 It's the midweek frenzy edition of the Breakfast and Plus TV Africa and it's time for us to take a look at some major headlines on some national dailies this morning and after that we'll be joined by Tunde Kolawole, a legal practitioner, to dissect some of these headlines on Off the Press. We'll begin with the nation's newspaper. The nation newspaper leads with National Assembly Appabio Abbas, rally lawmakers for support. The writer there, House Speaker, Deputy Speaker, candidates, Visit President-Elect, another writer, Senate President candidate Wyden Support Base and Northern, not Central Senators, Protestants, Neglect. All right. Petrol subsidy pushing Nigeria to bankruptcy. Senusi wants to find details of that on page five. Buhari Tnubu congratulates Adelike details of that on page 28 of the nation newspaper. Monetary policy alone can't reset economy, says the CBN, non-oil sector, critical to recovery. Well, details of that is right on the front page, but it continues on the inside of that. That's page six. Well, that's the much I'll be taking from the nation's newspaper. Yeah. But there's also PDP governors begin move to reconcile Attiku with VK, MacIndea and others. It's like taking paracetamol after you're dead. Okay. Well, nature news is next. The nature news begins with or leads with water bill. Minister blames misinformation for non-passage, says 96% already in existence. That's on page three. So that means the provisions of the bill have already been in existence without the passing of the bill. Okay. Green shipping, Mars orders 19 low carbon ships. Okay. We'll penalize shipping companies exporting undocumented cargoes. That's the CBN. You'll find that on page 11. Expect three days of heavy rains in FCT, Kaduna, 10 other states, Nimet warns. And then there's this interesting one logging. Jigawa, Bans tree felling for Firewood, Chakol. Okay. Those are the headlines we intend to take from the nature news. All right. So from the nature news, we go to the Guardian newspaper, which is leading with a made 168% tariff hike in eight years. Nigerians pay premium for unavailable electricity. Details of that you'll find on page four of the Guardian newspaper. Beavers to the rescue, Supreme Court of Femmes, Adelike, ocean governor details of that to be found on page four of that. Outrage over abduction, forceful conversion of 14 year old Esther to Islam in Kaduna. Well, that's a metro page on metro. You find that on page eight of the Guardian newspaper. What concerns over electricity generation as terrorists, national infrastructure, details of that on page six of the nation's newspaper. All right. That's the much I'll be taking from the Guardian. Okay. The punch newspaper is next. The punch begins or leads with presidential poll, tribunal to consider PDP LP's live broadcast request. That'll be nice. The writer is broadcasting proceedings live is of national importance Atticus legal team LP insist. And then justice tsunami promises. Oh, not tsunami. Justice some money promises PD treatment of demand, APC vows appropriate response. We have also speaker five aggrieved aspirants team up against a bus that is on page seven or Taylor fumes over trans cop deal. A little keeps mom that is on page 31 over 200 billion dollar national asset lost to terrorism. That's federal government on page 42. Then 15 die in Sokoto both accident 25 missing. You find that on page eight. Final final victory. Buhari, Tinabu congratulated a delicate supporters jubilee. Lagos federal government orders private jets removal from Abuja airport. Those were the headlines or those are the headlines we're taking from the punch this morning. All right. So we have our guest today. Kola Wale a legal practitioner ready to join us right now to discuss some of these headlines. Hello, Tunde. Good morning to you. How are you today? I'm good. All right. So let's look at the story from ocean state. Final victory. Buhari, Tinabu congratulated a delicate supporters jubilee. Give us your take on this. How do you respond to this victory given to a delicate? Well, I want to say that I'm impressed by the response of the president in life and she was jubilee. And also that of the president of the pump manna and which they converted the ability to do that. Yeah. So from the response that those two people are now the eight like a greater statement, particularly presented. He has all the wear with us in terms of the forces machinery of the state. So really manipulate the elections and aura. But it would appear that they have to reprint or think on that kind of a thing. If some other position is the most important in this country would have the same attitude like he has had. I think we'll begin to have to see a fair election right here. And so got nothing to make it. But I think we should congratulate him. It has been a hard day for the victory. You will remember the first contested the first time and it was a leg that is quietly won that election. And that election in the way it was manipulated. But we as lawyer would not say that in the sense that at least it went to the election petition tribunal. And the election petition tribunal found that it was a former governor. And you also remember there was nothing that could be thrown at anybody that the APC didn't throw at Govno Ademekis to make sure that it doesn't really become a governor. And also to some certificate candidates to Uambé, Cali Cachorro, and all manners of assaulting, harassment, intimidations, and all that. At the end of the day he has won at the tribunal. The take away from me from this is that the Oshu state people have spoken and that the courts have also affirmed what the Oshu state people have said. And they have said that no matter what shortcomings they are delicate enough is the person they want as their governor. If that is the case, I will want to suggest that we might need to amend the Nigerian constitution. We prescribe certain minimum and certificates that some of these proceedings will have before they can contemplate or aspire to occupy any officer in the offices. Certificate doesn't really make a mess. I know so many people never want to scoop, but the right good English to speak good English and word of it. Perhaps we should just say that if anybody contests an election, should be able to read, write, and understand the Nigerian official language, which is the English language. Once you are able to do that and