 Will the bimodal verification accreditation system lead to credible elections in Nigeria? We'll take a look at the new technology being deployed by Nigeria's Electro Commission for its forthcoming general elections in 2023. And the Oshun State Police Commissioner has ordered the disbandment of the state's surveillance card. Why is there still police brutality in Nigeria? We'll look at the bizarre incident that led to this disbandment. And, of course, we'll have in-depth analysis of the headlines of today's national dailies right ahead on the breakfast. Very good morning to you. We're back with a breakfast right here on Plus TV Africa. My name is Kofi Bartels. This is a brand new week of interesting discussions and in-depth analysis right here on Plus TV Africa. We're on DSTV Channel 408 in the Star Times, of course, Channel 308. You can also watch us live on our YouTube channels, Plus TV Africa, and Plus TV Africa Lifestyle. Before we get into the thick of things, let's look at what's been generating conversations on the social space right here in Nigeria and around the world. And there have been more wins for the Nigerian contingent to the Commonwealth Games holding in Birmingham in the United Kingdom for the year 2022. Records being broken, like we say in Nigeria, they're giving the people joy. Yes, indeed. And let's just take a trip to Birmingham and see what transpired in the latest set of races when Nigeria broke records and athletes won medals. It's on the podium, and so too Charlton and Bahamas, their first medal, 12.129, come at the hour, come at the champion. It's a successful title defence and a game's record by a country mile. Amazon is on fire this season, and she has forgotten how to lose. Brilliant by the Nigerian, simply brilliant. 12.29 is special, ending under 12-3. Yes, indeed. You can see Nigeria's Tobi Amosan there. Breaking records and winning, she has been a champion at the world stage as far as the 100 metre hurdles is concerned, and she won the 100 metre hurdles for Nigeria, clinching the gold medal in the 100 metres, women's 100 metres hurdles of the 20-22 Commonwealth Games. Fantastic performance by the Nigerian contingent, and Amosan was not only winning the 100 metre women's hurdles, she also won the 100 metre, really four by 100 metre, really right there in the Commonwealth Games. Fantastic performance by the Nigerian contingent, of course you had the Nigerian men also clinching the bronze medal, the bronze medal from that four by 100 metre race. Of course several, several, several awards being won by the Nigerian contingent, the men clinching the gold medal, and the women clinching, of course the women clinching the gold medal, the men clinching the bronze medal. Apart from Tobi Amosan, apart from the 100 metre, four by 100 metres gold, and then for the women, and the four by 100 metres bronze for the men, you had Ese Brume winning gold for Nigeria, and the women's long jump at that Commonwealth Games, she had no jump on her first attempt, but bounced back right away to jump 6.99 metres to take the lead in the final instead of the new Games record. Just about winning medals for Nigeria, you have these athletes also setting records. Tobi Amosan set a record in the 100 metre hurdle, the four by 100 metres team also set a record, and you have Ese Brume setting a record as well. In the powerlifting, heavyweighting, they have been medals won and they have been a record set. It's been fantastic, Brume's heroics coming like we said earlier, the same day a friend, Tobi Amosan, also set a new Games record for the 100 metre hurdle. Fantastic performance, and of course Nigeria currently sits at a very, very pretty position, winning 12 gold medals so far, 9 silver and 14 bronze. 12 gold medals so far, 9 silver and 14 bronze. Last time I checked, Nigeria had gotten to the sixth position only to be pushed down a bit by Scotland, and you can see some of the pictures there. It's such a four by 100 metre relay team, I believe. It's such a joy to see that these athletes are bringing the nation a lot to be happy about and to also celebrate fantastic, fantastic performances right there in the Commonwealth Games. Yes, this is the four by 100 metre team. That's a four by 100 metre team that won the gold medal there. The men are also doing their bit, four by 100 metre bronze. Nigeria coming ahead of countries like Jamaica, countries like South Africa, it's quite a joy, indeed, and long made continuum. We want to see that these athletes will be encouraged, these athletes will be harnessed, and of course they will be encouraged to do more, to do more, to do more. You saw before now the four by 100 metre bronze winning team right there at the Commonwealth Games, 2022. For the medal table, Australia came top. The Australians were bragging. I happened to come across a video yesterday where there's a rivalry between the Australians and the British, and so they were bragging that they were going to go to the UK and defeat England in their own backyard and bring it home in their words. Indeed, the Australians topped the table with 66 gold medals, 55 silver and 53 bronze. England came second, these are the hosts came second, with 55 gold medals, 59 silver and 52 bronze. You had Canada coming third with 26 gold medals, they had 31 silver, 34 bronze. New Zealand came fourth with 19 gold, medals 12 silver and 17 bronze. India came fifth with 18 gold medals, 15 silver medals and 22 bronze. Like I said, Nigeria was in the sixth position, but in a couple of hours, Scotland won an extra medal to push the country down. Scotland came sixth with 12 gold medals, 11 silver and 26 bronze, while Nigeria came seventh with 12 gold medals, nine silver and 14 bronze medals. One of the bronze medals there, the four by 100 meter relay for the men. Nigeria came on top of countries like Wales, South Africa, Northern Ireland, Malaysia, Jamaica, interestingly, Kenya and the likes. It's quite surprising for Nigeria to be the likes of South Africa in such a competition, because