 Welcome back to the breakfast on plus TV Africa time for us to check out the front pages of a national dailies and Bring you up to speed with all of the stories making the rounds across sport And as usual, we do have a guest who would make help us make sense of all of this Gda Johnson is on standby. Good morning Gda Johnson We're too messy and it's a mess of a Friday Johnson All right, so I start off with the daily trust newspaper this morning He's swap and sorrow bomb real track ground Abuja Kaduna services A swap and sorrow bomb real track ground Abuja Kaduna services is the boat caption on the daily trust newspaper this morning We had a bang before the train came to a standstill. That's what commuters are quoted to say NRC to lose 19 million daily to service suspension Let's find out how many days that's going to go for federal government confirms killing of new e-swap leader Baco All of that you find on page Five and seven of the daily trust newspaper and just before we move away I neck to national assembly give us unrestricted powers to use tech in 2023 and Queen Elizabeth spent the night in hospital you also have another story here saying caught rejects canoes request and Remains him in DSS custody Just to mention that he's requested that he should be transferred to the Kuja Correctional Center, but that Request is not being granted and as such he is going to be held by the DSS Well, that's the much we can take this morning on the daily trust newspaper the world to pick up a copy I'm sure you get all of the information All right now. Let's see what we can find on the punch It says here in Nandikhanu's trial NBA on there's a others attack federal government as DSS bars lawyers and journalists It says Barney lawyers and journalists despicable Courts is a public play place as the NBA on as a demands federal government's apology over treatment of Igbo delegation Senate forward's federal government's rising recurring votes overhead missed job embargo Bandits bomb train NRC's 270s 267 million Naira month revenue loan repayment threatened and external reserves gain $3.98 billion in three weeks hit $40.76 billion Banker customers pure operators grown as telcos block 47 local government areas and also How we kill the Bassenger's third term says in the money Buhari hails ex-Senate president EFCC Iran's wanted ex-NISTF chair for 1.3 billion Naira bribe Defendant remanded a few orders on the punch this morning to noose presidential campaigners inaugurate a kitty a PC parallel ex-co Ex-minister heads committee has made Lafayette's burial begins November 4th and Three friends torture man to death alleged iPhone 30 no go Outrageous rogue policemen a neighborhood watch torture innocent Uber driver tow vehicle and that's on the air with the entire protest So Ludo Ubaa 16 others sign peace agreement on the 4th of November 30 KB FGC kidnapped students released after 126 days in captivity Away from the punch newspaper. Let's check out the leadership newspaper this morning The board caption reads attacks on train tracks ground Abuja Kaduna rail operations That's on page for might just be dominating all of the headlines this morning attacks on train tracks ground Abuja Kaduna rail operations More details on page four. You have passengers stranded E swap and Boko Haram fingered two months after military killed our Banawi successors negligence Maz The worry train operations. These are riders. You find they were working on the challenges The Nigerian railway cooperation is quoted on that women benefited more from the federal government's 38 billion narrow loan vice president is quoted on that you find that on page six and Saks I take that again. Hashtag answers victims drag federal government to echo a scot and That's also on page four 72 lawyers alleviated to the rank of senior advocate of Nigeria. I won't rest until Nigeria becomes better Raymond docker sees courted on page six small details if you pick up a copy of the leadership newspaper and Let's move away from the leadership and see what we can find on the Guardian southeast on lockdown Jubilant mood as canopleads not guilty PDP disqualifies a lot for sure to others Claire's 27 ahead of her convention It says also in our users can't spend above five hundred thousand Naira daily says the CBN Chew sunny and others escaped death as bandits bomb a buja bound train. Oh, you tell on others urged and a sustenance of our wars educational legacies Transparency issues trail federal government one trillion naira COVID-19 palliative to private sector and I think we can stop there Or APC vows to claim an umbrella others Ballot. Let's put a hold and say good morning. Once again, Judy Johnson Or you can I believe start with the one the most popular one this morning. That is the attack on the Pooja Kaduna train the NRC has You know right now suspended Travel on a by train, but go ahead. Let's say your thoughts well That that comes in the wake of the president Accident journalist to on the report is usually in the security that security is getting better But it's evidently clear that security situation Getting better And then we thought that for years for the president to change the team of it security apparatus Thinking that if there's a change in the leadership structure, there will be a change security situation in the country however, it seems As if the more Remain the same Because the security situation that's by the fact that the chief of all the chiefs of the security agencies have been changed Stations to remain the same. It is sad that we have a situation in this country That people cannot commute between a Pooja and not safely and that them It will be on the real property of people will be put at danger is a shame I think that are inside of security should bury their head in shame Nori Bopat and resign and say that they don't have What is required for them? If you link that story to the story where we have where the DSS other security agencies are asking the editors to help them diagnose To have them diagnose the security situation. It tells you Scared us to do with it. It is not the involvement of the community involvement of