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 troops. Ukrainian borders were
Speaker 1: without preventive Nigeria Police Force has refuted claims that its
Speaker 1: men man handled Saha, a reporter's publisher, Army La Saware
Speaker 1: inside cell after the media personnel honoured the invitation sent
Speaker 1: him from the office of the Inspector General of Police
Speaker 1: IGP over allegations of forgery and criminal defamation of characters,
Speaker 1: with the police stating in a press release signed and
Speaker 1: made available after the detained media publisher was released on
Speaker 1: Friday night that Saware allegedly brought bandages alongside other personal
Speaker 1: items when he came to the station to honour the
Speaker 1: police invitation and when the IGP ordered internal investigation to
Speaker 1: ascertain if truly the media publisher was tortured as claimed,
Speaker 1: Saware refused to allow medical personnel from the Nigeria Police
Speaker 1: Force checked the alleged injury on his hand. He had
Speaker 1: claimed he suffered as a result of the police personnel
Speaker 1: brutality while inside cell. Meanwhile, as at the time Sware
Speaker 1: was released on Friday night, still seen human rights activists
Speaker 1: and founder of Sahara Reporters News Network, Omila Saware, has
Speaker 1: been reportedly man handled on Thursday early morning inside police
Speaker 1: cell by offices from the Inspector General of Police IGP
Speaker 1: Monitoring Unit after the journalist honored the invitation sent him
Speaker 1: from the Office of the Inspector General of Police for
Speaker 1: a reason not stated, but the media personnel working with
Speaker 1: Omila Saware, in a statement on Thursday made available through
Speaker 1: the verified personal social media handles of Saware, said that
Speaker 1: the police presented two petitions against Sware over alleged forgery
Speaker 1: and defamation of character, adding that some police officers from
Speaker 1: the IGP Monitoring Unit as early as six a m.
Speaker 1: On Thursday entered Soware 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 alleged handled roughly by a team.
Speaker 1: Anambra is no doubt one of the states in Nigeria
Speaker 1: experiencing incessant and very high rates of kidnapping that in
Speaker 1: some cases do lead to the death of the abducted
Speaker 1: victims and killing of security operatives and some other persons
Speaker 1: around the scene of the mostly monetary crimes of hostage
Speaker 1: taking for a ransom. Specifically, our crime reporters gathered that
Speaker 1: there is hardly no week without one or two persons
Speaker 1: being kidnapped. Along the innisho A wary federal road in
Speaker 1: a Nambra State, especially between Over community and Ihiala town,
Speaker 1: as we gathered that most victims of kidnapping in the
Speaker 1: state are hard working small and medium sized business owners
Speaker 1: who most of whom struggled out of poverty to become
Speaker 1: wealthy successful traders. This we learned there may be no
Speaker 1: wealthy successful business owner along the Ihiala or who road
Speaker 1: left to be kidnapped or forced to pay ransom to
Speaker 1: the kidnappers, while in Ober, wealthy people are being kidnapped
Speaker 1: quietly and ransom in millionis paid in silence to the
Speaker 1: kidnap Ghana Minister of Defense Edward Omain Bohmer, alongside seven
Speaker 1: other top government officials and military personnel, have been confirmed
Speaker 1: dead after Ghana Armed Forces in a statement on Wednesday,
Speaker 1: had declared the Z nine military helicopter missing, stating the helicopter,
Speaker 1: traveling from the nation capital in akrat Obuasi in a
Speaker 1: Shanti region, went off from radar at nine twelve a
Speaker 1: m with three crew members and five passengers on board.
