 Alright, just watching ways on 1st of December, WHO as a World Health Organization joined partners to commemorate World AIDS Day 2022 under the theme equalize, WHO is calling on global leaders and citizens to boldly recognize and address the inequalities which are holding back progress in ending AIDS and equalize access to essential HIV services, particularly for children at key populations and their partners, men who have sex with men, transgender people, people who use drugs, sex workers and people in prisons. This is a very important day because today also marks our 30th anniversary on Ways. I remember we launched the show on World AIDS Day in 2019 and you know three years down the line here we are. I mean AIDS is one, I don't know how to explain it, is there but it's not there. But there's so many people that you hear, I mean recently I don't know who was telling me of a couple that the man had died then later on the wife also passed on because again he had infected her with HIV. So I mean we talk about these things but people do not really pay attention. I think I saw on social media the governor of Lagos State distributing condoms you know as part of his campaign strategy saying that you know protect yourself, STIs, STDs are still very much prevalent. I think people also need to realize that there are other ways AIDS or HIV can be transmitted and not just through sexual intercourse, you know. Like frankly said through drugs, people that use drugs where you have to, what's it called now? Intervenous like the drug here. Yeah. And even in hospitals, even in places where you have a salon, shop, object, I know people just need to be very careful. I think there's a lot of awareness but you know we often consider people that are not open to you know this kind of information, very real areas as well. But I think yeah, the government is probably trying to do a very, they're trying, they're putting in efforts to make sure people are aware of you know this virus so to speak. But to never hear your thoughts on AIDS then we come to your what's in the news. I think that we've come a long way from where it started, right? But I also think that there's become some complacency in terms of awareness. It's not at the forefront of people's minds anymore, right? We all know it's out there. We know somewhere in the back of your mind. But then if you think about the amount of young people who have grown up or become teenagers in this period who may not necessarily have gone through that time of like the 80s and 90s when it was at the forefront of everybody's mind, right? So now we need to continue drives like this. So days like this, when we continue to raise awareness, particularly like Chinala said that there's so many other ways that it can be transmitted and then creating sort of that awareness as well of people living with HIV, removing the stigma because the lack of information or awareness that's been created is because we still have stigma around it. Even though people are living with it now, what are those drugs called? Retroviral drugs, yeah. Yeah, retroviral drugs, right? That people are able to live, ritualize. I remember a lady once coming to speak to us at my workplace and she was pregnant when she was talking to us and she had given this whole entire talk only for her to then say she was HIV and I was like, you know, what's going on? So it's actually, you know, creating a robust awareness of it and just having people be sure and be clear what what they need to know, how they need to protect themselves and if in fact they know anybody that is living with it and how it can be. I think even one of our first guests on the show, the very first show, it's important to keep raising awareness of it, it's so powerful. Absolutely, absolutely. I mean, we'll keep on talking about it because we're not only celebrating what's called an anniversary, it's a very important day to actually just keep the conversation in the media. All right, so Uti, your story, what did you find for us in the news today? My headline, in fact, is a very interesting one. When it caught my attention, I thought, ah, finally. So my headline says, NNPC breaks silence, explains reason for recent field scarcity in Lagos and other countries. Now, nobody is in the last few weeks can say they've not been impacted by this field scarcity, at least certainly here in Lagos and I was expecting, I mean, this has been going on and off, you know, every so often and it either comes down to transportation and logistic issues or it comes to the actual loading, the cost of loading the fuel from the market, what's it called, from the depots. So seeing this headline, I think it's myself, OK, the NNPC is coming out with a valid explanation only for me to see the explanation that the gridlock is due to bad roads in Napa Pa and access road challenges and that Abuja is affected because Lagos is affected and how normalcy is going to return soon because they have sufficient products and they increase in product loading and they're working with all the different stakeholders. Like I read through this story and I was like, hmm, that doesn't sound right. Like, I mean, I don't know how you see it, but you know how you're reading a story and you are struggling for someone to come and tell you that the problem is the bad roads. You're struggling to believe it. I'm struggling because I'm like, ah, well, well, OK. I mean, I have to believe you have to take your word for it, you know. Believe it's a stretch, you have to take your word for it. But I mean, does this sound funny to you? Because it sounds funny to me. I believe it's a fact. What's it? Let's believe them and leave it there. I believe it's a fact. She doesn't know your story. OK, on today's episode of funny stories. Yeah. So I found this post from a popular Nigerian actor where he received a standing ovation as he visited the Nigerian immigration service two days ago. And we saw him bowing for the top officials in the video. The what's he called now the controller general at the NIS office in Ikwe. And he received a very warm reception. You see, everybody came and they were shaking