South Africans do well. I mean, when you look at the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, World Athletics, you look at the fact that there are other sports that can bring you medals. And South Africans like the Australians, like the Chinese, like the Russians, like the English, the British, always and Americans always try to do well in a lot of other sports, apart from the ones that they are strong in. So I think the key for the Nigerian contingent here is the medals won in a lot of other sports, like the long jump, the power lifting, weight lifting, apart from the athletics. We need to harness this country's brimming with talent. And that has been the message by many Nigerians in the social space that the country is brimming with talent and all the authorities need to do is provide a support and enabling environment in a platform for the young people who are brimming with talent to aspire and to, you know, perspire. And of course, to win medals for the country. When they win medals for the country, it brings glory to the country. Not to forget, if the U.S. dollars are brought, they will have their remittances and the economy will grow, it will be stronger. So policies need to be put in place for sport. I mean, I'm near to see a comprehensive sport policy that is taking advantage of the brimming talent we have in the country to make Nigeria one of the forces to reckon with as far as the Olympic Games are concerned. And the country can do it. Nigeria has a population, it has a size, it has a people, the skill, the talent, the resources to do this, you know, and the country can do this. So congratulations to Team Nigeria, placing seventh at the Commonwealth Games with 12 gold medals, nine silver, and 14 bronze, and of course, bringing glory to the country. Let's move on, of course, the appointment of Fesos Kayamu as a spokesman of the APC Presidential Campaign Organization, elicited reactions amongst a lot of people in the country. And the equal appointment of Dino Melae as the co-spokesman for the PDP presidential campaign, of course, got people talking and saying, ah, it's probably going to be Fesos Kayamu versus Dino Melae. But we can't forget that Daniel Boala is also somewhere in there as well. These are vocal individuals, and Fesos Kayamu didn't waste any time hearing the ground running by appearing on the television program a day after his announcement was made in that presentation by the party officials and the presidential ticket holders to the president. So Kayamu has been talking. He has said some things in the interview some days ago, and one of which was that Nigeria should go beg Asu or plead with Asu to, you know, to go back to the classroom while negotiations are still on. And he asked questions. Some were saying important questions. Some felt these questions were not really necessary. He said, how can Nigeria fund the demands of Asu, the money Asu is asking for? And he's saying, do people expect the country to borrow? All right? To borrow, ah, to pay Asu? Do people expect Nigerians to borrow to pay Asu is what he was asking. And he looked at the income the country has. He says, are you looking at 20.1 trillion there? And if you want to look at the total package for Asu, just for this agreement to be fully implemented, you have a 1.1 trillion there. That is almost, that's about an 18% of the total income of the country if you do a math. It's 20.1 trillion there. So what Kayamu was saying is it's going to take an 18% of the nation's income to give to one group and then this same group is going to set, you know, how they receive it, the platform which they receive, how they're going to be paid. And set a lot of other criteria that must be followed before they go back to the classroom. So he asks, should Nigeria borrow to pay Asu? Should Nigeria go broke to pay Asu? And some people didn't take that lightly at all. They didn't respond kindly. Well, Kayamu has been in the news again and he took to Twitter to make some statements, you know, on Saturday. He said that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Shoah Jibola, is prepared to improve on the legacies of President Mohammad Buhari, is what he says. And I'll quote him here. He says, quote, well, his tweet comes shortly after describing an online newspaper, The People's Gazette, as a purveyor of fake news. Yes, is what he's saying, The People's Gazette, he said the purveyor of fake news. Indeed, I mean, personally, I will agree with Professor Kayamu. I mean, I've seen more than one story on that news site and I don't read them. I don't read them because I've seen fake news being paid on that site. And I've asked questions, right, that given in the office here, in the office here, my colleagues would know that I've always raised concerns about this. Now, is Professor Kayamu talking about this because it's not favoring him or what? Personally, I've seen fake news and when I see fake news I call it out and it's wrong. But let's go back to what Professor Kayamu put on Twitter. He says, quote, to put purveyers of fake headlines out of business, this is opposition A. There are areas where PMB's government has done exactly well, infrastructure, rail, agriculture, et cetera, official AB80, that's a Tinnable's handle. We will continue with those revolutionary strides but also seek to improve them. B, there are areas of security challenges that have improved significantly. Example, farmer, head of clashes, North East insurgency, et cetera, is as Tinnable will review these situations and improve additional, or employ additional strategies to maintain the momentum and consolidate the gains achieved in these areas. C, ask for new areas of security challenges, example, banditry and kidnappings in the Northwest official AB80 that's Tinnable is prepared to employ additional tools and tactics to complement the present work in progress in order to totally eradicate them if Nigerians graciously give him their mandate. All right, so what he's saying is that the headline that was