 Welcome back. It's still the breakfast and plus TV Africa and we slide on next to off the press where we review the front pages of a major Daily's and of course, sir We reviewed that with an analyst at this month and a half GD Johnson chief lecturers and Institute of journalism joining us Good morning to you JJ All right, let us let it just start time with some the nation newspaper this morning and then make him from pager ACF leaders South should stop issuing threats over zoning. That's the lead story on the nation newspaper with the rider there It's president or nothing says or her knees a Girl of the days when novice a felt black mid and intimidated by threats of restructuring succession or succession Breakup or breakdown of Nigeria above the masted a novel story making the rounds on the nation newspaper OPEC raises Nigeria's production quota by 19,000 mega PD Abuja Kedona trend service set to regime no name and no I NIN no ticket payment of helicopter landing fee begins on Monday Senator Bashi relates for you tall as re-election campaign or the stories on the nation newspaper this morning Nigeria u.s. Others lead in gas flourin says world bank report a PC presidential form 17 aspirin so far still counting All right here in in consumers suit against multi-choice Suffers set back those are all of the stories on the nation newspaper quickly will move on next year the punch Nice paper are making Barma headline this morning 2023 consensus plan unsettles a PC protesters won against Imposition with several riders leading that particular story aspirin's number heats 30 12 peak forms. I'm also on four six-point agenda proteinable group wants NWC VP supporters targets ticket via consensus Zoning you have no monopoly of threat ACF replies sadden us I carry the loom All the stories federal government to take over ebonion medical sciences varsity says Buhari customs intercept 12 trucks of imported poisonous rise Now Lebanese Detained for crushing Lagos women victim undergoes seven are surgery rights violators can't get asylum UK tells iPope others Elas a fever case 140 ncdc alerts health workers Forex remittances crushed by 48 percent a mid-dollar shortage that's attributed to the central bank of Nigeria Also above the must-have of the punch newspaper subscribers reject 40 percent tariff hike vow to oppose Nigeria nine orders account for 75 percent global glass-faring Flaring that's a code into the World Bank tenable behind some will do GAC insists this controversy surrounds second him bid above that one federal government hikes electricity Tariff consumers condemn past sector privatization and Those are the main stories on the front page of the punch newspaper. We'll move on next to the Nigerian Tribune Why APC power brokers plots to jettison zoning? push from northern candidate gathers momentum South has wrote for 13 years in the fourth Republic ACF No, you will politician should run as vice-president candidate candidate in 2023 or her naysay Most of the class presidential ambition or she about Joe. No money back hurry peak nomination forms NERC approves new electricity tariff COVID-19 killed almost 15 million people in two years. That's a code into the World Health Organization 15% levy again Claring agents abandoned vehicles at him Ken Man bags death sentence for killing a traditional ruler in a kitty state No going back on June 3 deadline. I know it reminds political parties and Also making front page on the Nigerian Tribune this morning Asso strike Nigerians express anger as vice-chancellors wife's plan to attend cause in Turkey PDP adjusts election timetable shifts neck meeting LG congresses to hold May the 10th Suspense over APC Southwest leaders meeting with tinibu or she about Joe others customs says 7,250 Bucks of poisonous rice imported from India Those are the main stories on the front page of the Nigerian Tribune and finally, let's take a look at the daily independent newspaper Electricity tariff seems to be Taken front bone across a major on newspapers this morning a daily independent aptly captions it this way consumers kick as NERC Okay's tariff increase for this cause I see PC boss backs non-conviction based asset recovery in fight against corruption I've not endorsed any aspirant in Delta or Coa Admit some persons attempted to hijack delegates list Southwest ABC leaders meeting ex-governors alleged bias call for postponement Above the mast head 2023 or her name zeroes our vice presidential slot for southeasterners Fund education sign our agreement to preserve Nigeria's future as who tells Buhari Sano Nass resumed talks with federal government over strike On the red strip just below the paper 2023 presidency or she bad Joe Bakker finally peak forms and Those are the main stories are on the daily independent. Let's bring on GD Johnson chief lecturer Nigeria Institute of John Lytton Thanks for joining us again JJ Yes, I'm doing yes, I am so JJ Let's just talk that several issues to discuss on the front pages of this papers But let's start with the daily independent and the elite story this morning is them consumers are kick as neck Okay's tariff increase for this cause what is your reaction to that? Well I Just beneficiary of the service amongst the sedatives the other members of those top simple service and workers in ministry of power in Any housing there are pain you get to tie it will pay You enjoy these aspects of the office that reason by national assembly Let by Senate president and the cost in Nigeria represented Make a policeman with respect to DSP Not increasing their target, but they seem quiet to increase your target The year-end of widows wants to increase your target. Everybody and this body Finally comes from on the cities and we see them This is coming up by the people and for the people I cannot imagine if for example in my community And we are in town with