After a night out in the community on Saturday, Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, returned to Marte on Thursday.
In the Lake Chad region, ongoing efforts were made to restore peace, restore trust, and promote sustainable development.
Bulum, who left Maiduguri last week, has been coordinating security plans and building resilience among the region’s affected by the most recent rise in Boko Haram attacks.
The governor has visited the communities of Marte, Kala-Balge, Wulgo, Ngala, Lugumani, Gajibo, Koibe, Dikwa, and Ajiri 9 times since last Saturday.
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Governor Zulum and military commanders met behind closed doors to discuss ways to help restore peace to Marte and the surrounding communities during the visit.
I am here to evaluate the effectiveness of our recent “resettlement” of the residents. I’m delighted to see that the neighborhood is fully supported and that soldiers are stationed. In Marte, normal economic activities have resumed, according to Zulum.
He continued, “I’m very happy, and in the name of Allah, normalcy will soon return.” ”
At the House of Representatives, Engr. Bukar Talba, the governor was accompanied by members from the constituencies of Marte, Monguno, and Nganzai. Sugun Mai Mele, the commissioner for local government and emirates; Engr. Bawu Musami, the commissioner of agriculture; Barr and the Permanent Secretary of Government House. among other senior officials is Muhammadus Ali Busuguma.
‘FG quickly responded.
Governor Zulum made an appeal to the Federal Government on Sunday to use decisive tactics to prevent Marte town from becoming a target for Boko Haram/ISWAP rebels.
However, Governor Zulum praised the Federal Government and the military for responding to his request on Thursday to protect Marte from invading the insurgents while speaking to journalists in Marte town.
According to him, “The federal government and the Nigerian Armed Forces have responded favorably to our request to improve security in the affected communities.” Numerous troops and equipment have been deployed.
An Artificial Intelligence (AI) Division will be a part of the ICT Department, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Sam Olumekun, the Commission’s national commissioner and chairman of the information and voter education committee, signed a statement on Thursday that made this known.
He claimed that the new division’s creation should continue to use AI’s advantages and its negative effects on elections.
Through centralized AI governance, the division, in Olumekun’s opinion, will help the commission better coordinate and maximize existing technology investments.
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He added that the initiative will also improve voter engagement, risk management, and decision-making.
Additionally, it will use automated voting, predictive analytics, and intelligent safeguards to increase electoral credibility.
“This initiative places the Commission at the forefront of institutionalizing AI capabilities within our ICT infrastructure.
“It’s also a significant step in our ongoing reform of the electoral process in those areas where the Commission is only required to take administrative action.”
In order to discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on elections, INEC disclosed that it had spoken at several conferences with colleagues from around the continent.
Ella Rae Wise, who recently split from Dan Edgar as they were preparing to reunite, had a difficult time in the Celebrity Big Brother house.
Ella Rae Wise will be reuniting with Dan Edgar despite their recent split(Image: ellaraewisex)
Celebrity Big Brother star Ella Rae Wise is gearing up for an on-screen reunion with her ex Dan Edgar, just weeks following their sudden split. The TOWIE cast member, 24, laid her heart wide open when she entered the iconic ITV house days after breaking up with Dan.
At times it seemed the move may have come too soon following her heartache, yet Ella managed to power through and focus on herself. She had raw and sometimes vulnerable moments in the house, but she tells us that it is all part of the job.
Since leaving Big Brother, Ella is ready to make a return to screens as she heads back to her TOWIE clan. Things will be different for her though, as her ex boyfriend Dan will also be around.
Ella is back filming for TOWIE(Image: ellaraewisex)
Fans of TOWIE left the relationship on a high note because Dan had just proposed to Ella at the series’ conclusion. Ella later revealed that the duo had separated before Celebrity Big Brother even began to air.
She said at the time the duo had struggled on agreeing on their futures. Ella revealed to the Mirror she is set to reunite with Dan very soon as they begin filming for the next series of TOWIE.
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She said, “On screen, undoubtedly, we probably will film together,” before talking about reuniting. Who knows since the cast of the new series will be away for ten days? But since we would all be staying in the same hotel, I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to escape from him.
Ella described how it felt to witness her romantic relationship blossom on screen when it had actually ended in a tragic way.
Ella and Dan broke up just before she went on Celebrity Big Brother(Image: ITV)
So I don’t look back and don’t feel any regret about it because it immediately struck me as unforgettable. No one is aware of what happens behind closed doors, even for the months that follow. Everyone has their own reasons for how relationships don’t work, as everyone does.
