to the international community to observe humanitarian law
Speaker 1: and respect the obligation to protect civilians, as well as
Speaker 1: the prohibition of collective punishment of indiscriminate use of force
Speaker 1: and force displacement of the population. During a church event
Speaker 1: on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while speaking at the
Speaker 1: Daystars Together as One event in Jerusalem with Pastor Paula White,
Speaker 1: leader of the White House Faith Office, said Iran is
Speaker 1: now being projected as the friend of the Americans. Word
Speaker 1: to word of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech has transcribed
Speaker 1: and made available by the Office of the Israel Prime
Speaker 1: Minister on Sunday. Reads below. Thank you Joni, thank you Daystar,
Speaker 1: thank you Paula, thank you ambassadors and the many friends
Speaker 1: of Israel. In the Christian world, this is the city
Speaker 1: in the land where it all began, the Judeo Christian
Speaker 1: tradition that promoted the belief in monotheism, a single God,
Speaker 1: that developed the idea of the sanctity of life, the
Speaker 1: sanctity of individual life, the idea of freedom. In an
Speaker 1: ancient world that was swamped with massive slavery to build
Speaker 1: these ancient empires. The Jewish people came out with the
Speaker 1: idea that slavery should be limited and ultimately removed. This
Speaker 1: was revolutionary. The beginning of the idea of freedom began
Speaker 1: in this land, and that idea spread throughout the centuries
Speaker 1: and especially in modern times, and changed the world. It
Speaker 1: gives hope to the world. It gives meaning to our lives.
Speaker 1: It gives a bond between the world's greatest democracy, the
Speaker 1: United States of America, and the world's vibrant democracy here
Speaker 1: in Israel. And that's a partnership that is bonded in faith.
Speaker 1: Royal Thai Army in the Cambodia National Ministry of Defense
Speaker 1: have both denied firing the ten projectiles that destroyed civilian
Speaker 1: houses and properties at Emerald triang A City in Now
Speaker 1: on Thursday, just as both government establishments confirmed early in
Speaker 1: the morning on Sunday that fighting continued through Saturday night
Speaker 1: to Sunday morning night. Despite President Donald Trump of the
Speaker 1: United States US statement on Saturday that he has spoken
Speaker 1: on phone with both the Prime Minister of Cambodia and
Speaker 1: the acting Prime Minister of Thailand asking the two parties
Speaker 1: to agree on immediate cease fire, and failure to do so,
Speaker 1: according to Trump, US will not make any business deal
Speaker 1: with both countries. In his words, Trump said, we happen
Speaker 1: to be by coincidence currently dealing on trade with both countries,
Speaker 1: but do not want to make any deal with either
Speaker 1: country if they are fighting, and I have told them so.
Speaker 1: The call with Thailand is being made momentarily. The call
Speaker 1: with Cambodia has ended, but expect a call back regarding
Speaker 1: war stoppage and cease fire based on what Thailand has
Speaker 1: to say. I am trying to simplify complex situation. Many
Speaker 1: people are being killed in this war, but it very
Speaker 1: much reminds me of the conflict between Pakistan and India,
Speaker 1: which was brought to a successful hault. The Lao government
Speaker 1: had on Friday reported that ten bombs were found having
Speaker 1: been fired into civilian areas and affecting local residents in
Speaker 1: the Emerald Triangle, a town in Lao that borders both Lao,
Speaker 1: Thailand and Cambodia. A statement from the Lao People's Armed
Speaker 1: Forces on Saturday afternoon refuted earlier media reports claiming clashes
Speaker 1: between the Lao People's Armed Forces and Cambodian armed personnel,
Speaker 1: describing the reports as untrue, denying the shelling in Lao.
