 A High Court ruling in Abia State on Wednesday says the abduction and forceful return of Nambi Kanu to Nigeria was illegal under local and international law. We took a look at the merits of the ruling and the legal implications among others. Also on the breakfast away from Abia State, we look at the controversy surrounding the proposed removal of fuel subsidy by 2022. Did the Nigerian government remove fuel subsidy or not? And also don't forget, we'll be looking at going through today's national dailies and analyzing the biggest stories on the pages of the New Supers. Welcome to the Breakfast Time Coffee Bartels. And I am Mr Bopu, it's good to be back on your screen this beautiful morning. It's going to be an amazing time of having great conversation. Two hours straight up and this morning, top on the discussion would be the unlawful arrest of Nambi Kanu would also be looking at the issue of fuel subsidy removal should the federal government consider, you know, the removal of fuel subsidy. There's a lot of back and forth with all of that saying the president did not direct the removal of fuel subsidy and it caused a lot of concern because Nigerians are already anticipating the removal of fuel subsidy come the second quarter of 2022. It's been put out but we would definitely take a look at all of that. We'll dive right in, we'll dive right in, lots of uncertainty. But let's go straight to our top training stories today. Mercy, 2023 is getting closer. Can you feel the heat? No, I can't feel the heat. You can feel the heat. Don't allow the AC's in the studio to see of you. You know, but the conversations surrounding 2023 is picking up. And of course, you know, the presidential candidates who are potential presidential candidates, their parents are coming out to declare the intention. It seems like one of them, Bola Ahmed Tinobu, he opened the nest as it were and they're offline now. We'll look at that. But one of the stories training, of course, Nigeria, having a hundred percent record at the ongoing African Cup of Nations in their group, you know, nine points from three matches, it's good for a love of Nigerian. I know you live up a little bit more fun. You live up a little bit more fun. Yes, I am. Yes, indeed, you know, I got messy right there, you know, but, but, I mean, people weren't sure, football fans from Nigeria weren't sure what to expect from the Super Eagles, you know, going to the tournament. They coach us far, get her through. So I know that you, Wally Scots, our sports presenter and analyst and journalist here has been very sure about the team, especially with the likes of Austin and Grovor being, you know, coaching the guys. So he has this confidence and I can actually see that a lot of people have been very impressed with, you know, the performance of the Super Eagle and some people think that this is the best after a very, very long time. While you have all the coaches saying, hey, as much as this sounds very brilliant, yes, it's OK. Some of the teams that we have actually played with as not as good as they I mean, they should be where you begin to compare the likes of. I mean, but who would even think that Ghana would leave? I'm sorry. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you know, you know, because I'm serious, who would think that it was it was it was it was a humbling defeat for the Black Stars against Gomorrah's, you know, both. Since we're talking about the Super Eagles, you know, let's let's look at the highlights of Super Eagles to nail defeat of Guinea Bissau. Yesterday in Cameroon, I think they're in Garoua. And so that's where the Eagles have been so far. The remaining Garoua going forward. Let's go to the highlights. What a time to be alive. Yeah, yeah, absolutely, absolutely. I mean, yes, the Nigerians were really, really elated. But, you know, of course, people can't fail to drag you on social media. So I was on your coach, I was trending, you know, I was asking, where's the coach at training? He's not playing for the Super Eagles. And it turns out, people this insinuation that Moses Simon, who's a dribble, we saw that led to the second goal. You know, there was this speculation that he's a coach as cousin. You know, so that was us. I think what was making this happen. But seriously, the performance, I mean, it just brings back the memories of the likes of, you know, Kocer, the likes of Kanyu, one core and what have you. So it's really good. I mean, that's why I'm beaming with so much smile this morning. It feels really great. One thing that unites us as a country is football. We don't really care where, whether we're from the north or south. But talking about caring about the north, south, east or west, you know, the guy who scored Nigeria's first goal, Umar Sadiq, he's let's say the, the, the strikers have not been firing, you know, they put in Awuni in the first two games. He wasn't really firing, you know, delivering. Sadiq came in second half of the second game and then started this game. He wasn't really playing to, you know, the expectations of Nigerian fans and people went online to drag him. He's too tall for football, you know, and then they started saying things like Sadiq is present. Buhari's, what's the name, Slott's. You see, you know, this is a situation that, OK, it's all for national interest, federal character, you know, the north, south, east, west thing, Wazubia, so you have to put people from different tribes in there, you know. So the fans, some of the fans are saying that, you know, Awuni is not really delivering. Put someone else there. You understand. You have one other guy who is from the southeast, no, southwest anyway. So, so, so they were saying, Awuni is the vice president of Sheba's just Slott's. Well, I think it's Buhari's Slott's. That's why they're playing them. You know, so it was funny. It was funny. And nice one. It will be also had a bit of like a moment where he tried to do a Ronaldinho kind of, you know, that ball comes on top of you and you try to use your back of a leg to hold the ball. And it went really horrible, you