the many of many Many stakeholders, but how many engineers are fit in the system that they will feel free? Intelligence to our security agencies when they don't even know what the security agencies something happening in my area Please later or my attention so all of this put together We have seen that when I saw that I just first instance where we have already had that corridor It should be ashamed. It should be ashamed of themselves I don't know how people have trust in entering the railway and if what the situation of things is in the country It is easier. This is a when I read the story. I felt completely bad We just say it has been the story of one of the Kano Stryer states the tyrannical state in the sense that Where the rights is sticking in other institutions of the state? We are three agencies have taken conditions that we have in the state now go to court It is no longer in the end of the executive. It is no longer in the hands of The to show that they are independent and they can serve as checks and balances a sensitivity have been assaulted with the display of state security with certain visitants have you watched the If you see the cameras, how would you stop lawyers from the procedure the court? Is is is a hallow ground and this is a hallow ground that people should be able to assess because justice must not Because this must be seen to have been done. Look blood charges against people bring everything in the open let people understand if you don't you would either goes to Equities illegal time either goes to equity Goes with the pen and so let people have access let us know so that they are Proceeding because I said people to not even under military regime. We didn't have the show off Yeah, Julie Johnson. Can the can the judge say otherwise? Can the judge demand otherwise can it kind of you know This is cultural this is cultural the judge Recites over that's why I said besides it's over the court to be judge is the alpha and the omega So what what does this mean? It means it means that there's a need for us to do such light on our judiciary Because the judiciary is critical to the sustenance of democratic principle Sustainance of democratic values because it's so enormous in the sense that the police the army Security agencies of the state are under the executive not even We saw how the DSS lay siege not only this administration in previous administration at the National Assembly Tranquility of the nation know of state institution must operate within the practices when it comes to dealing with issue of the state The state is not bigger than the citizen the state is not bigger than the Constitution It's a creation of the Constitution. So this day and its actors must be subjected to the waters the spirit of the Constitution It's it's it's unbelievable now you see Police of the video of a citizen. We see police Battling with some neighbor do you know the most pathetic one and I've said it to them in legal state I've shared with them the neighborhood watch the concept behind neighbor to watch is not the main concept that Neighborhood watch has been turned into neighborhood was a joint last man in Neighborhood was a joint last man in passing the neighborhood watch was designed in such a way to gather Intelligence that's what I think them bicycle That's what they call them to be in the neighborhood each neighborhood Contribute nominates somebody to represent them in the middle so that they can provide Intelligence to provide security in the neighborhood not in the cosmopolitan. You don't see them about what using Oh, man. I just don't know. I don't want to do that. Are they even enforcers are they enforcers of anything in particular because They are just watch Quality watch can you enforce the law share with state security agencies? Yeah So as to for example in my neighborhood they move around they drive the bicycle They're not in the neighborhood and they quickly call the police because they are in the neighborhood They know everybody in the neighborhood not to stay in combat junction not to follow Not to follow tax force to enforce laws and whatever you let me go to the issue of tax force Which is related to that most your car be told if your cash you break down on the road Tax payer can be broke down break down your car broke down on the road. So that's how to your car location Wherever your car can be fixed any car can break down into sport car from law and car. They are going to all state this weekend Okay, let's move away from that now and check out the daily trust newspaper Now inek is asking the national assembly to give them unrestricted powers to use technology In the 2023 elections, let's show your thoughts on that Give inek the power to do whatever you want to organize to organize election That word organized has given them the power inek is just playing to the gallery. You don't need to They should take this national assembly to court Whatever they want to do that is challenged by the national assembly They should get to court and let the court interpret the constitution has given the inek the power to organize Organize the word organize as taking care on to use whether it wants to use local means probably use demon Or use a local security agency use the national security agency use technology or use Or use or use Or use whatever means that inek can use to organize the election Whether it's local technology or western technology Whichever technology that inek and deploy to ensure that they organize free and fair elections That is what they should do So they don't need the approval of the national assembly Whatever guidelines they are coming up with let the national assembly Challenge it and they should take that to the court and let the court rule on that matter And let's see where the court will take side whether the court will take side with the constitution That gives the power that gives the power to the To to to organize election or whether will give it to the national assembly that does not even know what they are doing And now you see the national assembly. Let me go to the story of the national assembly. The national assembly