you. Do you guys provide us with electricity? And the person will have the option to come to us three times in 18 months to tell us That is going to increase time and you will be the action of the good day So the people are related to represent us. They are actually not represent us They are just protecting the interest and they are giving an opportunity to work as running business to respect us Those in business want to mark my profit. No doubt about that. However Those that we are putting please and we will do to us. Elected and appointed. Most of the time that they are representing the people. The most protect the interest of people. So that's why DSP can get away with it. That's why this cause can get away with it. And that's why The entire concept of this The entire concept of two In 30 years we will increase the tariff. We will base the body. I'm not sure that there is anything that I use for the to buy To buy the jad car Or a JJ if I have to bought him as regards them the issue of the telecoms Just yesterday it was reported all over the news that they are increasing the tariff some call rate and SMS charges by 40% They are alleging high cost of diesel and other operational cost as well as the various Insecurity challenges, which have actually be devil to the operations and you know them base stations Would you really say that and they are in order if they are actually reviewing their costs as a result of this various high cost of them production Now just in the high cost of When you are making tremendous profit What do they give back to Nigeria society? Like I do everybody operating in business. Just look at their bottom line. Just look at their return on business and look at the profit They declare every year And we are proud to this year that they have a major disruption and everybody is just gone. So he Those factors I are taking Into consideration. So you should be you should be the consumer That should be at the end of the world There is a man since that is the consumer is the king but not in Nigeria because there are no consumer interest group Those that have elected those that are in the issue of communication those in Nigeria communication can do those in in Nigeria electric Let's see if it will be For the all of them They are not a business Interest what I hope what I hope excuse now if you are operating in the Intel concept Oh, and you know the power center is a major sub-sector that why are they not made investment in the power center? Why are they not made investment in the other sector? Why are they not contribute money to further comment to support the security issue Nigeria? I recall it because when I remember it was what's in the job and that's all the major company's operating because Come on come on with the labor security form. So what are these people doing in terms of your social responsibility In terms of their philanthropic and duties in terms of assisting and helping government to provide Leave it for other other sectors that are that are affecting There are Business All right, thank you, Jim Day Johnson for that particular comment Let's stay with that daily independent. There are other stories. I would love for us to review before we move on to other papers Southwest APC leaders meeting the ex-governors are a legend bias and call they are calling for postponement And from what we hear the vice-president Professor Yamio Shiba Joe may not be attending Before In Lagos house Principal aspirant is a godfather of Lagos feet So come to that meeting if you have play politics, you know the type of meeting they are calling Nobody if I if I may consult and or Remember any of the aspirants Team I'll tell you not to attend because it's working to get some they will come to that meeting and you see Okay So you think the issue is actually the that of location Lagos And Everybody can see that you can come for a meeting where you can come for a meeting a meeting where the people that are calling for the meeting I've shown some level of bias What about meeting are you calling for there's no worship and you attend they attend that meeting You didn't put the meeting in a picture Didn't put it in In the state Government government but you put it in Lagos house We are guys the government because it has only showed its preference for a presence as well. That's not a meeting That's it is is the meeting that is called to what we call you walk you walk Oh, you know the answer from the beginning of setting the question So you just get just go to the answer Would you go Such if you understand you are this you back using politics If you play politics and you guys will play I mean Now, if you recall two days ago in Kandikadnasti, it was said that it was reported that Erufa has been sent to Ubersoni as his successor. And they said at the meeting, after three hours extensive deliberation, and there was this thing going on around that it is a scheme of staff and former commissioner for two terms that they wanted to use before that they would find and then they had this meeting and then at that meeting, it was a three hour meeting and the governor Nassir Aleghen asked Senator Oba suddenly to pick the nomination form for the governor and then the good and good and prior to the nomination was asked to pick the nomination form for the senator last year. So it was allocated in position and at three hours extensive deliberation. So everybody had to bear his aspiration. And one of the reports, someone said we have to follow the Malam because the Malam is the leader and the widow of the leader is the widow of other. So this is what we are calling you. You want to ask everybody to cover that up? All right. So why can't they go just imagine they are taking the meeting to Asura and for one of the meeting was still in Asura. And as a vice president we use his own office too. So don't worry I'll provide