 All right, welcome back. It's still the breakfast right here on plus TV Africa now time to dive into the newspapers and see what they have for us But it's quite some interesting headlines. JD Johnson is seeing a lecture in the Nigerian Institute of Journalism is our guest on The segment this morning JD Johnson. Thank you very much for your time today Good morning All right, okay might you be in the nation's capital this morning? I'm illegal. Well, the nation capitalizing You're not good here for most people I have just been under siege Terrorists where you have terrorists attacking military formation between Boombar work and Abuja, like the border of Niger state and And Abuja, then you know we are in for for more than we are back in from Hmm. All right, let's start with the leadership Leadership Fridays what they call it with these headlines the big one there They're sticking with insecurity and unfolding situation around the country with this headline rising insecurity Bombing terrorists only way out bombing terrorists only way out Arofi tells federal government bombing terrorists only way out Arofi tells federal, maybe this they're not Aware that that is what they should do and the writers to that headline bandits ambush kill soldiers at Zuma Rock as military declares Abuja safe claims killing 88 terrorists in Bwari others to probe soldiers alleged involvement in ransom Collection Nigerians tired Gravitating towards self-help NSA. It's was statement that I came after that all important meeting. They had yesterday, of course There's a picture of some of the federal executive council members after their meeting Yesterday more headlines from the leadership Friday President promises better working conditions for judges our work for Nigeria's unity new Khan president Huh, is he telling us something there? Allow me to develop your region PNB begs Niger Deltains allow me to develop your region PNB begs. Naita Niger Deltains court sentences Hanifa's killer Tanko to death by hanging is a story that some so many have taken the eyes of Hanifa the Girl who was killed in northern Nigeria some time ago Umahi's brother rejects PNB's appointment as our MAFC scribe. He put up the nicely worded letter To reject that statement saying is that appointment saying the role is for job seekers and he knows what he wants He's not seeking such a job. Let's move to the next newspaper the punch this morning has its attention and its big space dedicated to the politics of 1923 with this headline the kick out presidential primaries Buhari's ex-minister acts court to disqualify Tinibu Attiku and has following writers in Wajibah false APC PDP primaries over Satichary delegates vote buying says former Lagos governor ex VP bribed delegates with dollars Okay, interesting one. That's coming from an insider not just in the administration, but also participant in that That primary at the top of that front page is seventy eight thousand five hundred and forty nine aggrieved contributors to dump PFA's or dump PFA's Transfer 227 billion Naira seven eight thousand five hundred and forty nine aggrieved contributors dumb PFA's Transfer 227 billion Naira FG begins implementation of NDDC forensic audit I'm sure some of you almost forgot about that one 4.7 million to get sims after FG's call ban 4.7 million to get sims after FG's call ban Addicts or addicts workers begin strike all production sheds 22,000 barrels per day someone welcome news in these times passengers grown as one half light hits 75,000 Naira think last time we checked it was about 60 to 65 66,000 Naira if you booked early Buhari's ex okay, we've taken this already killings law makers knock Buhari President meets security chiefs law makers knock Buhari president meets security chiefs Lagos leads as a monkey pox spreads to 26 states Cano a scope proprietor to die for killing people Cano scope proprietor to die for killing people we struggle to feed Toby pay her fees I must as father and don't forget that that she's making some statements Of course about a family and some of the difficulties she went through She's also said for instance that her father would burn her Her sporting equipment and shoes and all that she had to use her mother to learn that she was going To church and then she'd go train at the stadium ball the father is saying we struggle to feed The girl and we also struggled to pay her fees Governorship ticket tears Delta PDP apart Ibori Okowa part ways seems there is a Rumble in the jungle and all is not well Let's move over to the next newspaper. This is a nation on Friday. It has its big headline Impeachment APC moves to stop PDP lawmakers gang up Impeachment APC moves to stop PDP lawmakers gang up and it's interesting a choice of words By the newspaper the writers to that headline a kachiku CD flay opposition senators reps or Flay opposition senators reps threats to move against a Buhari It is political says or me sure a ruling party's legislators to meet on Sunday Still with the nation newspaper a security council admits Nigerians seeking self-help Writers to that headline says no course for alum DHQ it shows a Buja residence quite interesting there Rivers to vote only PDP governor says government Telecom firms reject five percent tax payment at the top of that front page Laughing ruling house some summons meeting over illegal as parents federal government to sanction BBC TV or trust TV for glorifying bandits, of course BBC Recently released a special which has premiered on YouTube quite interesting called the bandits of Zanfa very