is saying that federal government The france and federal government increasing The majority of the people in the national assembly they are ignoramus. They don't even know what their right is The federal government is not the executive the federal government is the legislature The executive and the judiciary the national assembly is a key component part of the federal government The executive is part of the federal government. So when the national assembly a key component part federal government Is saying that they are not happy with the federal government increasing overhead and then playlist It means that they don't even know what their basic right is. They don't even know what their basic function is They have no place to be in the national in the national assembly in the first in the first step because the national assembly Is a key component part of the federal government. They should eat the constitution and they have an understanding with respect to that All right Um, I think we can move slightly to south the southeast again. It's on the punch bottom right It says soludo uban 16 others signed peace agreement on the 4th of november Uh, quickly share your thoughts on that one and then I think We go ahead they've been signing peace they've been signing peace agreement They are congresses were heard last week across the state for the federation Hardly congresses were held Are you getting my point now? We hope that they'll keep to the peace agreement and that there won't be violence concerning that election, but even Let's say hypothetically. Let's have a senior reconstruction. Even if class 4 We prosecuted in this country. Have you seen the federal center being involved in political action? It is 7 to 2007 I'm asking you Look, the election that happened in emu state where where where the professor was forced Has not been prosecuted and we see how the person as a senior senator So when they sign this misaccord, it is a cosmetic approach a cosmetic approach a plastic approach to let Oh, we are doing something with respect to that look are interested in power and whatever means it we use for them We should but hopefully the election will be peaceful. Let's hope. Let's just hope That's that's for us not to talk about now. Let me link this to history said 72 signs 72 lawyers were eluded as son We have under this democratic administration that we have ever had in this industry, but I don't think our son are son enough The the the level of the sonship We have had the type of engagement that would expect The Nigerian legal system goes at the bench and to engage government. We have to see that level of engagement That's not the fact that we have many son. They in fact if in fact The more our judicial system has become insane because I think that son should give you sanity We have seen insanity permeating our judicial system that our common sense of decency the principle of justice The principle of fairness the principle of innocence On to proven guilty by competent the rights of citizens have been eroded but the judiciary have been have been eroded It has been attack on all of the sons have disappeared. They have disappeared Of this word Really really good questions because we we see what is playing out today. It's maybe the involvement of these persons in politics and you know also, you know survival You know, the the belly also needs to be taken care of somehow somewhere and I really can't I can't explain You know what's going on But they are good questions that you're asking With the time that we have left I want us to go quickly back to your talk on the neighborhood watch and You know the act of towing a vehicle What are the stories on the punch if you look at the bottom of the punch is talking about the uber driver And I think that video went very viral The uber driver who was assaulted had his eye bloodied, you know and while he was being dragged You know while they were trying to drag him into the police vehicle Um, you know, he says that he still hasn't been able to retrieve his car. He has no idea where it is Um, so let's talk about that and also the the neighborhood watch. That's the person the governor should have invited Not the person that do his caricature That's the person the governor should have invited not the person that do his caricature. Have you have you encountered those tax force I know haven't those Have you witnessed those tax force the influence of something? Which is beyond there's a measure of decency There's a measure of respect if a police officer should stop you But you say thank you, sir And you know what or can you jump inside the car let the man drive the car to your office You need to see the way if people was that under military regime Why must you have a tax force and that those tax force will be leaving the citizen That place is not for the citizen or to make life easier for the citizen Very cool because if you ask me this way, very cool can break down. It's that you have a rescue team Judith Johnson, I I want you We're running out of time But I I want you to you know go on with this one and you may wrap up with talking about trump Truth social rather, but I want you to go on with this one and the angle I want you to you know speak on is the fact that it seems like the Nigerian police You know has positioned itself to be always anti people It hasn't in any way, you know seen that it is responsible for the lives of those persons But it is strictly anti people and any person who seems to be given a uniform You know basically falls on that that same narrative and that's what we're seeing with the neighborhood watch Or that's what we saw rather on the 20th Yeah, well, if you know the history of the Nigerian police The Nigerian police was not established by the Nigerian people The Nigerian police was established to gain compliance by the colonialists The colonialists put the Nigerian police in place to gain compliance with what we have and that's why you have the Nigerian police force So it's only in Nigeria that you have the word force in it and then the the character of any institution Is embedded in the institution's name That's