 Welkom back. It's now time to look at the headlines on the front pages of the national dailies. I'm glad to say we have joining us guest analyst who's with us every week, especially on Tuesdays, Chris Kende Wando, who's a chatted mediator and conciliator. Mr. Wando, thanks for joining us. Good morning to you. Good morning, Kde Automate. I like this morning, bro. Yes, thank you very much. I hope K1 is not listening this morning. I appreciate your time. Yes, thank you very much. Let's start with a look at the stories coming on the front page of the leadership newspaper. A quite interesting one. They are going with the announcement yesterday on the closure of schools in the federal capital territory and the headline there, big one on the front page of the leadership. Toa vet security breach in Abuja FG closes schools. There are items to that headline. Beef sub security in unity colleges nationwide. Three soldiers wounded as military repels terrorist attack in FCT. Families of train attack passengers shot down transport ministry. There will be no election in north without their release. Youth won. PDP calls for special national council of state meeting. This is a headline that calls for somba mood and soba reflection. God help us. On the top of that front page, PMB appoints BU as acting FRSC core marshal. ASUS strike NLC ignores pressure. Begains three day nationwide protest today. Finance minister briefs. Governors on the state of economy today. CVR six days to INAG deadline. Millions may miss registration. 2023 miracle always works for me. OBE replies Atiku, his boss. Naimet raises the alarm over impending flooding in Lagos, Ogun, others. Okada ban ignores pressure. Begains three day nationwide protest today. Okada ban renda 40 million Nigerians jobless according to operators. We move on to the next news report. This time the punch. It has some interesting stories and this time they choose to go with the national strike in solidarity with ASUS. ASUS strike that's a kicker. NLC solidarity rally holds today. Police warn hoodlumps. It's a rally. No the strike solidarity rally. The writers to that headline. Please NSCDC personnel to be deployed in critical infrastructure. Lagos union directs electricity, aviation workers to join rallies. No going back on protests. Mega rally holds in Abuja on Wednesday NLC. It's a picture of the three hostages released by the terrorists. Those lucky victims of the Abuja kaduna bound train. You can see them there before they got a shave and before they got to shower and to change. It's quite sad what we're seeing before eyes. Also picture there you have the families of the remaining victims protesting. And you can see the wailing and crying with banners appealing government to please help them. So far no hostage has been released by the federal government. Rescue rather. More from the punch at the top of that from page. Wealthy Nigerians smuggling jet A1 to neighboring countries. Senate. It's quite sad. FG gets 16 billion nara tax credit for Lagos Badagri expressway. Wike. Atiku has heated my advice says Otom. Atiku has heated my advice says Otom. I think it is latest interview. He says his presidential candidate is Atiku. Like he never did say he wasn't sure he was going to support. He said God will choose. But now he's saying that maybe God has chosen for him or God has spoken to him. It is Atiku. Next one 75% of houses in Nigeria are substandard. This is Osheba Jo, the vice president of Nigeria, saying that FG shuts oil firm alleges illegal offshore operations. Foreign education golfed $378 million in five months CBN. And we have at the bottom of that front page, minimum wage, quara, teshiri institutions, workers sign agreement, four men sentenced to death for killing chief. Lagos declares four-week work free days for PVC collection. That's for those in Lagos state. Terrorists, angels, soldiers in Abuja government shut schools. Hype intensive man. Nigerians outraged rather police go after lasma men. Tini Boa, Machi's allies disagree over vote buying allegations. Of course that speech by Chibika Machi, presidential aspirant of AAPC, going viral and giving people some talking points there. Our next point of call is the nation this morning. Interesting headlines on the front page of that paper. And they are not going with the Asu solidarity rally. But they are sticking with the terror attacks. And they have this big one on the front page. Panic in Abuja over attack on soldiers by terrorists. Panic in Abuja over attack by soldiers on terrorists. The rider to that headline. Three presidential guards wounded. FCT directs schools to close tomorrow. No calls for alarm, says police. That's one from the nation. At the top of that front page in the nation newspaper. No norfs governor took money to back southern president. No northern governor took money to back southern president. Tini Boa presidential project for launch August 13. And 25-year-old Amosa Wain's goal for Nigeria. Jam fixes August 5 for map up exama. Some of the stories on the front page of the newspaper. The nation is right. It also spares one. A little space for the solidarity labor strike. It says vasti strike three day industrial action begins after nationwide protest says labor. Three day industrial action begins after nationwide protest says labor. So the paper obviously trying to look at what would happen after the solidarity rallies across the countries. One that we hope will not happen. Because already since the parts of national life are being ground to a halt. Let's also look at one at the bottom of that front page. We never represented can actually team us presentation say bishops. Of course on Monday some of them presented their documents of ordination. You know showing that indeed they truly ordained clerics and also informed Nigerians. About what I think it was really public knowledge. They never said that they attended that meeting as representatives of can. I wonder why people are bashing their heads regarding that. Let's look at the headlines on the front page of the Guardian. That's a last paper for this morning. The big one there. Terrorist ambush guards. Terrorist ambush guards brigade in Abuja forces closure of schools. We have a lot of writers. A number of them will not look at that