carried by a newspaper, an online newspaper called Gazette, People's Gazette, which he calls a pervery of fake news is fake, where they said that Tinnable will run Nigeria exactly like Tinnable and them. I personally have had not some kind words for this platform right here in the office. I mean, we have editorial meetings and so I always insist that People's Gazette should be cut off and yanked off from references. I mean, from time to time, they will run credible stories but it's uncalled for as a media outfitter that do not know who is behind that paper. So he's saying he never said Tinnable will run Nigeria exactly like Buhari, like Gazette says. He says Tinnable will improve on Buhari's legacy. But of course, some people still responding to his tweet have not, and are still taking care of most words and saying even if they didn't quote you well or they misquoted you, we still do not want or do not believe that the country should be run anything like how Buhari has run the country. We don't even want to hear that name, you know, is what people are saying to Faisal Skiabi. Sudan has been really busy, really busy given, you know, comparison between when Tinnable was governor and before it became governor, for instance, put out a picture on his Twitter account Oshodi 1999 and then Oshodi currently and he says, let's see Adamawa and a number of 1999 talking about Obi and Dati. So his tweet on this issue of fake news where he says, you know, he will, Tinnable will improve on Buhari's legacies. It's generated more than 1,000 reactions and 1,000 comments. I was going to read a few of the comments there, the ones that can be put on air and you can check it out for yourself. Someone replied, what about areas where PMB did not do well, like economy, security and corruption? Another person says, so the evil you and your Buhari brought upon Nigeria isn't enough for you. You want Tinnable to top it, don't worry. It's your time. Another person says, the same fellow acts when Nigerians, okay, I'm just going to leave this one. So these are some of the reactions. We are not really happy at all and whether there was fake news or whether he said he was going to continue a legacy or whether he says he will improve upon it and people are not really, really taking that too kindly. So anyway, we'll monitor that situation. Of course, Faisal Skiamo will always be in the news for the reason of being not just a minister but also, you know, of being the spokesman for the Tinnable campaign. I mean, he has his work cut out as far as speaking for this presidential candidate's concern. I mean, an example here, he's given sort of a reply to say this is what I said, and Man is actually right to say he didn't say that Tinnable will continue the legacy but actually he said that Tinnable will improve on the legacy of Buhari. But even at that, he still has his work cut out because people are not happy as far as the performance of this administration is concerned. I mean, you have people struggling with economic issues, you know, struggling with insecurity. You have, you know, the past situation is not helping businesses. They Naira is struggling against the U.S. dollar and a lot of other, you know, challenges. So he has his work cut out as far as talking and speaking for Tinnable is concerned. Now let's move over to another one. This happens to be a one million march for Obidati in Nassarua state. We've had several one million marches for Obidati before Vendati came in and this is the latest. I was speaking to a friend or colleague of mine who said, you know what? Obidati doesn't need to spend any money. He's not even spending any money for campaign, not spending money for billboards, not spending money for rallies while the other candidates are spending money. And so it's quite interesting this Obidati phenomenon going around in Nigeria ahead of the 2023 elections. Nigeria has never seen anything like this. We're talking about the Nassarua state and just catch a bit of a feel of what happened in that one million march for Obidati in Nassarua state. All right, so that's a bit of it. Obimania, Dati Mania is still in the air. People are, you know, going out voluntarily, you know, just organically. No organization, no meetings, no planning, no, you know, advertisement to sale. Please, we need people themselves together to form groups, to form think tanks. The only problem I have is that the electoral act is quite clear about when campaigning is meant to begin and it's not in the campaign period. So it's sort of campaign billboards. I'm sure the candidates in question can say, oh, well, they didn't put it up themselves. They didn't, you know, they've not gone out to campaign themselves. These are people just doing it so nobody can hold them liable. I think I've seen one or two billboards on Balame Tinbu in Lagos. This was ahead of the APC presidential primary, Emiloko, and all of that. He would say, well, he didn't say anything about 2023 elections, he just said Emiloko. So I'm sure they can get away with it. But this is nothing like Nigeria has ever seen before. You know, people moving out on their own. Some don't even know where the Labour Party office is in their state, just moving on the streets. Of course, there are not one million people there, but at least there are some people on the road moving around. And the debates will keep on raging as to whether the supporters of Peter Obi and Dati on social media can muster a good number online. Of course, you know, the opponents of Obi in this 2023 presidential campaign, and their supporters have said it well that his obedient supporters, like they're called only a Twitter crowd and they don't have a structure. Time will tell. It's going to be fascinating and interesting to see what are they able to prove. You know, the doubters wrong. All right. Anyway, my name is Kofi Bartels and we'll be back with more right here on the breakfast. Of course, we have a look at what the papers are saying today with in-depth analysis of Puna Bo in Kotaria.