know. And Nigerians could not even forgive the young man. No, but that's always the case. For Nigerians, when you get, you know, the comfort for you, I mean, all of their persons, when you don't get it, they also come against you. It was like, they were like, it would be truly a coach as a cousin. No, someone is a real one, you know. I could see all of that. But how about you want to look at it? It's been very impressive. But I don't think that it's time for, you know, the Super Eagles to relax, especially now that you'd have to move to the next round. There's a lot of work to be done. They need to, you know, double up the effort, dribbling, defense, you know, attack. You're feeling good. But I mean, a coach has it not done well. What can we say about the coach? No, he has, I mean, because we're talking about, to some extent, we need to give him some credit. Usually, we're always great about our witnesses and then we don't get to talk about our strength. And so far, we've seen the boys actually deliver very well. And when you want to attribute, because the argument will always be who takes the credit if the boys are playing well, if the country is doing well, the coach should take the credit. And some persons have argued, like I would say, Wallace Court have always argued that, you know, Iguavo has, you know, this, he understands the boys. I mean, this is Nigerian. And that's what a lot of people always agitates that we should have, you know, Nigerians coaching the team because he understands the play. The wing play is what he's been doing so far. We've seen, you know, great performance. But we're saying that there's a lot of work that needs to be done. But however, we applaud the boys. But I mean, for the Ghanaians who fired a local coach and then appointed a European and he couldn't deliver, you know, I think they can learn from. They could be taking from the big brother. Yeah, they can learn from. They can learn from. They could be learning from us. OK, OK, I won't fight you on this. Let's move on. OK, so moving on, let's also look at another top trending conversation. We're looking at the issue where the aspirant, who was actually declared, he's declared in his intention to not Nigerians, but to the president talking about Asiwa Jew Ahmad, Tinnable, he's saying that the PBCs has actually expired. That's what he said, right? And so you have this response from INAG, you know, replying now, one of the first things or the things that came to mind when I saw the stories. Those he is he INAG? Is he the INAG boss of the chairman? What jurisdiction? What are the consents? I wonder, I wonder, I wonder, but no politician say these things. And I also had the same question on mind, what's your play? What's your play here? What's really your business in all of this? And why do you have to speak up now? So I feel like with our politicians and those who have to, you know, for those who have to actually via for political office, they always want to show themselves just a few days before the elections. So they come up with a lot of interesting conversations. Well, I hear we have a footage to look at. So we'll look at this and then we'll come back and talk some more about this development. Take one family member, two family members, knock on all doors and make sure that's that new registration. Because they may not announce to you your time, the BBC you have as a spy. You need to spread it around in various local government worlds and level. No matter how difficult it is, to me, I look at it closely. And you look at other elections being held. You see that it's diminishing. Because those countries aspire. And they think it's mandatory that you go and register in order to vote and achieve your aspirations. May God bless you and bless Nigeria. Wow. Mercy, it's quite interesting times. It'd be expected we see some of these gaffes. You know, we can call it a gaff, actually, to say what you're not sure about as a presidential aspirant, something as important as the PVCs. Many media outlets did fact check. Immediately this video came out and reached out to INEC. And of course, in a message obtained from INEC website, the chairman of the commission said registered voters, one of the fact checking sites, said registered voters could renew their PVCs in the continuous voter registration exercises the cards were missing or defaced. So it's quite interesting. Also, the chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, his name is Rotimio Oyakami, was reached. And his response was that the PVC is valid as long as it is not defaced. He also said that double registration is an offense on the law. So of course, now with Nigeria, we want to see that, oh, OK, this is not the fact of the matter. So I'm thinking that if you're a presidential aspirant, you should just pay attention to your manifesto, pay attention to what your policies are. Just same yesterday, we saw the news where also, Balak Mertinibu said he was going to pay, I mean, it was ascribed to him that statement that he would be taking care of the school fees or registration fee for those who were sitting for that examination. But that's a manifesto issue. How is that? Seriously, how is that really? You have to look at Nigeria. I'm thinking for everyone. Maybe you should take this for free. You should look at what the problems are. The problems that we're currently faced with and think of how to solve the problem. Now, one of the major problem of this country is security. Security is a major challenge. I know how many business, yesterday I was on the phone with a friend and he told me how his business actually crumbled. The transportation business crumbled in the North because of the Boko Haram activities and the eSwap. So what are we saying? So if you are a presidential aspirant or you intend to become a president in this country, your attention should be on how you're going to solve the problems of Nigeria. The issue of some parts of the region saying they want to disintegrate. So unity is also another concept. What is costing all of that? People feel that