because of time. But it's the same thing that the other papers have told us. More from the Guardian. Labor mobilizes for nationwide protests. Three day warning strike. Nationwide protest. Three day warning strike. Anxiety over sucking in NMPCS company denies move. And the last few stories at the bottom of that front page. NCPC reads riot act to pilgrims as three Enugu pilgrims. Abscond in Israel. Buhari, Abiodu, Obaseki, Okowa. Others rise for record breaker Tobi Amosa Brume. And we have bakers announced hike in bread prices. I think we're already aware of that. If you've been buying the product in the market. And government kills seven persons in Plato Village. Altofamilia headline. We're getting used to these days from the papers. I'd like to at this point welcome once again and bring in Chris Keniwando. I guess Alice for this morning. Mr. Wando, thank you very much for your time. Thank you once again for having me. Good morning. Whilst we usually do not analyze the stories that we'll be giving time to in our first or second topics for the day. I think it's important to allow you because of the importance of this issue. Give us your thoughts on what's been happening in Nabuja. Of course we saw the video on Sunday. The terrorists also threatening President Mohammad Buhari. And the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Fai, on Monday. Those who were kidnapped had been released. And we had the terrorists ambushed the God's Brigade in Nabuja. Then in reaction to that the federal government announced the enclosure of schools in Nabuja. You are reaching us today from Lagos and not Abuja. I do not know if this is unconnected with the mood in that part of the country. It's your personal choice but maybe we can learn from what you feel as a resident of Abuja to understand the mood of the city. So over to you sir. Well Kofi, what is happening in Nabuja is a story foretold. Because for months now I remember the governor of Niga State raised the alarm that the terrorists that we are running riot in Niga State and other parts of that region are very close to Abuja. And they want the federal government that if this problem used to come there might be delays for them to have a go at the FCT. And that we are seeing. Not too far. We start with the attack on the Abuja Kanduna train. There were over 50 to 60 passengers who were kidnapped and about three passengers lost their lives. Most of them are still in the condo with the terrorists. Just yesterday three of them were released. I think about 11 were released before after paying huge sum of money. Those that are still here were seen being filmed on Sunday in a video that went viral. Then after that we also had the attack at Kujo prison which from what we gather are some security reports that have effect before that attack. But we practically did nothing. And all the Boko Haram commanders that were in that facilities were released alongside so many other prisoners. And now I don't think I can count for over 300 of them. Then we did something which was going on that was proposed to be an attack on college security agencies of federal government colleagues. Some were in Kuali in Abuja two days ago. But fortunately enough that was not carried out. But yesterday or the other day the soldiers confronted some terrorists that were told they were heading to the Nigerian law school in Buwari. If you know where Buwari is Buwari is about 30 minutes drive from the main street of Abuja. So they are heading there and I think they had a confrontation with the head of guard of the presidential guard. But three of them were wounded. I wouldn't know what happened to them whether they disappeared or ran into the bush. But all the school rate goes to show that Abuja as a city is not under safe. The federal government has done the need for but quickly asking schools to close. What I'm not sure now is if it's all the schools in Abuja, private, public and federal government colleges. But the report coming in is not too clear on that. Which means that if the federal government fulfill the peak of this attack and I hope that the security agencies are fully aware and ready. We have been talking about this for days. When it's what's happening in the north, it's not the western north central and also some other parts of the country as done on the telebusiness. We have spoken about this. We are safer now than the generalist that have been alarmed by raising awareness not necessary. We are much safer now than we were in 2015. But it is here in us in the face. And I hope that the government is up to its responsibility to make sure that every part of Mending and not just the FCT is safe enough but what we are seeing is that the attack is no longer good and the things to perform in the part are going to change. That's where we are ambushed around the Bua Rui Kansu area. In the Bua Rui Kansu area of FCT. How far is the Bua Rui Kansu area from the central district of Abuja in other areas like the airport, Aso Rokvela for instance? As I said, give and take from the city centre is about 45 minutes drive. It wants to go through the express. It wants to pass through Bua Rui Kansu and the Bua Rui is also closed depending on where you are taking to the international airport and give and take just about 45 minutes. That's my previous minutes. Here's the good news now before they have beds. That is also where we have too many Bua Rui where you have jam headquarter. Headquarter is in Bua Rui. The Nigerian Mosco the second I believe after the top Lagos is also in Bua Rui. And there are so many other further government institutions and other institutions that in Bua Rui. So Bua Rui is a very, very strategic place in the FCT and one of the biggest in the FCT. So from the city centre I will say give and take at work. Yes about 45 minutes from the city centre to Asura. So if they are in Bua Rui which is about 45 kilometers of 45 minutes drive to the city centre you can understand the normal city and the problem at hand of course which of the security is concerned. How porous is a bulja as a federal capital territory of Nigeria? I'm asking these questions and not just an analyst but you resident in a bulja. How secure is a bulja being the federal capital territory of Nigeria? I hear from some