you with that discussion and then we will have this meeting. All right today Johnson, let's also move on let's live on the APC Southwestern meeting for one moment. The APC is still in the news under Nigeria in Tribune this morning. Why APC power broke has plugged to Jettison zoning. It's as though we have not heard the last of this issue of zoning. There are some writers there which are very interesting. Push for Northern candidate gathers momentum. South has ruled for 13 years in the Fourth Republic. That's according to the Iowa Consultative Forum. Let's catch a reaction. This issue of zoning Jettison 8, the push for South East and South South Presidency. What are your thoughts really on this particular issue? Well it's this we may be planning on the call for the structure to be stronger. Whatever, whatever the outcome of 2023 elections, I think I'm going to be dissimilar. Whatever the outcome of 2023 elections because they really care. I wish you could join me in this conversation because I recall the appearance on the sister station program we told in the in the in the in the in the moon towards 20, 20, 19 election. And the exact event was that oh, they should not be going to continue. They should this is that because the power will come to itself. I asked him this question which I'm saying now. I don't know whether when I'm saying politicians don't see they are they are blinded by blinded by their solution. I say who said power is coming to the south? That is now in the 1999 question. But what I've seen of the political landscape that the modern political enemies will not want power to come to itself. That is and I'm going on it. The PDB will present the presidential candidate in 2023. That's towards 20, 20, 19 elections. And then you will see a movement from ABC to PDB from the north supporting the first line in the movement in 2015, 2014 when you have movement from the north of PDB to ABC so that ABC will retain the power in the north. So it is very clear and it is very and I know this game. The reason why I love it is that if you become clearer to the political class, I am told by kids and kids that call themselves the progressive in the south, in the south west for example. That you have to see with themselves if they say BC is a progressive party. I told them tell BC that they said the conservative ideology of the Nigerian political class. And I asked them then in 2015, when they give the power, that I'm looking forward to them ensuring that 37 SCP will be gone. And he said in the future that they will have the power of the 1999 constitution as amended. I'm looking forward to them doing the structure in which they all have to do. They have what they are telling in between their legs even their leader. They don't even have to say within the party that they enjoy they have to be able to do it. We have seen the images of the PM on post office, whether in PDB or ABC. We have tried to take power within the section of this country. And I'm saying the people are there. The people are there. They sound and they're not central and they sound who you do. And they do not listen and not listen. And they take the president. All right, Gidej Jensen. All right, Gidej Jensen, in the wake of all of this, you know the APC and of course trying to jettison and zoning. They have actually asked you know the politicians not to accept the slots or from vice and presidency. How do you see all of this playing out in the mathematics and of course in the game of numbers as the politicians do? Well it's not for us. It's not for us to say nobody should accept. But it's for them to come up with the quality what's stopping all this order. For example, I'm saying that we have been unfair but not allowing this out is to have a shot and the presidents have said it. If we use this term as a term principle and the principle of rotational presidency between the North and the South and then leave this surplus and have a shot of eight years. It's unfair. It's injustice. And I've just said for anybody to aspire to become a president in APC that's the truth for the South West. That's not but the truth. Those who should have first shot would be the South East and then followed by the South. In a sense, not even a single president should be a presidential nomination from and that's all you have to say. If that's why it's not dominant in APC. But in APC, you have them declined, left right and said that. What you have killed in all of going is the world's the South West so that one of the southern part of this country is on ethical, is on fair his own goals on. So as far as I'm listening to his concern, I'm listening to people who don't speak about ECN, they do not speak about social, cultural issues and political issues. They're talking about vice presidents. But they want to accept the nomination and they're going to kill the president. It may leave the nomination to either their third or fourth or fifth level. It may leave the nomination to the work of the participants. They provide assistance so it can get access as the principal of politics that we do in Nigeria is divided down and it's going to go round. So they would all get to meet. We need to know, that's the principle of fairness, equity and justice. It should be south east version, that should be accomplished between the south east and the south south. You know, the argument of the north, saying that the south, west has been the precedence, then we should go to military regime and talk about the number of years that the north is, as I don't know to use that strategy, that's what we deserve. The number of years that you have, military ago stayed from the north, we should go to that and analyze that. And then we go to, when we have the first precedent, the first precedent we have in this nation, Waseo Shagari, executive president, Waseo Shagari, he ruled for four