resources are not allocated properly. This should be your concern. Allow the institution that's settled with the responsibility backed by law, which is INEG to go ahead and make those statements. Let's not begin to jump the guns and move from Pila to Paz and say the things. Even if you have that information, is it within your poll view to go ahead and make those declarations? Another aspect people are responding or reacting to is the fact that he does not even know that PVCs do not expire. And if you want to be the president of Nigeria, at this point you should be able to know. Is it that he's not informed? Is it that it's an age thing? I don't know. People are asking these questions. But you would actually save yourself the whole trouble if you understand that this is not within your jurisdiction. There are some things that you're not... It's not your concern. You could probably say it. And if you think that you have some sense. But Messi, even if it's not within your jurisdiction, if you are informed, and if you're on top of the situation, you'll be making some sense. So that's another wahala. Yeah, that's what people are asking. This is what I saw. Is he in the right frame of mind? Does he have his... Is he well, or is he on top of things? And of course, recent experience will make people afraid that, you know, we get someone in the leadership of the country who may not necessarily be on top of things. You know, people will say, oh, there's fuel subsidy, there's no fuel subsidy, because two things are coming at the same time. So they want a president, or at least presidential candidates who are on top of things. Know, have their facts and know what's happening. You know. But let's give to Tinibu. Ashiraju has come out to say, I'm sorry. He apologized. No, and I'm sure Nigerians will take that. Usually, you can come out to apologize. It's one thing to understand that you have made a mistake and you accept that. We hope that will be the last one. But anyway, talking about his promise to pay the WIAC fees of Nigerian students, let's just roll the tape and listen to Ashiraju Bola Ahmed Tinibu again. Your children's West Africa examination fee is paid by us. Yeah, I'm sorry. So that is no one, no matter how we go, is left behind. Yes. The symbol of our party is broom. The symbol of my camp is breaking shackles of poverty. You break the shackles of poverty. You break the shackles of ignorance. You broke the party and the shackles of land Indians. We need stability in the country. We need peace. Peace and stoppage of boundary tree is extremely important because women are the first victim, the most vulnerable victims of boundary tree, violence and instability. And without peace and stability, we cannot build a nation as rapid as we want. APC is progressing. And that is where you should stay. That is where you should mobilise for. And of course, you've heard from the presidential aspirant. Nigerians are still hoping that he would make his intentions known to Nigerians, but the fact that you make your intention known to the president, Nigerians have already had, but however, he would come to us somehow. I mean, I had this conversation on radio some time ago. And I mean, people would say, oh yeah, he has no your told. But the fact that you told the president means you have told Nigerians. I mean, because it's not like you whispered to the president and just went to his room and whispered to him. You came and announced it. Yeah, you announced that it was in the public. You had media presence and all of that. And of course, that has grabbed. But that's not the point here. For my concern here is how does that solve the problem? This promising to pay school. How does that fix the problem? Is that the problem? He didn't just say that. He said he would break his shackles of poverty. How does he intend? You know, these are the questions. And I'm hoping that we're ready for 2023. That 2023 would not be another 2019, 2015 where, see, I feel that as a country, it's time that we wake up and begin to ask for accountability. When somebody says, I will give you 100 million. The question is how, when, where? We need to begin to state. So you don't just wake up and make promises. Do we trust the capacity of these persons who are making this? Now we know that, yes, if you look at the personality in Vova, he has a lot of structures. I mean, his structure, you know that he has structures. Give it to him. He has been in the system for a very long time. But it goes beyond just waking up and making all of this pronouncement. I rather think that the issue of education, we look at the structure from the root, addressing it. Why don't we empower the parents, make the environment conducive for people, you know, let people over to it. I was asking on Facebook, you know, saying some parents don't even have children in school to start with. So how would their fees be paid? And these are the issues the country is facing. But one that got me laughing was someone saying that in this century, a presidential aspirant will be talking about paying work fees. And he said that flexi will not rise the second time in Nigeria. That's quoting every portion of scripture, you know, but these are interesting things. But Mersi, you've raised fantastic questions. Fantastic, I give it to you. Don't tell us, and you know, it's, but the thing about this, this grammar you're speaking, how many million or percentage of the voting public can ask such intelligent questions of the aspirants or the candidates when they come? So it means that there's a lot of work to be done. You have civil society organization. You have your electoral, I mean, you have political parties. Media. You have the media. A lot of sensitization needs to be carried out. It goes beyond, people need to understand the question because, you know, we need to move on. We need to move on, we need to move on. We'll be seeing more of this. Anyway, we'll be taking a look at what the papers have for us with public affairs analyst Ezeko in your A-talk up next right here off the press on the breakfast.