eye-opening And the federal government has reacted in this case as paper says they're threatening to sanction the BBC And trust TV for what they say as a glorification of bandits Honey first killer teacher to die by hanging 109 billion narrow fraud Suspended AGF Idris gets a five billion a Naira bill Non-remittance of dollars by NMPC behind Naira's crisis says CBN We for seeing some inter agency or interpras theater Tension right there even though the NMPC is a company these days and finally from the nation a bureau sense five commissioner nominees to assembly and like Jacks up fees parents should expect to pay more for their words the final paper on our table this morning It's daily trust it has a picture of that meeting of President Buhari with the security chiefs at the presidential villa in a Buja But it dedicates its major headline space to The economy and it says Naira depreciation takes toll on investors worsens Uncertainty the riders through that currency down by 11 percent in one week It'll negatively impact prices of commodities experts and local content economic diversification the way out More from the daily trust in security Nigerians have lost confidence in us gravitating towards self-help FG IDPs may join terrorists over poverty dwindling resources Zulm governor Bronu state saying that Hanifa killer proprietor Abdul Malik sentenced to death by hanging terrorist attack military checkpoint near Buja PDP reps back senators on Buhari's Sucking an inflation inflation like hikes fee to 18,000 Naira these are signs of the times now Let's bring it at this point Julie Johnson Julie Johnson, which of these headlines would you like to start with you pick one? Julie Johnson, can you hear us? All right, okay, fantastic. Yeah, so which one entices you which one would you like to start with I think we should start Okay, all right, so there was a meeting. Yeah, the meeting of the president with the National Security Council, of course the the You know the government coming out to say that Nigerians are resorting to self-help. Is that an admission of a failure? You think And at the same time did you tell him? And they are secure The next message coming from the government because we speak from one of the major headlines where we really should go north Cardinal states that bombing terrorists is is really awesome my take on DC how many me things with the president have with the Security Council for us to resolve this problem Someone said if you don't want to solve a problem or you want to waste people's time call for me Because I've not seen any strategic options that the various security meeting that I've been caught I've brought to the table to resolve this problem. We will recall over time people said that they should change the leadership of Our security architecture It took him a while before changing them at least for simple then he changed them Nothing really happened after I change them. I think this is about the thought set that are working with him The question we need to ask is what is really wrong? Because people are not held accountable or whatever offices the appointed to or the elected in Because let's take the kujib prison jailbreak Not There's what is single person as the fire? Not a single person has been suspended Not a single person has been arrested The law had the minister said when you submitted your report We roll should we wait in eternity for it to start rolling before we resolve this particular security security It has become a political weapon because You you you recall in the course of this week and it's part of the headline in fact what major headline of the mission newspaper will see he ruling party leaning on the mission That PDP don't make us can't go to the DC. No, we can't stop the PDP Lomica's ganker against the president because we know the security has meant to some cynical to work out of plenary session and to also call for the impeachment of the president Six weeks deadline for the security issue to be resolved otherwise the president will be will be impeached and whether we like it or not one of the fundamental Public office Here I elected or appointed is to protect one the integrity of Nigeria to Lies and properties of Nigeria are those are those in office. Are they fulfilled that office? That's the question we need to have Every Nigerian Nigerian that can travel anywhere with these two eyes closed One there's no idea that I can travel anywhere We're not resorting to self-ep even the military chief themselves. I've said it the Nigerians Have resorted to self-ep self-ep of going spiritual. So probably you need to consult your your religious leader depending on whichever religion You practice for for for spiritual insurance So wait because the state has not provided you with the assurance that you You could travel anywhere you could go anywhere and transact your business and go about your normal life without any fear of being Terrorized by movement actors that are even become more powerful than state You could see the boldness the boldness for terrorist one to threaten to adopt to attack the president the governor of state and Because of the we the governor on here to tell us that even We are that that there is a threat to attack or abduct him by this terrorist group you tell you that the Kind of network that is around the present. It is the president of we are what is going on in Nigeria These are the questions we need we need to ask and is it cost-for-cost concern for every for everyone of us hmm, I mean still with the daily trust it also You