Speaker 1: Others killed in the helicopter crash, as confirmed by the
Speaker 1: Office of the President of Ghana include doctor al Haji
Speaker 1: Mattala Mohammad, MP for Tamali Central Minister for Environment, Science
Speaker 1: and Technology, Alhaji Munaru Mahammad, Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator,
Speaker 1: Doctor Samuel Sarpan, Vice Chairman of the NDC, Samuel Abboagie,
Speaker 1: former parliamentary candidate, Squadron Leader Peter Bufemi, Anila Flying Officer
Speaker 1: to Amampadou and Sergeant ernest Ado Mensa. Anambra State government
Speaker 1: under the leadership of Governor Charles Chukuma Saludo, has said
Speaker 1: that the state is currently in search of justice over
Speaker 1: the killing of a young and creative fish farmer, Martin's
Speaker 1: of Fessenachi on Ye k C, well known by his
Speaker 1: business name as Fish Magnet, who was reportedly shot on
Speaker 1: the leg while being kidnapped on Sunday the twenty seventh
Speaker 1: of July twenty twenty five and his residence in Zini
Speaker 1: Fitte Village, Okuno in Orca, the Enambra State capital. This
Speaker 1: doctor George Mogalu, the Labor Party candidate in the forthcoming
Speaker 1: governorship election in the state, said that an Ambra State
Speaker 1: is no longer safe, adding that people are being killed
Speaker 1: slaughted for their families to bury in silence. While the
Speaker 1: state governor, Professor Charles Chukuma Saludo looks the other way
Speaker 1: with no sympathy, condolence, visit or statement. Specifically, Moglou said,
Speaker 1: I must speak frankly. An umberor is no longer safe,
Speaker 1: not even in the state capitol. Our people are being sought. Nigeria,
Speaker 1: President Bolah Armed Tanubu has called on online content creators
Speaker 1: to create jobs for others, saying the digital media is
Speaker 1: now a central driver of economic growth, while emphasizing that
Speaker 1: the youths are no longer waiting to be invited into
Speaker 1: the future, that they are already building the future. Details
Speaker 1: of the President's statement, as made available in a news
Speaker 1: release signed by the presidential spokesperson, Bayo on Anuga on Friday,
Speaker 1: reads verbatim below. President Bolah Hmed Tanubu on Friday called
Speaker 1: on young Nigerians active in the digital media space to
Speaker 1: harness their platforms as instruments of national progress. He urged
Speaker 1: them to build businesses that create employment, produce content that
Speaker 1: reflects 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: But the opening of the Progressive Digital Media Summit themed
Speaker 1: unveiling the critical in line with the requirements of the
Speaker 1: ceasefire deal reached on Monday night. In Malaysia, the military
Speaker 1: commanders in the three areas along the Thailand Cambodia border
Speaker 1: have met on Tuesday with a resolution that both sides
Speaker 1: will hault the movements of troops and enforce the ceasefire
Speaker 1: agreement while waiting till August fourth, twenty twenty five for
Speaker 1: the outcome of the General Border Committee GBC meeting to
Speaker 1: be held before they will know the next line of
Speaker 1: action to be taken, which could be to evacuate troops
Speaker 1: out of the area or continue the war. Based on
Speaker 1: the aftermath of the GBC meeting, agreed to be hosted
Speaker 1: by Cambodia next week. Monday, the ceasefire mediator, who is
Speaker 1: the Azian chair and Malaysia Prime Minister and While Ibrahim,
Speaker 1: who is currently in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, for
Speaker 1: a Zian meeting, said in a post buyer his personal
Speaker 1: verified ex social media account on Tuesday that as the
Speaker 1: Aziana Chair, Malaysia has emerged to lead efforts in reconciling Cambo.