why the name is critical component of what in the name and that's what we call brandy And so when and when you have the character of the Nigerian police Being the Nigerian police force and you look at their history And then the antecedent you understand that it was not created as an institution Of maintaining law and order is an institution of gaining compliance So it was put in place by the colonialists and unfortunately for us. We are too many Years of military rule when we have civilian administration uninterrupted We are unfortunately to be under two former aid of state And them so it's it's about the character of the police. It's it's to gain compliance They don't see themselves. They see themselves as an agent of the state rather than being the representative and defender Of of the people and that's the unfortunate is the unfortunate thing. We have an example on the issue of What social media companies are doing social media companies even though they have private companies, but they are media companies Media companies should not engage in censorship the censorship media companies. That's what I believe that Regulating you can regulate the media space in terms of ownership and the rest of it but Censorship the beauty of the media is that everybody we have an opportunity to see whatever it wants to say And people will make an informed decision when you begin to true in censorship You are stifling people's voices The fundamental right that god has given to man is the freedom of expression And the power of choice. You see god did not stifle anyone that has an opinion Are you getting my point critical to democratic Tenants and principle is people having their opinion. We say this majority. We have their way the minority will have their say Now any form of censorship Any form of censorship is is is not it's not even god said see I lay before you life and death Make a choice god. You don't say oh, this is the choice you must make So this what we had with the tech companies united state of america And this is almost similar to what we are involved as an institution The first medium that involved as an institution is the printed medium the printed medium as a mass What have you know what the actors tried to do? They tried to use licensing fee and the rest of the margin as a medium Well, they said, you know what broadcasting cannot be left in the hand of individual because it has audiovisual capacity So it will be public We see the work the regulation of the broadcast industry what it has done to nigeria and radio station See what the regulation has done to the broadcast industry Those who will not survive but we have a situation We are by the big tech companies united state of america determined what we go out or what will come in No, it doesn't make any sense. And I wish some of us said it that it's because of donald trump To censor an individual The private company who stands for the ammunition and we have seen what censorship and the control that the big tech companies Have over the directive of issues when it comes to kovid-19 over the issue We cannot all think in the same direction. There must be divergent opinion for constructive Absolutely progressive Society to evolve so I'm looking forward to truth special I'm going to order my own because I like to listen to divergent news. I listen to cnn Because I are elected. I listen to cnn. I listen to foxniks To get a clear vision of the narrative of the american political landscape that gives me the ability to make informed decision I'm not stand now. I don't want to be stupid listening to cnn alone. I don't want to be dumb listening to Fox news alone because listen to cnn. I make you stupid stupidity and the dumbness together in order for me to make sense of the reality of the american politics And that's and that's the way it should be on social media or on any media platform It is a wonderful friday. Thank you so much. It's a good Friday to be messy. Thank you so much. That's all right. Thank you. Have a great friday. Thanks for joining us And sorry, I'm waiting for you to follow me. So all right. Have a blessed day All right, and just before we get into our first major conversation for today, let's look back in history We are going back to the year 2012 to tell you of one of the most popular names in cycling Lance Armstrong Who on this day was stripped of all his titles and awards that he had won after winning seven Tour de France titles He of course broke records that nobody expected will be able to be broken But unfortunately it was found that he was doing these things under the influence of doping And so on this day, he was stripped of all his seven Tour de France titles When that of course he won from 1999 to 2005 in 2012 the united states anti-doping agency Investigation concluded that Armstrong had used performance enhancing drugs over the course of his career and named him as the ring leader Of the most sophisticated professionalized and successful doping program that sports had ever seen And he didn't just use illicit drugs He also had you know blood transfusion and also demanded some of his tour teammates Also dope in order to help him win races a fool The word I wanted to use next was not going to be good But anyway on this day it was stripped of all his seven Tour de France titles And eventually I think a couple of years later. There was also not a prior or later I think we also heard about the Marion Jones controversy also which she also was stripped of her titles after being found to be used in drugs We're hoping that that's not going to be the case for blessing Yeah, yeah, that might not be but you know still looking at the time 1903 up until this point. I mean those same issues that were very common We're talking about the issue of doping. It's still very you know Very raising their heads in this particular time after that particular can't wait for them to catch life I'm a messy No, you're just a hater Can't wait till he's caught at the time fraud Stay with us. We'll be back. Of course. We're talking security and the attack on the avid jackal in our railway That comes up after the short break