 Welcome back. It's still the breakfast and plus TV Africa and was set to look at what the national dailies are saying Yeah, we have a guest Chris Cain the one who's joining us alive from an undisclosed location Kids Chris K. They want a good morning to you. Thank you very much for your time Fantastic very very well, thank you very well. Thank you. Merci a bit a book was also here. Merci. Good morning to you once again Thank you so much Yes, thank you. All right, let's get straight to the national dailies and We start with a nation newspaper some interesting headlines on the front page of the nation The big one that Tidabua de Banjo on the fire over Southwest stand I think it's a question we'll ask a guest this morning is who is the leader of our fanny fair And so Chris came and please write that down. So first question. That's cute. I'll have the chance Tinbu a de Banjo on the fire over Southwest stand. He's on his own says YCE general Secretary a fast show auntie means a fanny fair leader Very controversial one. This follows the visit to the the Foremost Yoruba leader and who was is a former some will say official head of a fanny fair. I don't know if that's the case still A de Banjo endorsing already over several months the candidature of the Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Gregory will be and just over the weekend the baller tinibus visit to Pa Ruben fasher auntie or fasher auntie and also several Yoruba leaders including even though your state governor represented by his deputy allegedly he he endorsed the polar machine, but even though some reports say he's refuted that but a very very direct clear a very clear statement by the secretary general of A fanny fair has said that there was an endorsement and had some globing words for the APC presidential candidate Let's move on to more from the nation And sure credible post Buhari tells police the reps panel accuses all frames of tax evasion committee gives deadline a burden to FRSC trace and gridlock on Long Bridge, INEC 22,538 new PVCs yet to be collected in Lagos details on page 27 of the nation no decision yet on who to vote as President we case says no decision yet on who to vote as president we case says will it be one man one voter with these Governors and social political leaders have the power to tell people who to vote and influence the outcome of the election Picture there of wiki and his group. I can see by his left a puzzle by his right or Tom You have marking day As well as to go ahead and go governor right there in the picture. Let's move on How leaky portal boost economy by someone who he has been completed and handed over to the operators federal government This misses us UK terror alert on a boujee a Buhari after London from medical checkup The tabloid is alleging. He's going there for a major surgery Protesting on the over monarch some headlines on the front page of the nation messy over to you Well, let's take a quick look at the punch newspaper this morning and find out what the punch has for Nigerians Looking at the front page terror alert federal government reassures Nigerians and pushes back against United States and United Kingdom Underneath you have the first rider saying foreign minister to one ambassador Against alarming advisories and terror led Irresponsible go about normal business security chiefs Transcop hotel sets new security protocol FCT. Please meet hotel operators Well, even despite all of this I think that those who residents some residents of a butcher have been about your businesses seem not to you know Be concerned about all of this back-and-forth Federal government exceeds loan targets by 1.12 trillion narrow bowls of five point three trillion I remember vividly when you have the finance minister Zainab Ahmed who constantly said that we were within the boring limit and all of that So I'm wondering what they you know the response will be at this time Naira devaluation will wash in Nigeria's food energy crisis. That's what the W That's the World Bank is quoted to say and just before we move away. IOC's polluted Nigeria must phase sanction That's what the federal government is saying song will you Lagos can Anglican Diocese more and Bishop Final wish of Bishop talking about right there And there's also a picture of commuters stranded as Lagos commercial drivers Protests extortion. It's a seven-day strike. It's hasn't been easy for, you know, legutions marketers protests 185 Naira per liter field threatened strike and Allegosi brothers and highway kidnappers killed it captives Over ransom collected 3.2 from my father. That's what you know ladies saying and just before move away from the punch 123 elections don't be partisan. Buhari Councils, please It's a lot. That's the much we can take this morning Let's move over to the leadership with these headlines PMB warns police will of Nigerians must prevail in 2023 says officers must not aid rigging officers must not aid rigging We have not released LP manifesto yet It is the Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Gregory will be more from the leadership. I Was shot in the head ex-UI deputy VC at budget tells his abduction stories and everywhere It makes one interesting read again president after London for medical checkup. I think last time it was there Queen Elizabeth was still alive Rising wheat corn prices may worsen food crisis in Nigeria a campaign. We are not broke says Say Labour Party and NPP. All right Let's see how that will pan out Nigeria at risk of importing Ebola virus and CDC warns I didn't need to consult power for so randy before a family fair a Induce to be a debaunger a US terror let Needless no cause for alarm FG headlines on the front page of the leadership Away from the leadership will have the Nigerian Tribune and we'll just move quickly for the want of time US security alerts need less no cost for lamb That's what the NSA is saying and the construction of 1.5 billion dollars lecky ports completed Lecky free port terminal takes over gunmen abduct for we but on bound travelers in a kitty Again, you find Buhari leaves for medical checkup in the United Kingdom May be a lot less condition for peace in troubled communities demands Because grazing of 415 grazing reserves Do you find another one saying article group falls and dust meant of tinnable in a career? This is some of the headlines we can take this morning on the Nigerian Tribune That being said, let's bring in Our guest Chris candy wonder at this boy Chris. Let's start with a fairy fairy story and Is there a An issue you feel in all of this You know, it's a division in a fairy fairy thing. This is just something that the politicians are trying to hype Or whip up But the