Speaker 1: Nigeria on Monday staged an uncommon welcoming ceremony to appreciate
Speaker 1: and celebrate the country women football team who may be
Speaker 1: apparently correct to be described as winning Queens of Africa
Speaker 1: as they landed at the Namdi Azukiway International Airport in
Speaker 1: Abuja after the super Falcons of Nigeria defeated the host
Speaker 1: Lionesses of Morocco by three to two in a breath
Speaker 1: taking and thrilling final football match held in Robert, the
Speaker 1: capital city of Morocco on Saturday, marking the tenth triumph
Speaker 1: of the super Falcons on the continental stage, after the
Speaker 1: previous triumphs in the Women's Africa Cup of Nations WAFCN
Speaker 1: consecutively in nineteen ninety eight, two thousand, two thousand and two,
Speaker 1: two thousand and four, two thousand and six, twenty ten,
Speaker 1: twenty fourteen, twenty sixteen, twenty eighteen and recently for the
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four Africa Continental Women Tournaments. This many top
Speaker 1: government officials, most especially governors and ministers, like the Barely
Speaker 1: ten days after Israeli soldiers bombed the Holy Family Catholic
Speaker 1: Church in Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu, the State of Israel Prime Minister,
Speaker 1: has said that Israel is now being portrayed as the
Speaker 1: enemy of Christians, stating that Israel has a thriving Christian community,
Speaker 1: the only thriving Christian community in the broad radius of
Speaker 1: the Middle East. Where Christians are not tolerated, they're cherished,
Speaker 1: adding you can like Christmas trees in Nazareth, but in Bethlehem,
Speaker 1: the birthplace of Jesus. When Israel left and the Palestinian
Speaker 1: authority came in, the Christian majority shrank from eighty percent
Speaker 1: to under twenty percent because there was no more Israel
Speaker 1: to protect them. Though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not
Speaker 1: mention the bombing of the Catholic church in Gaza that
Speaker 1: led to the killing of three persons and injuring to
Speaker 1: several people, including the parish priest, it could be recalled
Speaker 1: that the Israel Defense Forces idf action against the Christian
Speaker 1: Holy Place in Gaza sparked global Royal Thai Army and
Speaker 1: the Cambodia National Ministry of Defense have both denied firing
Speaker 1: the ten projectiles that destroyed civilian houses and properties at
Speaker 1: Emerald Triangle, a city in Now on Thursday, just as
Speaker 1: both government establishments confirmed early in the morning on Sunday
Speaker 1: that fighting continued through Saturday night. To Sunday morning night.
Speaker 1: Despite President Donald Trump of the United States u S
Speaker 1: statement on Saturday that he has spoken on phone with
Speaker 1: both the Prime Minister of Cambodia and the acting Prime
Speaker 1: Minister of Thailand, asking the two parties to agree on
Speaker 1: immediate cease fire and failure to do so, according to Trump,
Speaker 1: US will not make any business deal with both countries.
Speaker 1: In his words, Trump said, we happen to be, by
Speaker 1: coincidence currently dealing on trade with both countries, but do
Speaker 1: not want to make any deal with either country if
Speaker 1: they are fighting, and I have told them so. The
Speaker 1: call with Thailand is being made momentarily the call with Cambodia.
Speaker 1: Asia is apparently becoming a continent of war as hope
Speaker 1: of achieving peace in the continent appeared slim since twenty
Speaker 1: twenty three, when fresh wars broke out in the Middle
Speaker 1: East Asia after Hamas attacked Israel, forcing Israel to launch
Speaker 1: a multifront wars in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and Yemen.
Speaker 1: This occurred as Russia, that has parts of its territory
Speaker 1: in Asia, had in twenty twenty two launched a full
Speaker 1: scale war against its neighboring European country Ukraine, which the
Speaker 1: multiple wars have led to millions of deaths, with many
Speaker 1: in the world expecting an end soon. But while many
Speaker 1: in the world hope for permanent end to the deadly wars,
Speaker 1: another fresh war broke out during the week on Thursday
Speaker 1: in the Southeast Asia between Cambodia and Thailand after soldiers
Speaker 1: from Royal Thai Army of fourteenth Infantry Battalion on Wednesday
Speaker 1: stepped on a land mine at Huai Bon chong En
Speaker 1: Ma nang Yuen District, urban Ratchathani Province within the Tai
Speaker 1: Cambodia border area, causing civil bring in. You bring in
Speaker 1: a mortgages alway