Speaker 1: The Royal Thailand Army in a statement on Saturday, said
Speaker 1: that the Royal Thai Army clarifies case of artillery shells
Speaker 1: landing in Lao Pidi art territory in Emerald Triangle Area,
Speaker 1: confirms investigation found they were not Thai forces ammunition. According
Speaker 1: to news reports, on the twenty fourth of ju Ju
Speaker 1: Lie twenty twenty five, at approximately nine forty hours, ten
Speaker 1: artillery shells landed in the territory of the Lao People's
Speaker 1: Democratic Republic LAOPDR in the Emerald Triangle area, which is
Speaker 1: the border junction between Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, without clear
Speaker 1: confirmation as to which side the shells belonged to, and
Speaker 1: preliminarily there were no reports of casualties or property damage
Speaker 1: from the incident. Major General Wintai Suburi Army spokesperson issued
Speaker 1: a clarification that following fact finding investigations and coordination with
Speaker 1: security agencies of the Lao PDR, it is confirmed that
Speaker 1: they were definitely not shells from the Thai military side,
Speaker 1: and the Royal Thai Army has confidence in its capability
Speaker 1: to control weapon usage effectively appropriately. Asia is apparently becoming
Speaker 1: a continent of war as hope of achieving peace in
Speaker 1: the continent appeared slim since twenty twenty three, when fresh
Speaker 1: walls broke out in the Middle East Asia after her
Speaker 1: mass attacked Israel, forcing Israel to launch a multifront wars
Speaker 1: in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Yemen. This occurred as Russia,
Speaker 1: that has parts of its territory in Asia, had in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two launched a full scale war against its
Speaker 1: neighbouring European country Ukraine, which The multiple wars have led
Speaker 1: to millions of deaths, with many in the world expecting
Speaker 1: an end soon. But while many in the world hoped
Speaker 1: for permanent end to the deadly wars, another fresh war
Speaker 1: broke out during the week on Thursday in the Southeast
Speaker 1: Asia between Cambodia and Thailand after soldiers from Royal Thai
Speaker 1: Army of fourteenth Infantry Battalion on Wednesday stepped on a
Speaker 1: land mine at Huaibon chong En Ma nam Yuen District,
Speaker 1: Uban Ratchathani Province within the Thai Cambodia border area, causing
Speaker 1: severe injury to one Thailand soldier, while iour other soldiers
Speaker 1: sustained some level of injuries, making the acting Prime Minister
Speaker 1: of Thailand Funtham Warechiai to recall the country's ambassador from
Speaker 1: PanAm Pen and expelled Cambodia's ambassador to Thailand, leading to
Speaker 1: heavy military confrontations starting next day Mourning, which Cambodian news
Speaker 1: agency on Saturday reported the tens of thousands of innocent Cambodians,
Speaker 1: including children, pregnant women, and the elderly, have been forced
Speaker 1: to flee the military aggression along the border areas, including
Speaker 1: Pria Vihir, Odaminchi and Persit, and the Royal Thai Army
Speaker 1: also on Saturday released a video of its men hoisting
Speaker 1: the Thai flag at a location and stated that the
Speaker 1: Thai national flag was raised atop fu Maquaya following Thai
Speaker 1: military operations to assault and seize the Fu Maquaa area,
Speaker 1: where it said the Cambodian forces had been heavily positioned,
Speaker 1: adding that the area was successfully captured during the evening
Speaker 1: of war on Friday. While the Prime Minister of Thailand,
Speaker 1: Pitong Tan Shinawat, who is currently on suspension, blamed the
Speaker 1: cause of the war on a leg powerful criminals in Cambodia,
Speaker 1: saying the conflict stems from the Thai government's efforts to
Speaker 1: crack down on call center crimes, dismantling a network of
Speaker 1: immense financial interests linked to influential groups in Cambodia. Notwithstanding,
Speaker 1: the Prime Minister of Cambodia, Sandek Mohaborba thapade han Mane,
Speaker 1: in a statement called on Cambodians not to attack businesses
Speaker 1: and citizens of Thailand living in Cambodia, adding that after
Speaker 1: the Prime Minister of Malaysia and the rotating chairman of
Speaker 1: Azian and Wha Ibraheim intervened in the matter on Thursday,
Speaker 1: both countries agreed to a cease fire slated to start
Speaker 1: on Friday by twelve a m. But an hour after
Speaker 1: malaysia Prime minister told him that Thailand has agreed to
Speaker 1: the ceasefire, Thailand rescinded