fact remains that We have to put it in a contest Who is the leader of a fairy fairy asset asset now? I know that some moves back or you know, three go Chigrubin personality came out to say that he's getting old and he wants to relinquish his leadership of that Badu and Established that if you put it into another contest of artist service, he has retired so She for the branch or was appointed as the acting leader of the a fairy fairy So by all intents and purposes She would bear for sorority has since to be the leader of a friend. If you go by that I And you rise to the position of the general or even begin there, whichever one you are once you are retired You are retired It does not necessarily mean that you cannot engage in other activities Politics which you can do that by my own understanding by my understanding of politics That's what it is. That is so obvious that a lot of politics playing out in the South-West So To speak on behalf of a friend of her as the acting leader But in those days a pizza will be which are you have consistently added a great degree Or is it a great degree that you are dead? I'll be happy to say that Consequently now And that doesn't seem to sit where we take you first one or two We're doing the work in the city of Ashwajibola. I've met Junior at the weekend blessing But it even does Ashwajibola. I meant you guys what we asked because I never I didn't see in any of the speech I don't read you or the presentation where we're just stated that he But even did it may just be on his capacity as a person and probably not as A leader of a friend if I think that is my personal understanding of the issue aspect But it's obvious that a lot of politics is going on and we continue to see this as we go to 23 Let's show you thoughts on another interesting conversation it talked about the economy and the fact that the federal government has exceeded its Boring capacity or limit by 1.15 trillion era it sets out Subaru, you know 1.5 trillion there about The boys in it. I don't know what you're seeing is probably by time they hit When why you believe in That's the National Assembly which ought to also be a kind of check on some of your activities and come out Especially this need to see whatever the president brings that we approve So what are we discussing? We have set the time and time on this program that he was abhorring with a story they will continue to show Until this government needs and come to take off it We are not going to pay by the debt what we are paying is now is the interest on the moon And we are at a point where you see close to about 90% of our enemies to pay to repay This bill so what's it? What benefits is this to us? So? What we are doing now is just like a Let's see. Well, I get said we don't sit down to look you sit down look and then Let them go as much as they are but it's like on Nigeria's deletion is here once again Look, you know entire one chance as we used to say in Lagos and Lagos parlance because it's obvious that As they say my ego language they showed they showed a We showed them Cards and bought monkey at the end of history. They have a stupid and is to be stupid animal in your house It's obvious that this government is not going to let go. It's not looking for all the happiness of making money they have decided that the way they are going to go is going and boring and It is easy to be my huge disappointment for me, but what I'm going to have we have any say We don't have any say on this Nigerian Tribune also carry this story The Nigerian put train put it this way US security alert needless No cause for alarm and the tribune cites the national security advisor Mongolo who says quote I would like to assure all citizens of this country that any exaggerated sense of insecurity any hype about Disintegration of our security forces intelligence agencies is unfounded It says the issue he said the issue of Nigerians being made to panic is unnecessary I wanted to spell any notion about any heightened Sense of insecurity. It is false. It is irresponsible for anyone to give that signal But we go back to the punch which put it this way. It says terror let Nigeria shares Nigerians Pushes back against us. UK. So what are your thoughts on this because we here in the foreign ministry has gone to send a warning to ambassadors of the countries Affected against alarming advisories Is this the federal government trying to prevent public panic? Or this is the case as far as you can tell because we are whether several some malls in Abuja had been Shut down to the public close to the public. We're aware of some scary operations, you know in parts of Abuja in which some terror cells were uncovered and Deactivated let's call it that what I thought some this recent government rhetoric This information and try to reassure Nigerians the federal government is doing as much as it could as well To reassure Nigeria's that they are safe in their country and that's what they can do We are sure but if what it means that can you fought the intelligence the height the intelligence intergiving by this Western country I really doubt it come to take off it personally. I still believe that you know the Minister of Information Commerce will say some days back to say that this information was not passed to us I don't believe that this This country's We have such information without a submit to our government. I stand to be collected I don't think in diplomatic circle. That is that is not the way it is international relations They must have passed it. I want to believe to our agencies But they probably didn't want to make that out to the go to the night to Nigeria's and they The adversary by these countries was to their national as not Nigerians They say our nationals in Nigeria should take care and they need to take care of their security and if necessary They should leave the country for now. Canada has come to have with that Australia United States United Kingdom and one or two other countries. So They were addressing their citizens in Nigeria So but the federal government is doing what if they see there is nothing like that So what is abudia to tell the country of if you go to abudia from this today's checkpoint and Abudia and so many Businesses already been affected. So most have closed down some businesses have closed down for fear of this attack But my personal opinion, I'm not a security as As part but my personal opinion of it is that are we sure now we are not this soon the dummy What I mean by that is that when we are trying to the dummy to be sold By this there is that they are going to attack abudia Why we concentrate on abudia and this would decide to strike where we are not looking at and