sources that you don't have a concentration of arm security forces in a bulja like you have in other parts of the country for instance you have the brigades in different states and artillery divisions and so forth. You have counterments in different parts of the country for instance in Lagos we have the cage accountments we have the barracks in different parts of the city. Do we have the same in a bulja because someone tells me that we don't really have even the standing force of up to 5,000 soldiers in a bulja. They have to come from Kanduna or the parts of the country. The first part of the question how secure is a bulja I don't know it's for the security assistance because I don't know how secure a bulja is and I want to know because I don't have the secretary the intelligence to say that but we have senior military presence in a bulja the police headquarters in a bulja you know that the army headquarters in a bulja the air force headquarters in a bulja and maybe headquarters in a bulja the civil defense headquarters in a bulja and road safety is in a bulja and too many NIAs in a bulja and the DMI is in a bulja I will help you Chris Kenawan DSS is also in a bulja Thank you for asking that but the argument by some people like who like you say and live in a bulja is that the majority the bulk of those who are these facilities like the army headquarters are administrative staff I wouldn't want to believe that the army have to go strategic way and they have to have to go strategic way of keeping their forces and which is open any point if you are driving me from Nya Nya into a bulja if you are familiar with a bulja from that as it is from Naskawa state if you are driving me from Nya Nya it is really a military checkpoint before the there is a bacha barra in a bulja there are so many barra in a bulja so many so many barra a bacha barra is one of the one of the biggest barra in Nigeria and there are so many orders within that as it is to any point seen that there is no barra in a bulja is not true we have so many barra in a bulja if you are coming in as I said if you are coming from Nya Nya and from Kareu End then before we get to Iwiwa you have a bacha barra to the right and the same thing if you are coming from the airports you will see from the airport just as you are leaving the airport you will see the Nigerian army Potter, Naval, Air Force so many there are so many meeting information and I believe that they have a way of doing what they are doing so anybody say that there is no literally a barra in a bulja no that is false it is not true there are many two barra in a bulja alright alright let's let's move on to another story stay with the guardian which has spared some space for the national solidarity rally of the NLC with the ASU strike they are saying that after the nationwide protest or rallies they will embark on a three day warning strike do you foresee labour shutting down the country after three days because this is supposed to be a warning strike if a one level said after the warning strike it might be a three day industrial act shall not cry and I wouldn't know most of them are not I don't want to take this Nigerian labor seriously like what we should have in the past in the past when a Nigerian labor contest is going on strike we know they are going on strike we mobilize and they also carry people a lot of Nigerians have lost weight in this particular Nigerian labor congress which is why whenever they work on strike and rest we see that a lot of people don't seem to join them but the one strike protest sorry not strike protest congress today I think it's what you didn't know and it's solidarity with ASU the members that have been at home for close to about five to six months now and the government is delaying but why in Kassina the president gave a two week automaton to the myth of education and from government government officials to myth that the issue of ASU is involved in two weeks we are in the second week I believe now and I don't know how far they have gone from information reaching me I don't think they have gone far and it will be just like so many other narratives and it will just come and go without us having any serious impact on that there will be so many in the past the president gave narratives which is better general police to move to then reduce this to get issues of only for him to tell us later he didn't know that the IG went there the president have raised a three month panel to resolve the issue of this ASU that panel was headed by chief of staff Professor Gambari who came out of that and so many of that directed issues like this consign and in the end of it all so let's wait after two weeks and see what whether this also will just go just like two many other directives but in same country and we are democracy or we are the president the presidential directive is always like an order and it was before to the matter and anybody official of the directive of president would get the hammer if they are not going to resolve it the minister and the other government officials would be going apart their group is waiting for really go by the president would not do anything about it that is not leadership of me that is failure of leadership alright thank you let's look at the story on the bottom of the front of the nation reserve front page it's talking about the in quote the fake bishops appeared at the Shetimawilin last week it was a frenzy response by several people condemnation coming the way of Tinbu who is the president of APC and of course the Christian Association of Nigeria describing them as fake clerics and acting in Hollywood film these bishops have come out some of the clerics not all them are bishops in the real sense of the word but they have come out to say they never represented the Christian Association of Nigeria at Shetimawilin's presentation and they also showed documents which they said was proof of the ordination ordination certificates and documents give some speeches what are your thoughts on this does this put to rest or to bet any talk of fake bishops or hired crowd yam sellers okada riders agberu and all that being the ones that were the robes of priests to attend such an event kufi anybody can dish up put on the hoots let me read this