“Just because Dan and I didn’t work, doesn’t mean we can’t be friends. We can be friendly because we really get along,” the statement reads. Simply put, we weren’t working, which is okay.
Ella also teased that the couple’s relationship will end insolvent. She remarked, “Definitely will do because Dan and I made things official and him asking me to be his girlfriend, just from what last series was left at.”
It would be a movie that would be broadcast live, and I hope this series will bring us all happiness like the previous ones did.
She has settled rumours she’s leaving TOWIE(Image: ellaraewisex)
“We’ve sort of bonded as a team, and that’s when things get bad.” The drama on the show now focuses more on friendships and friendships. At the moment, relationships are the focus. Therefore, we should continue to follow that path because it’s enjoyable to visit.
Ella admitted to being teary-eyed after talking about her romance with Dan and how she felt about her time on Big Brother: “I think I was very emotional. I don’t really deal with that because I was so out of sauce and so out of my normal routine.”
I prefer to follow a routine because it’s boring and causes you to end up in the dump.
She continued, “I’m used to showing my emotion on screen, but that’s not really what it’s like and I feel like you have to be a TV reality person because you have to be able to relate to the public.”
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Ella also made sure to dispel any rumors that she is leaving TOWIE, insisting that she only meant “series 35 over and out, happy to see the back of you,” if that’s what she meant.
I’ll be forever grateful to my TOWIE team because TOWIE is my home and TOWIE is what led me to where I am right now. Nothing will stop me from leaving, even though I enjoy TOWIE, so no, not yet.
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In order to defend the $11 billion arbitral award against Process and Industrial Development (P&, ID) Ltd., the Federal Government has recovered the sum of $200 million and another $ 10 million bond it deposited as bond in a UK court.
Lateef Fagbemi, the minister of justice and the attorney general of the Federation, made this known on Thursday during a visit by a team of lawyers representing the UK to the Ministry led by Shaistah Akhtar.
Fagbemi applauded Akhtar and Kofo Salam-Alada, a former ministerial director of legal, for their legal victories and successful recovery of funds from the Federal Government.
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Many people do not believe that the FGN-P&, ID coordinating team’s dedication and sincerity, which was led by Kofo Salam-Alada, who provided me with the necessary support, despite the fact that the entire country has applauded our success in the Process &, Industrial Developments Ltd (P&, ID) case and applauded my resilience and determination not to negotiate or settle with the fraudsters.
A golden fish has no hiding place, according to Fagbemi, who also expressed his happiness at Salam-Alada’s retirement from the service.
Prior to P&, ID losing the case, Akthar, who was accompanied by Lydia Allaby, explained that the $10 million was being given to Nigeria from the $20 million that had already been awarded to it. However, she added that the firm is bringing legal challenges to the $ 10 million outstanding.
According to experts, negotiations to end a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine may soon be in progress, but Ukraine’s economic recovery won’t be as strong unless the European Union accelerates its membership and offers hundreds of billions of euros in insurance and investment, according to experts.
According to historian Phillips O’Brien, “I believe what Ukraine needs is some kind of future where it will have a stable and defendable border,” according to Al Jazeera.
Following a crucial Kremlin demand, President Donald Trump’s administration gave Ukraine and Russia a ceasefire proposal that forbade the country from joining NATO, leaving Ukraine without the security guarantees it demands.
What industry is willing to take the risk of entering that industry? posed by O’Brien. “With NATO off the table, I believe that a quick EU membership will be necessary if Ukraine wants to rebuild and be integrated into Europe.”
Although the European Commission began negotiations in record time in June, and Ukraine enjoys the support of EU heavyweights like France and Germany, membership is not guaranteed.
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Ukraine would still face a depressed economy that would call for significant investment if it were to join the EU.
According to the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE), Moscow’s assault on its infrastructure had destroyed $170 billion in the first two months of its full-scale invasion, which took place in February of 2022 and November of last year.
The loss of 29 percent of Ukraine’s gross domestic product (GDP) from the invasion in 2022 was not taken into account for the damage caused by the almost a decade of war in the eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk since 2014. Additionally, the estimate did not account for Russia’s current occupying of almost a fifth of Ukraine’s territory.
According to SecDev, a Canadian geopolitical risk firm, the region contains almost half of Ukraine’s untapped mineral wealth, which is estimated to be worth $ 12 trillion.
Additionally, some reconstruction costs, such as those incurred by chemical decontamination and mine clearing, are excluded.
The World Bank projects that reconstruction and recovery will cost about $525 billion over the course of ten years, up from $ 176 billion in this year’s figure.
The Kremlin has undoubtedly plunderned occupied territory.