know it talks some more about security particularly with the attack In Nigeria state not far from Abuja the FCT a town Called ma Dala mother lies a few kilometers away from Zuba. The paper says along the abuja Kaduna highway But of course Zuma rock rock can be seen from the abuja Niger abuja Mina Road, so we told that some soldiers reportedly killed when Boko Ram terrorists raided that a military checkpoint around the Zuma rock in Niger state on Thursday night It's coming closer and closer and closer to the seat of power. What are your thoughts on this this increasing news of attacks of soldiers and killing of military personnel Around a budget the periphery of a bouja or you know states bordering a bouja So now we've not heard of rescue of those who were Abducted or missing the soldiers are missing from the one in Bwari council area of the FCT against the brigade God or gods of brigade brigade of gods rather Last weekend coffee you recall about three years ago And last year where we are iswab people are called them Boko Boko Ram. They are that they are begging to you They're begging the question Well, it was reported. It's then the newspaper. I I tell people In once you want to know what happened is that it does go on reading this paper or you get and We use that I've been reported for the media about time we knew from report that in Niger At the point and so I establish a territory that we are collecting taxes They planted their flags in some local government in not in the Niger And I just she has bounding that we knew the government Said something about about about about this So you should not go to anyone and it's a pride because when there was an uncle when Boko Ram was decimated In the North East We are reports that they moved to right now And I was not I was done Consonant that we need you once politicized that all these were given by political leaders to that effect Now we're not seeing that the chicken has come to lose The chickens have come to roost and now we are seeing the implication of not paying attention To the challenging that people that didn't in very briefs controlled by this working in in in Niger are fitting so It shouldn't be surprising to anybody that Besides We are a nation They are the words criminality. You have no state actors that have terrorized the state and Then you said they have repented and you will get them back into the site They are not the actors that are new theorem on Communities and you exchange You exchange that gone for Naira You ask them to come out to the meet Yeah, I get 47 and you give them two two million two million Naira. So What do you expect? All right, we have Daily trust devoting the bulk of its front page coverage to the economy With that big headline Naira depreciation takes toll on investors and worsens Uncertainty Naira depreciation takes toll on investors worsens on uncertainty It's not talking about, you know the fact that the Nigeria say Nigerian currency has been down I mean 11% in one week. I saw an article someone just putting something online Reminding us that just a week ago. It was at 6 30, you know now we're talking about 700 706 7 10 some say 7 11 It's it's quite a huge shock in the last one week but I like us to to look at the nation newspaper and what the Man charged with handling and midwifing, you know, Nigeria's a macro economy with macro economic Policies like the interest rate and all that what he's saying This is a Gordon Miffy Lee former presidential aspirant on the platform of the APC and if you forgot He's still the the chairman of the Central Bank of Nigeria now This is what the nation says just a few lines from that paper. It says them Non-remittance of dollars to foreign reserves or reserves rather by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation which is now company limited NMPC is responsible for the Naira's Free fall in the official and parallel markets. This is what the Central Bank of Nigeria Given a reason for what we we see the 11% drop in the value of the currency against the dollar. You're saying that the NMPC is not remitting foreign reserves by the In it from the all in all sector to to it, you know, so what's going on here in your in your in your analysis You know with the NMPC. There's nothing there's nothing going on now. You're not an MPC and Pranitized according to the government When NMPC was controlled by the government NMPC was the government within the government Because NMPC does not do to diligence when you come to the maintenance of his revenue To really bad agencies of government than if you you know, basically the value of Naira will fall When you are not handling enough foreign exchange to park your local currency So there'll be a free fall for your currency and that's what we are saying. That's that that has been a major factor This action of NMPC has been a major factor What they do you want you to have Naira not 10 years ago not 20 There's always been what has characterized MMPC approach to Nigerian economy and that's why some have advocated over the over time that government needs to take away and all NMPC and go to Saudi Arabian experiment, which actually was the first experiment by Petronas in Brazil All right. Where government diversed its interest In the state or all energy companies and allow private participation and private private private ownership And until we do that genuinely Naira will take a free fall then What has this What has been the role of the central bank in ensuring compliance employing the attention of relevant bodies to be When