most priests are very good pastors you know that pastor Chris Oyakilole as pastor Chris Okotie and I can also be a pastor priest kind of one oh we priests we make a lot of we make good pastors let me read this I don't know my personal opinion I don't know what the expression what is the expression on the part of politicians especially APC to shake hands bishos and no bishos whether fake or not fake kufi we have in our profession we have fake humanist we have good doctors we have fake lawyers we have fake health care we have fake soldiers as policemen the rest of them and I believe in the kingdom of God there are also some fake individuals but it's not a heaven for me whatever anybody profess that is business but for you who knows that put in a lot of people to put on the hoots and line up and send their bishos up of this and that goes to the phone that means we have something that you are paid up you are looking at the backlash of the Christian community over the movement of the APC presidential candidate and Shetima it goes to show that they know that some sessions of the Nigerian community put in a Christian community may not be happening with that ticket so they are doing everything humanly possible to try to give the impression that they have the support of the Christian community but whether I am not there I would say that I would let all those in 2023 in the video that we determined whether they go for the Muslim ticket or another ticket there are so many options apart from the APC people is there labor is there SDP is there DC is there so many political parties that Nigerians can choose to but for me don't forget that has also been some kind of narrative along this line we are told that don't admit you who visited the GO of Britain Christian Church to get some kind of within hours the Britain Christian Church LCC came out pastor he came out to say no he is not indulging anybody and there was no visit from Tiniwu there have also been some kind of tertiary ideas from they are releasing some information like that of pastor Bakari back in Tiniwu Dr. Bakari has come out to say no there was nothing like that so I don't know the desperation part of this political parties to people sentiments of legion that as I have said Nigerians don't decide that will be Nigeria in 2020 unless it goes when it comes to the legion in 2023 Alright thank you very much for that Kris Kenawa we have more stories we will go over to the punch and some interesting ones there very quickly very quickly let's look at the issue of the people's democratic party where you've had a certain governor Tom saying you know what he doesn't know in an interview last month when he was asked who he's supporting for the president of Nigeria he said God would speak to him God hasn't spoken to him yet this same individual has today in the papers saying that Attiku has heeded his advice over a weekend maybe probably now saying you know what I pitch my tent with Attiku Abu Bakar for the position of president of Nigerian presidential contest it's a PDP do you think by this statement by Otom finally getting its act together as far as the whole weekend saga is concerned from the interpretation of what I've seen I would say that Otom was a chronicle of the truth in his richer statements there he said that the recommendation were made to Alagi Attiku Abu Bakar and the village under recommendation but when Attiku Abu Bakar granted that to one of the national stations he could pay to some good allegation but by Gov. Otom what he said was that the Gov. the committee wrote by the PDP which are headed by Gov. Otom of the state recommended three candidates three people for him and in that was we had Muki we had Gov. Okowa and one other person that at no point did that committee unlike what Gov. Otom said specifically said that we could be the first choice that at no point did he and that he he stands to be he stands on the point was making that Gov. Otom to come out and state where and show where that we're going to release the report and I think that Gov. Otom take him in and he woke up from probably his number and I realized that what a particular say was so based on that I'm sure that based on that that also could be released that information he did here today so article was right Otom committee did not specifically state that Gov. Okowa should be the vice presidential candidate that committee recommended three people and handed it over to a people to make a choice and they made a choice he made a choice of whom he believed that he can work with and that was Gov. Okowa so with this committee um um Otom I hope that in the day to come Gov. Wike who are starting to uh expose or give for back legislation or more information of what is happening or what has happened within the PDP within this period we're also impressive this is the time for the PDP to close ranks and make sure that they focus themselves on the nation coming in coming in 2023 I don't think there's need for this big dream I think we're also rightly said he said he has lost every time the election and he just moved ahead to the next one I think that should be the first month within the political party in politics you mean and you lose and when you lose you just gather yourself together so I hope that people will be able to get this out together and be able to form a unified force cause to confront what is ahead of them they have barely few months to go before the general election and that's this will be the beginning of the possibility of putting the house together for the 2023 presidential election as it were alright interesting thoughts and analysis from you Chris, Kendi, Wando or should I say Pastor Chris Kendi my own pastor is also Pastor Chris as well so maybe there's something with the name Chris fantastic and being a pastor alright Chris Kendi Wando is executive director of African Governance and Leadership Initiatives creator of How Do You we look for having you next week on the same segment God willing thank you very much Wando thank you very much and you too it's the 26th of July 2022 but we can always look back in history to see what happened and that's what we have coming up next today in history when we return we delve into our first major conversation please stay with us