me. And you know, he was even introducing it and I'm like, wow, very interesting. I remember when I went to that place to go and get my passport. And I'm like, shall I not be a celebrity like this now? So that when I go there, I don't have. But like I said, he went there to get his passport to Japan in quotes. And then this was the warm reception. So I don't know if this reception is making him change his mind from Japan or if he's going to. But I think, well, I think because when I went to first start to do my passport term, I mean, the same way was he called the two pictures. They also took pictures with me. But the only difference is that I did not post it online. Do you understand? You know, I mean, they are also humans. You know, the star stroke, right? That's okay. That's perfectly fine. My one thing is that treat everybody with some level of, OK, yes, the person is important. Don't just treat only voluntarily, because there are some people that have been waiting for months have not gotten their passports. I'm sure you've seen that I have been going there for the past how many weeks. And then this is the treatment that voluntarily got. But then it's all right. It's so cute. All right. So my story is quite scary because, you know, sometimes when you hear some things, you think, OK, somewhere else. But this one is not in Nigeria. So apparently Adee Dami had posted on social media how she got robbed in London, right? According to the post, let me just read it. She said, regardless of where you are or where you plan to go, the most important thing is for God to be with you. My handbag was stolen some weeks ago in London. My phone and all my money for the trip gone in a second, literally, that she said the Met Police even had to get involved. It was like a movie. Thank God for a helper. I would have been stranded in a foreign land. The world has really changed, guys. It's not the destination. I mean, it's not about where we will flourish, prosper. I mean, sorry, it's about where we will flourish, prosper and be happiest. You know, the second slide, she said the second slide has gone a lot from Apple, saying that her phone had gotten to China before her. So apparently, I think so a few weeks back, you know, Token Makiwa had also posted how she got robbed in London, that she's speechless, that all her valuables are gone. Gosh, how could this happen to me and all of that? So I then heard that the UK, the federal government had advised Nigerians traveling to the UK and the US, telling them that the federal government had advised them traveling to UK, Europe to take extra precaution to avoid being dispossessed of their belongings that the Minister for Information had given that advice on the 28th of November, actually, at a news conference in Abuja, according to him, said it has come to the attention of the government that Nigerian travelers to the, Nigerian travelers to the United States, some countries in Europe are having their belongings, especially money and international passports stolen at an increasingly alarming rate, right? Yeah. So, I mean, when you hear these kinds of things, you think, oh, you know, they said the most recent of their travelers to the UK, most of whom were dispossessed of their belongings at the high-growth shops, particularly high streets of Oxford. You know that Oxford Street, Uti, you know what I'm saying, people would be that, you know that that place, you really must be careful, because the last time I was in the UK, there was a particular guy that was following us around, you know, but because we were in a park, you know, my mother was there, my sisters were there, so we were observing, so once the guy knew that we had consciously paid attention that he was actually following us, he then left. When I also went to France, right? I was in Paris, I was on a train, and some guys started trying to phone one kind of, this thing I say, so they don't know who I'd be, you know? They were like, you know, but you could tell that they had very bad intentions, right? But I just kept my calm, because that's the good thing about me, no matter how everything is, I try to be calm because it is in calmness that you can really respond to situations like this. So I think people should just be careful. Again, this is the season for all of these things. People tend to want to steal at this time because they feel like Christmas is coming, I have to do things, and you know, again, because of the global recession that has hit the world, UK is really facing a crisis right now, do you understand? So it is only natural for you to now have some level of crime increasing, yeah. Kuti, you want to say something? No, I just, I mean, you're actually spot on, right? The, this particular, I love how our media called it High Street of Oxford, because it's Oxford Street in London. But I actually got that feedback, because when that story came out the other day, I was like, naturally, anywhere where you have high tourist populations, you tend to find that a lot more pickpocketing, and crime goes on. Now the UK is seeing, I mean, this is, we used unprecedented for COVID, they are literally in a really bad state, economy-wise, they're talking about a cost of living crisis, how people really cannot afford to survive. So the fact is, this is a real reality. So the way we also have seen crime rise, the same thing is happening there, like the cost of food, the cost of everything has skyrocketed. So we are seeing all sorts of creative ways. I mean, in fact, the person I spoke to when she was describing how her bag got picked, it sounded like the scene in a movie. You know how when they show those kids where somebody distracts you or they're arguing, and then they literally lift your, you know, your belongings off you and you don't notice. So it really, I mean, it's a prime destination for Nigerians, so we really do need to take as much precaution as possible wherever we are. But security consciousness can never go wrong. Absolutely. So on that note, we'll take a break now when we come back from the break, we want to discuss religion and culture. Stay with us, we'll be right back.