they can't have they can't pay any attention because the Government of central bank and chairman of central bank in there was busy running after an in-of-in Who was busy running after the office of the president? So why would he pay attention to the job? That pointed to to do in the first time such places should have been fired in the best instance Because once you are as powerful office, it means that you are no longer interested in the office you have to find That's why then to don't forget If you check one of the stories in the newspaper where an ex-minister I've taken the presidential candidate of APC and PDP people challenging the I imagine True corrupt me. Don't forget that the families that just that were just Witness exchange in dollars Dollars were used massively. So there was a huge demand for dollar and that its effect as affected is they are not talking about that If you knew what transpired in the families across the length and breadth of Nigeria For the House of Assembly for the House of Left for the Senate for the Gubernatorial seat for if you knew the exchange and the demand for dollars by the political class In order to buy themselves into public office, you know that apart from MNPC There's also the Of the palmaries on the value of our of our queries It's it's quite was an open secret I don't know what was being well as who have been exchanged during this primary It's one of the participants has gone ahead to go to court Hmm Interesting. It's quite strange. I mean and why do you buzz we look at that as you go on that, you know, the foreign reserve, which is What the entire nation is the is is depending on Has dwindled, you know to less than $500,000 in the space of some months moving from, you know, some some some few billions of dollars It wasn't the news recently one wonders why the NNPC is not remitting, you know These are the foreign exchange into the foreign reserve of the country if that is what Why where the accountant general of the Federation was able to help himself allegedly with one person one individual With one hundred and nine billion Is it really what we did the system is not possible for you to give money public money Without connivance of others without the knowledge of other Without others helping themselves out. So even one individual Could help himself With one and nine billion What are others helping themselves with now before now and those that are taking his own To you record the midnight gates the money with pension The pension fund You see when they said they are fighting corruption the question we have is what system have you put in place? to ensure Due to gain Transparency, and it becomes pretty difficult for an individual to dig his hand into public fund and just kept himself in this manner Hmm. It's quite sad. I mean on Tuesday there was an a breach communicate released you know showing that You know released by the fact all right of showing that the excess crude account had shrunk in in in May May June July from three thirty five point three seven seven million dollars to 376 points 1655 point zero nine dollars that's that is three hundred and seventy six thousand six hundred and fifty five dollars It's just um, you know in economic terms. It's just poetry, you know, and I was thinking about it Yeah, I was thinking about it one of the problems. What was the major thing that I'm putting a giant me Okay, okay Okay, the primaries So they are the primaries in me the expanded money on delegates to buy them said it was for 2023 And then from June they started going there to borrow money to pay salaries because they were spending all the money they are on primaries It's it's what I don't need rocket science to understand these things It's quite sad. I was I was watching some material yesterday You know, which was talking about how the the the Russian currency has been able to remain strong and Despite the expectations of you know, Biden and his words that the the Russian rubble would Would become a rubble, you know as it were a waste The rubble has rather become the best performing currency in the world this year And one of the things they said as the Russians have refused to sell their gas in dollars They are selling their gas in rubble So the demand by the people who are taking off off taking the gas or buying the gas from the Russians They will go out with their dollars their euros their pounds, you know They are you are not here and to to look for the Russian rubble and the demand for that currency to buy the gas is Making it, you know, so I'm wondering why we can't we can't think about something like this here I need up is highly dependent on Russian gas China is highly dependent on Russian gas So if you before occurrences are running after your currency your currency we appreciate Appreciate at least it would be stable and people can do businesses with you. But in this situation I has no stable Because it is neither that is running after dollars And it's not dollar that is running after Naira. And then you know our public official They are penchant for dollars Unbelievable Their desire and love for dollars Why we were going up You could buy dollar in the post office You could spend Nigerian era on the streets of London Really sir What happened? It's it's it's it's It's So some people are saying that even the absolute strike is also contributing to the pressure on the Naira As more parents are being forced to send their words to school abroad Did you do you agree with that? I agree with that. I told you Too much Naira is running