According to Maximilian Hess, a risk analyst and expert on Eurasia at the International Institute of Strategic Studies, Russia’s strategy has been centered on economic war since its 2014 invasion of Donetsk and Luhansk.
Hess told Al Jazeera, “The Kremlin has undoubtedly looted occupied territory, including for coking coal, agricultural products, and iron.”
According to the KSE, Russia allegedly snatched half a million tonnes of grain, which was included in the agricultural sector’s $1.9 billion damages bill.
Russia also targeted industrial centers that were outside its control with long-range rocketry.
The Kharkiv Tractor Plant, Zaporizhia Automobile Plant, Dnipro’s Pivdenmash rocket manufacturer, and numerous other large steel plants were all left over from the Soviet Union.
In his most recent book, Economic War, Hess wrote that “all were targeted by Russian forces.” The Kremlin hoped that the attack would result in a decrease in Kyiv’s support for the country, but they also raised the cost of supporting Ukraine in the conflict. This is where Russia’s attacks were primarily intended to be.
Russia managed to rob Ukraine of its prosperous metallurgy sector through occupation and targeting.
The war resulted in a 66.5% decrease in metallurgical production, according to the US Geological Survey.
Given that Ukraine once produced a third of the region’s manganese ore, a third of its titanium, and almost a third of the iron ore in Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, that is a significant loss. Uranium, which is a significant resource in the continent’s effort for greater energy autonomy, is still the only producer of it in Europe.
A rare example of a wartime economic success story stems from Ukraine’s claims that it helped create a $20 billion defense industrial base with allied support.
Hess said that can compensate for the losses in metallurgy, “but only in some and various regions of the nation where those mining and metallurgical losses were concentrated. It will be necessary to promote metallurgical activity in places like Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, and ideally, territory that is ultimately free of Russian occupation.
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A memorandum of intent to mine the country’s mineral wealth was signed by Ukraine and the US a few weeks ago.
Experts doubted the idea that mineral wealth could help rebuild Ukraine, despite the country’s commitment to putting half of the proceeds from its metallurgical activities into a Reconstruction Fund.
The KSE Institute’s head of strategic projects, Maxim Fedoseienko, stated to Al Jazeera, “Projects have a long launch period… from five to ten years. You need three years to build this mine, and you also need to conduct an environmental impact assessment and documentation.
Because “we have more than 24 kinds of materials from the EU list of critical]raw materials,” the US and EU might invest in these mines, Fedoseienko said, but they would only make an equitable investment.
Trump referred to the minerals deal as reversing the military’s billions.
Nothing about it is even remotely fair. O’Brien claimed that the aid was not being returned.
It is unfair if everyone says, “OK, we will help you in a time of war, so you are owned by] us,” as Fedoseienko put it.
Residents are seen outside of Kyiv next to houses that have been severely damaged by a Russian drone strike.
Ukraine requires money in addition to fairness. That also requires insurance in some cases.
For instance, a state-backed war-risk insurance agreement Kyiv and the United Kingdom reached in 2023 that reintroduced bulk carriers into Ukrainian ports and defeated Russian attempts to obstruct Ukrainian grain exports.
In consequence, according to the agriculture ministry, Ukraine exported 57.5 million tonnes of agricultural products between 2023 and 2024, and was on track to export 77 million tonnes in the same period until 2024-2025.
Hess argued that “there needs to be a significant expansion of public insurance products specifically and a move to seize frozen Russian assets.”
Although it was deemed controversial to seize $300 billion in EU funds, the initiative is now popular.
O’Brien claimed that the Russian state has committed these war crimes and broken international law by causing this harm to Ukraine, which ultimately serves as a justification for helping Ukraine recover. “Europeans have a very strong argument against this, but they lack the political will to do it right now.”
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, has asked Europe to use the funds for its defense and reconstruction on numerous occasions.
What the Europeans have accomplished thus far has had an impact on the reconstruction of Ukraine.
Every year, about $300 million in interest payments made from Russian assets are diverted to reconstruction.
A program funded by the European Commission offers financial assistance worth 9.3 billion euros ($11.05 billion) to encourage private sector investment.
Ukrainian banks are given loan guarantees by financial institutions like the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which provides them with liquidity.
“So Ukrainian banks can loan Ukrainian businesses to invest and run in Ukraine. This is a significant ecosystem that can support economic investment and operational needs in Ukraine, Fedoseienko asserted.
The KSE runs an online portal that provides information on the various instruments available, which has already resulted in the successful completion of 165 investments worth $ 27 billion, in collaboration with the finance ministry.