order, they should be led to contest the election. For Govno Ademekis, he asked my sympathy. I have met him about three occasions and orders and I also have people who are very close to me, who have wanted under him. That's my religion. He is very prudent. He is very intelligent. He is also a woman. He is somebody that has very little. The people of Oshu state would not have rejected for Govno Ademekis in any circumstances, in terms of experience, in terms of the constitution, in terms of the faculty and family as an administrator. I suspect that very little has paid for the pride or the sins of his predecessors. Because you will remember, when Govno Raupali Prasala left Oshu, he left a mountain of debt, just like, for example, while he is living. He also left so many, he promised to deliver on a near future. His contract was awarded. The near future has not been consulted enough. And what he simply did was also to import the developmental model of legal state into Oshu state. And he started implementing that in Oshu state, like legal schools, ICC centers and others. Whereas the environment is totally different. Because it's cosmopolitan, there are no more lots of new schools and all that. You also remember, we introduced one single uniform, which all the schools have to start wearing. It was also on the Raupali Prasala, the religious fundamentalism in terms of religious scammership began to rise in Oshu state. Yeah, Mr. Tunde, time will not allow us to dig deeper into this matter. But let's talk about, briefly, just in a sentence or two, some of the things, the judgment by the Supreme Court over this matter. And one of them is that transmission of results via Biva is not the only way to declare a result. How did I strike you when you read it or when you heard it? We are not in there. I do not agree with the Supreme Court with regard to that. Why do I say that? We remember, not the way we discussed about these issues. I suggested that there are three sources of law, the Constitution, the Vector Act, and the INAIC regulations and guidelines. I would want to, I mean, say that Viva was made, Pat and Paso, always included in the INAIC route and guidelines. And I think also in the Electoral Act, which says that the transmission of results via the lethargic medium. So if that is Pat and Paso of our law, the Supreme Court not to say that it is not mandatory that we should transmit the results through Biva so that we use the Biva. If the argument has been that there was a force in our job, which made it impossible for INAIC to use the Biva to kind of upload the lethargy and not to transmit the lethargy results, that would be understandable. For that argument to not work in the sense that at least the National Assembly elections that are conducted, I mean, that were done, I got to learn, I mean, with the presidential elections are one of them. Some of those songs were transmitted through the Biva. So if you deal with Biva for the National Assembly elections, why would we not deal with the presidential elections? I am just saying that with regard to the election. If Biva is Pat and Paso of our law, the court does not say that it is not compulsory that we should transmit the results with a Biva. All over the world today, technology is the same thing. That is the court in which it is. If it was because we were failing manually in the coalition of the results in conducting elections in this country, that was when we began to introduce technology and adopt technologies into some of these things. Why would we not begin to grow up and grow up at the same time? So with that, I do not agree with the Supreme Court. But the future of the Supreme Court is supreme. The only thing you could make is to go, we are bi-getting never. Okay. Well, some conspiracy theories have been that they are setting a precedent to make a leeway for the kind of judgment that we will have in the presidential elections. But there will be no time to answer that. There is this consideration, tribunal to consider PDP LP's live broadcast request. So there's been that request that the proceedings should be broadcast live. Some people have kicked against it. Some people have said it's for national interest, for the transparency that comes with that. What's your response to it? When I want to align myself with the court that the tribunal's proceedings should be broadcast live, when you look at our law, and the law that is published on our court, and some of these tribunals are known as, it says that any time a court is situated, tribunal is speaking, all its doors must be told open for people to come in and out. And why does the law say that? The law wants to see transparency. And whatever is done in a court of law, and in some of these tribunals are known as, if the Nigerian people or the parties that are involved in this election petition are known as like the PDP, the legal party and what have you, are calling for the tribunals to be broadcast live and all that. I don't think there's anything wrong with it. If you further help to ensure that we have transparency, not just in the proceedings, but also whatever wins and decisions that the election president tribunal or the presidency might come up with at the end of the day, it shouldn't even be the legal president's law, there are some other things before the court, and then before some of these tribunals, the tribunal in this will go on live, not so give them, give them people the assurance that no under the table transactions will be done with respect to some of these things. And you know the election president has very sensitive. So whatever is going to compare more legality, more accessibility into the citizens of that tribunal, I am all for it. And I think broadcasting the citizens of that particular tribunal on a daily basis live rules here to instill some transparency and not give the Nigerian people that justice is not just in the people, but actually in fact and so without fear of people. Well, I believe by Thursday we'll be knowing for sure if the court is going to grant that request. Well, we do not have any more time to continue without the press, unfortunately. But Tinde Kolaoli, thank you so much for your time and insight on these topics we've raised with you this morning. Thanks, thanks for having me. You're still watching The Breakfast on Plus TV Africa. We'll continue now with our first hot topic after this break. Stay with us.