after dollar And then you know the law demand and supply you know the law of demand and supply and then you know What the supply cannot the demand what happens Prices of goods we go now the prices for dollar to Naira group And what happens to basic cost of living the basic cost of living on the rise that we need to work inflation It's a elementary economics To our listeners at home to our viewers at home those that are watching us Whatever platforms it's it's clear And you are talking about that what about their own taste Principal actors that wants to When that Candidates All right. All right. Let's move on. Jenny Johnson to the punch. It's divorce is major headline to the The moves by Chuka and Meka and Wajib are from a Minister of State for Education Who like Senator Gorsuch Papio is not eager to off his mic. Remember to off your mic Episode right there the House of Reps and he's he's accusing the major, you know Presidential candidates two of the major candidates of Of corruption, you know He's fault in the APC PDP prime is like you said over the two tree delegates and vote buying he says the former legal governor at Tinibu and then a book article book carries a former vice president bribe delegates with With votes so he's a filed an originating summons Before federal High Court in Abu Jai seeking an order declaring him Himself wajibah This is incorporated trustees of rights for all international is a group alongside him the father of that originating summons Declaring seeking an order declaring wajibah as the authentic presidential candidate of the APC this other paper is saying Well, it's an off the mic situation Corruption there and then you also know that media also developed your mic Situation to a particular story that relates to the off the mic solution in terms of the prominent and attention Which we are calling one of the needs to pass and I think the federal government starts forensic audit I Didn't want to have been one of the big immediate lines what we've got to do because the forensic audit of NND With respect to this story Appearance on the tip of the election to you know secure any food it did not come second Many tissue are put in the principal after Except you want to have the email status Where the person that came for is declared the governor by the Supreme Court. We don't know you that's when we are juba Actually Presidential candidate of APC Candidate even if you disqualify the leading candidate of the GDP and APC or APC to be a Because he came second for PDP Because we came second in that part wonderful One of them are from river states and one of them are from a government of river states And as to our ministers of the of the federal republic so if you have a scenario That's the likelihood of what I think Is the person that came second in the It's not okay Experiment by the Supreme Court that declared that the president coming as a cover haven't come for the election So That's a funny one All right, so since you brought up the forensic audit, of course that's still in the punch newspaper the top top left a corner I would present Buhari said to have begun the implementation of the NDVC forensic audit report Let's just look at that very quickly The paper says the The president said his administration are taking started taking steps in line with the recommendations of the NDVC forensic audit report submitted to him in September 2021 he also raised hopes that the much awaited appointment of a board of directors of the commission would begin soon You know is what he's saying another paper You know put it this way I think it's still Something that we should look at just in relation to this particular story saying the president is asking They have the Niger Delta to give him a chance to develop their region So I wanted to just talk about these two very quickly Well Yes So Less than a year to the end of his administration Decisive action I have not been taken to that commission and then The president of the Federal Republic of India is appealing to his citizens That they should allow him to do what he's elected by the people I don't know how to do that that it says it's for itself because I can't understand while the president is going to break Niger Delta hands or appeal to Niger Delta I could spread the word appeal to Niger Delta hands to allow them to In the society of proposing what you want to do they will not oppose you There's nobody that is against development All right As far as I'm concerned we are complaining about the fall in Niger non-implementation of government policies This is the side effect that you see that affected Niger Delta I do recall when his administration came into power in 2015 it took them close to six months before they could put their executive terms into place and we have seen the consequences of that in action by the president because time is a convertible result once it is lost it can never do again That's just it All right This government seems to be too slow to action All right All right We have to leave it at that G.D. Johnson, quite interesting analysis from you We're looking forward to the next one when you join us sometime soon We appreciate your time G.D. Johnson, the senior lecturer at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism Thank you for your time Namaste Thank you Thank you very much Okay, we'll talk business up next but before that today happens to be an interesting day with lots of records in history So let's go back in time and we'll bring you today in history We'll be back on the other side