years. So you have that with the north too. You don't admit it. You don't admit it to 1999 today. That's applying the principle of reductionism. So we won't take that from anybody. And then if that's the argument, then let everybody pray to your tent or his tent, because every aspect of our national ally is controlled by some certain sectional interest. And if it goes up there, if it goes up there, you don't need two regions to become the president. All you need to do is want to fund you for the exclusion to become the president. And that's it. And who says the north is united? Who sees it? All right. All right, Gidej Janssen, let's move on to the punch newspaper. Just yesterday, the media was awash with news, some have described it as fake news, of the national leader of the APC. That's the former governor of Lagos, Sita Shuadju, Ahmed Bola, Tinibu, not supporting the second term ambition of the incumbent governor. That's Babaji Desongu. But the punch just captured it this way. Tinibu, behind Sonwu, Lujia insists as controversy surrounds second term bid. Gidej, your comment. All right. I'll start. I'll start. Let me take that again. Let me take that again. Okay. Can you hear me, Gidej? Can you hear me, Gidej? Now, for governor of Lagos, it's a body outside of the APC's control. And nobody can decide who becomes governor of Lagos, Sita Shuadju, on the democratic nature of how they run their face in Lagos. Now, and then when you translate that to the national life, this same center of people will be completed. So if you are the governor advisory committee in Lagos, deciding who becomes governor of Lagos. And so you have the presidential advisory committee in Nigeria, for those who decide who becomes the president. So when the presidential advisory committee where they sit and they say you can't run or you can't run, but do you go back to Goro? All right. I will try and reconnect. Gidej Johnson will seem to be having an audio issue with connecting with him. There are other stories that I will need to talk about. For instance, the issue of poisonous rice being imported to the country from India, all of that are actually also making headlines across some various newspapers this morning. You know, there are other interesting stories on the punch on newspaper. For instance, Nigeria man orders account for 75% global glass or gas flaring. All right. Gidej, do we have you back? Yeah, I can hear you, Justin. Yeah, we can hear you. Go ahead, please. Okay. So like I said, if there is GST in the United States, there's PAC in Abu Dhabi, the presidential advisory committee that decide who becomes, and I can tell you the members of the presidential advisory committee. One, one is, one, two, I mean, one is in Abu Dhabi, one is from Tarawa, and then the principal one as I talk now is sitting in Asura. So if, if you have the GST in Abu Dhabi, it's in Abu Dhabi as well. So the people in Lagos should not stop completing, and there are, and there are aides to stop completing it. When you want to do consensus arrangement in, in, in Abu Dhabi, because in Lagos, we have always done consensus arrangement from GAC and not related on democratic point that was instigated. There has to, there has to, from the APBC first structure constitution, or from the communist structure in, in, in Lagos, what they also instigate to truncate their mission on people that have aspirations to become governors in Lagos and to, and to go to the, the, the, the time teach of the governor of Lagos, the politics. So, but I'll let you in. Just supposed to just the food, your arms are Kimber, just watch things. Alright, so, but then what, what should the electorate be doing there? Since you you have rightly and aptly said that that particular process is undemocratic. Should they just sit and watch a Kimbo as a thing, so just I'm decided for them? Well, you see, you see, what we have witnessed, I've said it over time, just in this country public power does not belong to you. Because the structure of the party system, the party system are controlled by the money box. And the money box dictate what happens at the party. Now there's no truly internal democracy within the parties. They just write the names of the ex-coop. You see the way they go about picking the ex-coops of the various political parties. How do you do that? They are internal conventions. You will see that there's no democracy. So in 1832, that's why in Cardinal State, Elephant would determine the country's success. That's why in Lincoln State, some people will see that God has said, I will tell people that cannot aspire and that cannot aspire. I have had friends, I have had people that have won parlorists and that their name is stopped to take from the parlorists which they won. The records are there. It's just that we have some measure of facility when it comes to investigating journalism, when it comes to the political landscape. In Nigeria, the stories are there. They are commonplace stories on the streets, on how the parties are wrong, on how the parties are structured with respect to internal democracy within the party. So you control, if you control the intelligence, if you control the ex-coop, you lie fictitious on the ex-coop, on the key of the election. You just put the names of your prunis and you will tell your prunis what they need to go and do. In the past, power belongs to the trust. They say politics is not good. Politics is not good. Politics is bad. Is it not in Borilon or is it not in Asuwa or Nehri? In all these common houses. In the past, it used to be the people that have control over the affairs of the party. Now, if you see that the governor or the former governor that has control over the political party. And that's what we are witnessing. That's the opportunity about this democratic dispassionation. People don't have the election representative after