 Welcome back to the breakfast and of course you're still alive and plus TV Africa. It's time for today in history and we're going to be sharing with you things that happened today many many years ago. It is one of the most shocking incidents in Nigeria's history and this happened in 2013, a massacre in Baga and of course this is one of those moments in Nigeria's history that a lot of people have repeatedly said we hope it never real cause. It brings back the conversation on insecurity, brings back the conversation on our fight against terrorism and how far we've really been able to go in our fight against terrorism. So I'm going to quickly also share with you what happened on this day in 2013 in Baga. The Baga massacre began on the 16th of April in a village of Baga in Borno State as many as 200 civilians were killed, hundreds were wounded and over 2,000 houses and businesses worth millions of Naira were destroyed. Refugees, civilian officials and human rights organizations accused the Nigerian military of carrying out the massacre. According to residents, soldiers returned with reinforcements supported by armored vehicles so just then allegedly doused homes in Baga with gasoline and set fire to the village shooting villagers who attempted to flee. Some attempted to escape into the lake Chad and drowned there while others were able to escape into the surrounding bushes. According to residents, the soldiers continued burning homes in Baga until the 17th of April. Brigadier General Austin Edokpai stated that only six civilians and one soldier were killed while the armies killed 30 Boko Haram terrorists. Casualties were reported to be especially high among children and the elderly. And by the 17th of April, 193 wounded victims had been admitted to a local health clinic. Baga apparently is a small fishing town on the banks of the lake Chad near the borders of Chad and Niger Republic. So I started to be talking about our fight against insecurity and the fight against insurgency and some of all of that. But in the middle of this conversation, you know, and when we talk about insecurity and what the Nigerian government has been able to do to reap the country of insurgents, there's also been, you know, the conversation about human rights abuse and going, you know, against the rules of engagement. There's also been conversations on extrajudicial killings by the Nigerian Army and by our security agencies. Amnesty International has pointed this out multiple times. There's also been times when, you know, it is rumored that, you know, that foreign countries refuse to sell arms to the Nigerian government. Remember, during good luck, Jonathan's administration, because of human rights abuses and, of course, the high handedness of the Nigerian Army. Sadly, we've never really had a thorough investigation on any of all these incidents. Baga is one that happened in Burnu state. You remember also in Zaria, the Shiites, Masakas, it's popularly called, where there's, you know, it's rumored that about 500, 347 are the official figures. But Amnesty International and other, you know, persons have stated that it's way more than that. There's still not been any proper investigation into some of all those killings. Nobody has been fired or arrested. Nobody has been made to, has been held to account for the killing of Nigerian citizens in that number. Ran in 2015, I think it was in January, there was a misfire, according to Nigerian Air Force, that killed about 150 Nigerians in a 90p camp. Still, nobody was sacked or fired. Nobody has been held, you know, accountable. Two weeks ago, I was speaking on this, you know, platform, and I was asking, what is the value of the Nigerian life? In our moves to either protect ourselves or just leave a society, what really is the value of the Nigerian life? And who gets to be held, you know, to account when a Nigerian life is taken by insurgents or by security agencies? Lately, we've also had conversations about what happened in Benway State. There's reports by NGOs and people on ground in Benway that say the army, this is two, three weeks ago, or two weeks ago? Yeah, not two weeks ago. Maybe less than two weeks ago. The army stomped Benway State out of the death of about 12 soldiers. And, you know, there's reports about 70 people or maybe 100 people that were killed in that incident. Who, you know, gets to take responsibility or who gets to be asked questions? Why does the Nigerian government almost seemingly make the Nigerian life seem so valueless? You kind of go all the way back to Odin during the Ullshaka Basinja's government. You can go all the way back to just some other one that happened during the Basinja's rule or as president. So it's not the first time. It's been many, many times that it has happened. And it's painful to see that Nigerians would flee from terrorists, flee from bandits, flee from kidnappers, flee