 Welcome back to the Breakfast and Plus TV Africa. We're about to look at the pages of the National Dailies. We call it Off the Press. Hopefully we have our guest join us up in our boat in Kataria. But however, it's also important to let you know that Kofi is right here with us this morning on the show. Kofi is good to have you join us. Yeah, Mesh is also good to have you join us as well. We're looking quite bright and of course it's a brand new week. We're looking forward to all the activities lined up in the week. I mean we have some rallies, shadow political rallies in Lagos. So we're counting down to the general elections. You know, it's excitement all the way. Nigeria is a country of resilient people and you can see it on the roads. Despite the fuel scarcity, narrow scarcity and the novel, everybody's out, you know, running as if we're being chased. So it's great. We're counting down. It's time to pray and hope for the best. Talks of, you know, international government and all that. Elections hold an all that sometimes seem premature or necessary. But these are the issues. So let's go to the paper's health to say for us this morning and we'll get up to speed with that. Well, we started with the punch. Six days to elections. That's what the punch is quoted to say. APC, governors, bank CEOs and last minute rush to clear Naira mess. And underneath 12 governors, APC chair, Wante Mehfili, Malami to obey Supreme Court order. Naira crisis has brought too much pain. Adamu Lamez, Ghandu J Abiodun Absent in all of this. You also have bank CEOs want ordinary notes collection extended to a very protest and attacks on branches. Well, we think that, I mean, you don't even have to think about it. You know, two wrongs can never make a right. That's, that's the saying. And we need to remember that. Buhari Jonathan orders became president unprepared. Matthew Coker, I hope I'm correct. That's what I find there. It's necessary, Matthew, but I have a cold car. Good that and that. Stock investors lose 281 billion one week. INEG to get poll allocation from CBN on Tuesday. Fuel queues may return as NNPCL depots run low. So far, if you notice, not necessarily that you don't have the queues, but they have reduced to a bearish minimum. And we just have reports saying that the NNPC depots are running low. What happened to the 1.3 billion litres of petrol that we claim to have had? And CBN laments, yes, Shaibu's continued captivity. I beg your pardon. Can't laments, yes, Shaibu's continued captivity. Ogun Ruman sets self ablaze over 70,000-hour death. Well, that's, that's really unfortunate. That said, this morning on the punch. Let's go over to the next newspaper. Of course, in our, on our table, the Guardian newspaper, Tinibu APC governor's beg Buhari Malami to respect Supreme Court. Tinibu APC governor's beg Buhari Malami to respect Supreme Court. The writers of that one from Addis Ababa, Buhari calls for patience over Naira hardship from Addis Ababa. Banks not ready for 200 Naira payment as cash, squeeze, enters for the weekend. We asked about that if it would be, there would be any difference. Addis don't reverse policy, expand cashless outlets, arrow, fire, instructs, caduna, MDAs to accept old notes. Merchants mop up old 500, 1,000 Naira notes increase, minting of 100 Naira, other Lorde nominations, security expert Agis CBN. We have so many experts in this thing nowadays. More from the Guardian. NIPC moves to improve national branding, FDI. That's foreign direct investment. I'm sure that's talking about the Nigerian Investment Promotion Center. Nigeria lost 825 billion dollars to graft in 23 years as CEO. I wonder where the money went, where did that money go? 825 billion dollars. That's a lot of money. Shurika distanced himself from fake quotes on social media. It happens to not just Shurika, it happens even to Robert Mugabe, even though he is gone. People still give some things and put some things out and say according to Mugabe. Again, Caduna asks agencies to accept old notes as lawmaker seeks aerofies arrest. Interesting times. Atiku, Tinnabu Obi in last push to sway voters. 80% of PHC's non-functional SFG reneges on total rehabilitation plan. And that's talking about primary health care centers. That's very important. 80% mercy. Non-functional. What a disgrace. Really, really bad. Unacceptable, you would say. Those are some of the headlines on the front page of The Guardian. Well, we turn our attention to the daily independent newspaper. Bodily written. Be patient. I know there's hardship. Buhari begs Nigerians. Ask parents to warn wards against trouble on election day. That's what you find there. Another one says, Naira Swar policy. Obey Supreme Court order. APC national working committee. Governors urge Malami and MFALI. 2023 elections. Don't disappoint Nigerians. The Nigerian Guild of Editors, I quote her to say, the urge INEC and security agencies. That's what you find. Ask journalists to be professional in coverage. We're right here and ready for it. Please kill six gunmen who attempted to burn station. Okay. AROFI asks MDAs to accept payment in old, new, narrow notes. I mean, this sounds very polite, you know, because if you listen to Governor AROFI, when he was giving us, he really didn't sound like he was like, hey, please accept it or don't accept it. It feels like there's another government and another control, you know, in Kaduna state. But well, that's what you find. Training of 381 AVSEC cadets to fight terrorism. And again, you find narrowly designed. Serap sues Buhari over a band on 500 and 1000 narrow notes. Serap has been sewing. And Serap will continue to sue. South Africa begins issuance of 10 years visa to Nigerian investors, aviation practitioners. 