some states that we are not Looking at that is my personal fear So that I hope that as we say in law The field is so caught is covered by the security agencies so that we know this prediction given to Nigeria, but This international community There was also a large risk in South Africa by United States And I saw how the South African government related to that unlike what we have here All right, then let's quickly move away from that. We still have more interesting headlines especially On the Nigerian Tribune here. It talks about the issue of matee Allah and the fact that they have a condition for peace in troubled communities demand the gazetting of 415 grazing reserves your thoughts Three statements or is What advice was being the Nigerians and we are the think I think what's the type of is the protection of They are their members That matee Allah in the past has not been seen to have had matters Surely when you see the killings that happened in the new and some other parts of the country by a leash has meant The way they came out to defend their members Is nothing to write home about so but if they are taking it But it's trying to give suggestions as to how we can erase some of this problem. Then all when I'm good So for me, it's not a hen or deer. I rather believe in action that just be the coffee Messy the news book in this morning. Let me just bring it to you. So is that the MM2 the local Mutala Mohammed airport and then to have been shot down this morning I guess like coming in or going out by evasion workers over the sack of some of their members by by company the Owners of that so no flight is going out and no flight is coming in this morning So anybody flying into Lagos to MN2 or how they fly that's what's going to mean to me Just have to look for alternate not for tonight's route alternative route now, which is the old domestic We and I just feel the airlines are used that I think this is Viewers so that they will know if they're headed to the airport either from any part of the country to come into MN2 this morning Some will say well, it does it does affect them because many people have stopped flying there since the Tickets prices went astronomically up Interesting Let's go over to the nation newspaper It's given us a daily account of what's been happening in the People's Democratic Party No surprises there at the left corner of that paper We can see this story about the PDP. It says that to the River State governor. Yes, we K Says that the state that's his state River State has not taken a position on who to support for the presidency on February 25 Of course, he was Attending he encountered a statement attributed to former transportation minister be a second ball Who is supposed to be his ally on his relationship with a larger Tico worker? and of course He wanted to counter the impression that that statement had made about here because a Relationship with a Tico according to him He says it will be the paper says he says it will be wrong for the former minister to equate his personal relationship to a Tico Who is the presidential candidate of the PDP to that of the state? And what I thought so they saw in a PDP situation and I think it also dovetails into the social political organizations Are we over overvaluing the influence and the impact of these politicians to determine where the popular vote goes Satisfaction with PDP Yes, the chairman of the party Swealing is that this is up for that about two days ago some three days back Governor some governments of it is also the state in a river state I had this to sit his support for the candidature of Their presidential candidate I Marking day was Deputy was saying that that I've been very visit by cleaning booths say certain things about on your state and the PDP and the mandate of his visible government to support the candidate job that is headed by universe Which I want that means but let me so if this will continue to move continue back and forth But let me put this to you, Kofi Mese, that the president and most of these papers captured in their front pages, the president was in the U.S. today, where he opened a three-day conference of senior officers of Menjampoubis who are making appropriations for the 2023 election. And the president was very, very emphatic in his directive that the police should be as neutral as possible and try to be as professional as possible in the 2023 election and make sure that this election is devoid of any rank or any bias or whatever. And he stated once again that the greatest legacy he wants to be for this country in making sure that that election is free and fair. He stated that it was at that conference and I saw it live and where he stated that. And what is said to say in the census is that we are ready for 2023 and all relevant agencies of government, including the security agencies and INEG. INEG was also there. The INEG term was represented by one of his resident industrial commissioners, Major General Khaled Tired. And the emphasis has been that this election, 2023 election, is going to be like no other. So I hope and I pray that the government will live up to his word and give all the necessary support to the women but agencies, including INEG and security agencies, to be able to do their job. The chief of the FESTA also made a statement at that conference. He was there live. And he said that we did the next few months, they want to take up their primary responsibility which is that of defending the country. They are looking forward to arguing about the internal security of the nation to the police and go back to their primary responsibilities of defending Nigeria from external aggression. So those are the part of the issue. So we can see that everything is being done. Revinov for the 2023 election and all three agencies of government. So in one sentence or one word, are you confident that the police, because of what the president has said in the way, we just captured the papers this morning, the police will be impartial in next year's general election. Just one word, yes or no? If we take into conclusive what happened in Nkiti and Osho and they can replicate that, then all will be good. I believe the police can do it. Thank you. Chris, we need to go now. We need to go. We're looking forward to having you next week on the program. And of course with your expert analysis as always, we appreciate your time. Chris Kenowando, chartered mediator and consulator has shown us live from the city of Oweri. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you very much. With the size of it, we take a breakdown and when we return, it will be time for us to delve into a major conversation right here. Please stay with us.