selecting these of them. They are imposed. They are imposed on people. You could see that somebody who has been in the political career for 20 years in Lagos, I am talking about the senator that I am presenting, Lagos West, Senatora District for 8 years. He was also an assembly member for 18 years. And he was also a member for 8 years. And the first thing to do is to represent the West as a senator elected. To represent the West as a senator after doing 20 years of political career in Lagos. Now it's not shifting base, except the people in that place. If you truly have a democratic structure that is not based on the position that the people in that community. I can't imagine 10 or 20 people of my nature in that community and then you have that part coming and part belongs to the people. That's such nonsense. All right, Judy Jemson. Let's take one more story from the punch and see if we can also talk on the nation. There's this disturbing story. I don't know where we are headed. Customs intercept 12 trucks of imported poisonous rice. You will see just nothing wrong with it. No one will rule. If poisonous rice, they will seize it and nothing will come. Just poisonous is the thing you need to access. There's no problem with the disco. Those who are ablating the disco. Those who are ablating the telcos. Those who are ablating TSC. We have problems with those who are on services to come into the country. The ministry of our Greek that used to work with customs with respect to food. So we just hear this story like this. And I will hear this story. Not a single staff of the people. Not a single staff. Not a single person that is responsible for this. Whether arrested or prosecuted or dismissed or disciplined. And I will give you a different measure. You can use it with the issue. Then you cross over that issue. And then you continue as business as an issue. So in Nigeria, there are no consequences for the action. You can get away with it. And that's why the governor would drive against the traffic. Because the police that are meant to maintain law and order would drive you home and beat you up. Because they are. So it's a lawless society where there is no respect for decency. There is no respect for all of law. And people don't face consequences for the action. And that's why we are found ourselves. We are found ourselves. We are not respect the power of principles. And we don't respect principles. Second will never be any meaningful goods. Let us not change the personnel of governments. We have been changing the personnel of governments. But our experience. Our experience gets worse and worse by the end. Why? Because we don't respect principles. We always believe that personalities will solve our problems. And then we don't even vote for the right candidate because the process has been compromised. And that's Niger by who rejects what happens within the political party. You solve what happens with the unity youth leader. That was something that got state. Where one of the aspirants was crying on national or at international state. Because that's their approach to the political class. That's what they're doing this secret. You know the first everybody. Every one of them to step down. Will you believe? People are coming. What we have is autocracy and not democracy. They are coming and holding microphone. I have stepped down. I have stepped down. Some of them share tears. And some of them are holding on. Like that lady from Brazil. I have stepped down for everybody. You have put two to two the line of the leaders. Do you know how many of those rise that are in the market already? That Nigerians are eating. It is a sad situation. In the 90s, that toxic oil, even this year, what has happened to the toxic oil in Nigeria? The toxic oil. That is still questionable. Because nothing has been done after all. Okay, let's go to the nation and these people as we begin to round off on this particular discourse. Let's talk about the Abou Jaqadou Natruen service. From what we hear, it is sad to resume. And no NIN, no TCATS. Abou Jaqadou Natruen service. Abou Jaqadou Natruen service search to resume. No NIN. Abou Jaqadou Natruen service search to resume. Right now they are saying that they are searching to resume. We have closed the door for explanation. With respect to the lives and properties of the Nigerian city. They might not want to come for the president to resign. Because in their failure of their duty to protect the lives and property they swore an oath to. They swore an oath. The governors also an oath to protect the lives and property of Nigeria. Have they lived up to the oath? They swore. One of his populace in transportation will collect from many of state-of-the-art patients when as we subscribe. And the minister of labour productivity will have presidential aspiration when as we subscribe. And there is no, it is just a vicious cycle. And like we said we can change personnel. But if we don't change our attitude, if we don't apply some easy principles of respect for life and property, human dignity. And next year we talk about it in 4 years time. When another election cycle comes around, we talk about it in 8 years time. When another election cycle comes around, we talk about it in 8 years time. And that keeps moving forward and coming back forward. It keeps moving forward and coming back forward. All right. A very big thank you to you Jilly Johnson for all the thoughts you have shared concerning the major stories that are trending on the front pages of the nation's newspapers. Thank you so much. Once again Jilly Johnson. And you too. Jilly Johnson is the chief lecturer at the Niger Institute of Journalism. That's as much as we can take on the press. We'll take a quick break and return with more. But just before we let you know what's happening or what happened this day in history, stay with us.