from armed headsmen, and still flee from their own security agencies. It is hurtful and it is really, really sad. It's traumatic. Yes, it is. And it brings me back to what you said earlier on that people should be shameful when things go wrong. They should be ashamed, right? But I also want to draw attention to what happened in Benway State. It is high dry headed. There were deaths on both sides. The army, security agents, the died, then civilians died. And then they are placing the blame at the doorstep of bandits. And so it just means we need, we need to get things right in Nigeria security-wise. Our criminal justice system, our policing system, our security system has failed to be able to make proper investigations, carry out intelligence reports in order to fish out the perpetrators of certain crimes. It is terrible to hear that Nigerian army personnel, soldiers are killed by anybody, whoever the person is, terrorists, civilians, whoever you are. Bandits. And those people should be made to pay for the death of those soldiers without even, you know, thinking twice about it. But it doesn't in any way excuse the army's stominy community or stominy village and allegedly attacking everybody and blaming them, you know, for the death of those soldiers. And so regardless of who is to blame, it is also generally, it is a failure of a system to pick out the perpetrators of certain crimes. It is a failure of a system to be able to ensure proper investigation into certain crimes. So instead what we do is bring a sledgehammer, go into a village and bang it on an ant. That doesn't solve the problem. All right, let's do an about turn, right? We'll leave Nigeria for some time. Yeah. Let's talk about Kendrick Lamar, who became the first rapper to win the Pulitzer Prize. On the 16th of April, 2018, the Pulitzer Prize Board awards the Pulitzer Prize for Music to rapper Kendrick Lamar of his, for his 2017 album, Damn. It was of our standard what had gone to a musical work outside the genre of classical music and jazz. Lamar grew up in a community with a singular connection to the genre. Plenty of Lamar's lyrics referenced police brutality, systemic racism, and other political topics, but many critics have praised his albums. Now, the Pulitzer Committee called Damn, the album we're talking about now, a vicious song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism. That's a mouthful. Well, they said it offers affecting and captivating and very complex modern African American life attraction. Lamar Swing was widely seen as a deserved recognition of his talent, as well as an overdue acknowledgement of hip-hop's contributions to American culture. Lamar became known for the social commentary in his music. This thing about Lamar's music will be so relevant now in the U.S. where you have so much racial tension. There's one going on right now about Dante. Yeah. Don't do right, I believe. Yes, don't do right. And then there's the one about George Floyd. I mean, the, what's it called, hearings around going as we speak right now. So Lamar comes to the limelight as we speak. Well, he does, you know, but, you know, it's always been, you know, over time, there's always been, you know, persons in the American music industry, black American music industry who, or African American rather, who have, you know, used their music as a platform to speak against injustice here and there. And they've never held back, you know, because they live in a society where, you know, you can, you can speak your truth. And, you know, no record label is going to kick you out or government's not going to, you know, accuse you of breaking COVID-19 guidelines and, you know, and arrest you. So there is that, you know, but at the same time, you know, it's also, you know, the composition's one is really to give colors to a prolific writer and rapper who has, you know, been able to, you know, express his talent in a very, very phenomenal way. He has been rated many times as one of the best rappers in the world, Kendrick Lamar, along with the greats, you know, even in his time, you know, so if you can put him in the same breath as, you know, the likes of Nas and Tupac and B.I.G. and K.R.S.1 and some of all those great lyricists, then he has done phenomenally well. In a way, he shut out the glass ceiling in terms of the Pulitzer Prize. Yes, absolutely. Yeah. Absolutely. All right. That's what we have for you today in history. And we're moving into our first major conversation for today, which comes up next. We're going to be talking about the Consumer Prize Index. And of course, state in, well, conversations about the inflation we're currently dealing with, 22.95 percent food inflation. How are Nigerians coping? What does this really mean to the common Nigerian? What does this mean to everybody who might be affected? We get into that conversation after the short break. Stay with us.