40% crude oil losses due to measurement and inaccuracies or not tests. Wow. That's very interesting to note. 2023 election. Policing. PSC appoints coordinator and threatened sanction against airing policemen. We deemed raid Tunubu's house. EFCC is quoted. I mean, yesterday there was this, you know, news that was making the rounds as to the EFCC raiding the house of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress. But of course it was only a verified tutor handle that, hey, we did not raid the house of Tunubu. That said this morning on the Daily Independent. Right. And we must not forget to point out the front page picture on Daily Independent. You have the River State governor. I can spot some faces of mercy. The one in Etibor, like Lemone Etibor, that's what he called it, is a commissioner for information in River State Chris Feinborn. And he was in Lagos over the weekend to represent years on the weekend. He was given an award by Daily Independent at the Independent Award 2022 award of a man over a year. You know, quite interesting there in correlation to Governor Yes on the weekend of the River State term. Let's go to the final newspaper. Daily Trust is what we have on our table this morning. The leading story there, insecurity, credibility, fears may affect voter turnout. I mean, we're talking about, for instance, the violence in the southeast with some police stations set on fire. How will that affect turnout? It says insecurity, credibility, fears may affect voter turnout. Candidates are in Northwest 22 million votes. Why previous elections recorded low turnout experts and security others to determine turnout CDD? More from Daily Trust, to APC Governors, your loot now completely useless. Cash crisis, what we urge is patients, reaffirmed support for Tenable. We put out a tweet yesterday. Daily Trust and the Twitter is quite interesting. You want to analyze that tweet. You can analyze it 100 ways. Daily Trust's economists, credible elections will boost confidence in the economy. Race to Aso Rock article, six-time lucky or last rodeo. Very interesting. I'm told we have a guest ready to do justice to this headline. So quickly, say a very good morning and welcome to Opunaboy and Kotaria. Opunaboy, good morning to you. Thank you very much for your time. All right. It seems that Opunaboy and Kotaria is not ready. Oh, we have some challenges. But we'll try to get back to him. We'll just take a few more of those headlines from the front page of Daily Trust before we try again to connect with Opunaboy. Hopefully we get some communication as to what the situation is. Naira Swap, APC Bax Governors asks Buhari to obey Supreme Court. All right. That's in the bottom right corner of bottom left, whichever way you want to look at it of the Daily Trust. Naira Swap, APC Bax Governors asks Buhari to obey Supreme Court. So it's the president now working against his party. Elections. The lady who was a member of a PCC, that's the Tinnable campaign, and she told us that she didn't want to join, but she had to fly to London. Bola Metin would pay for offer to pay her flight. She said she would pay for herself and went to find out why he wanted her to join his campaign, only for her to join. And then later, say, you know what, you're not the right person for Nigeria. I'm residing. But hey, she resided to go join someone who's older than Bola Metin over the president of Latiku. Well, should she be listened to? Elections. Naira, R244 others to monitor police officers conduct. So that's a good one. We need people to do all the time to ensure we have free and fair relation. The one that really catches my attention on the front page of Daily Trust is the peace of Latiku. You know, it's on page 14 and 18, and it's done quite well to give us something interesting to read. Race to Asorok, Latiku's sixth time lucky or last rodeo. You know, we always say third time lucky. Do we have open up one, Kutaira? Miss Kutaira, can you hear us please? All right. I mean, we've been told that we have some kind of issues. Open up. Can you hear me? Good morning. You know, connect with us. But Kofi, just as some of the points that you have raised this morning, it's a power week, so a lot is going to happen. I was asking if a year from Ricky has passed. No, I mean, I know that that's- He's placed an executive order on Open Up Boards Network. No, that's not the case. We know that. But maybe Open Up Boards Network is excited because he's the only one that's just won an award. So the thing is, I think that it's a power week and a lot is going to happen. You know, when it's a power week, so everything is jump up. We're trying to do everything at the same time. There's countdown to the elections. There's everything. But to- I mean, talking about some of the points that you have raised, Kofi, you talked about, you know, those who are saying, oh, we're moving from one camp to the other. We've also seen that even as we inch closer to the election, you still have a lot of persons decamping from one party to another. And it's very despicable, just few days to an election, just, you know, a month to election, two weeks to an election. And then people are still moving on. It just shows you that for most of the persons who are vying for political offices, it's not necessarily that they're there for the interests of the people. But, you know, it's for their interests. And therefore, every time you don't have their interests represented, they would always tilt towards where the interest lies. And so that's what it is. And that's what, that's the politics we talk about. And so most times, you, when you want to, if we actually had a tester, just like you can test your diamond, whether you're wearing an original diamond or gold. I am going to test your diamond. I'm going to test your diamond. Then if we had a tester as to testing, you know, the intentions of our political elites, you can really tell that you would see the motive behind it. Well, I mean, we don't have superpowers, so we can't really ascertain. But to say that most times, everyone would always act to their interests. I mean, they're acting for their interests, up until when their interest is not upheld. And that's when you begin to see all of the disagreements. So you begin to hear the things that you're not supposed to hear. Oh my God, that's what's happening. Oh, really? Was it really for the interests of the people? I've been around many of them together, so I've been there when you get in. Kofi, you know what's going on. I mean, you cited one of it. Do we have a Kunabon Kataria back on? All right. Then we've been told that we have to take it very quickly. That's because of some technical issues we sincerely apologize. We'll be right back. Please stay with us. Good morning.