 the man inside, a special document says it has initiated a dramatic torch from the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. Journalist Fisha Yorsshoumbo, released after being detained at the first headquarters following a story exposed in corruption in the police. And like always, we will be reviewing the dailies with an analyst, which will be reviewing them with us. Many thanks for joining us on the breakfast and plus TV Africa. I am Justin Akadone. And I am Sebo Po. It's good to have you join us this beautiful Tuesday morning. And as always, we will be starting with stories that are trending and stories are just making discussions across various platforms and various circles. And the very first one we will be analyzing right now is Fisha Yorsshoumbo, a journalist who was detained yesterday and eventually released after some time for his publication on alleged corruption in the Nigerian police force. This is just one case too many. It is not the first time that we have seen, heard and even have witnessed issues of journalist intimidation by the Nigerian police. Most times when journalists release publications that are not favorable to the Nigerian police force, they are mostly either detained or sometimes harassed as well. Well, according to the tweet that he put out, Fisha Yorsshoumbo, he talked about the fact that he was invited according to the invitation that he got. They found some elements, I mean phone numbers, his contact was put out amongst those that should be invited or investigated. And so he showed up. Now, it's okay to be invited by security agents or agency. Anyone can be invited. Anyone at all can be invited. And that's all right. But it's just the pattern. And because this is a journalist and because of the story, I mean it's all right for everyone to come up with the theory to say, oh, this is also another, you know, intimidation. This is also another form of, you know, the might, the federal might showing itself and flexing muscles at this point in time. So yes, but let's also talk about the issue of police. It's a good thing that he's been released. And we have several reports over time. Nigeria at the time ranked 120 on WordPress. Talking about WordPress freedom index, we ranked 120 compared to that. That is at 2020, if I'm not mistaken, 2021. Now, if you compare that to the previous report, we ranked 115 out of 118 countries. It doesn't really tell good for us as a country, right? Because for democracy, you would have to talk about a free press, a free media. It is very, very apt. And the issue of freedom of speech or freedom of however you want to put it is a fundamental human right across. So universal human concern or right if you want to put it. So as journalists, they're also expressing the fundamental or universal human right across right. So it's nothing very special. It's not like it's just limited to anyone. And if we wanted to talk about the issue of fake news, the issue of Libell and what have you, we have laws. We have laws that can take care of all of that. And that's why a lot of quotas were really concerned at a time where the federal government had plans of trying to regulate the social media. And if you're saying, oh, there's fake news, there's issue of Libell and what have you, there's a law that actually takes care of all of that. Cyberbullying, what have you, crime and criminality. But the issue with us over the years and over time is the fact that we have too many laws without enforcement. But you also want to agree with me that there's so much intimidation, there's so much harassment, there's so much arrest and what have you with journalists that face that. Now, there's a report according to, there's a report that was made available according to, you know, article 19, article 19 made that report sometime talking about, you know, the number of journalists that's been, you know, intimidated, harassed and detained. So you want to also agree with me that the number of the figure keeps increasing from 2019. At the time you had 19 journalists that have been attacked and detained. And then in 2020, we're looking at the case of 51. And according to those reports, the government is really responsible and behind a lot of some of these attacks that, you know, the people have been faced. So this is just one out of so many cases, you know, that journalists are really facing in Nigeria. And to begin to report some of these stories really, really very crucial. I mean, if you are journalists, you want to report the issue of, you know, police brutality, corruption on politicians, human right abuses and what have you. It is so, so difficult, you know, to practice in Nigeria. All right, we just, I'm actually a glance that has actually been released that because we as journalists that we understand that, you know, what all of this is all about. Because as journalists that we bend over backwards to expose a various truth, because we are actually, you know, the ones that people look up to, you know, to, you know, to tackle the government to tackle issues of accountability. And then when this, all we are not allowed to do our jobs, it is really very unbecoming. I will move away from Fisaya Shoyombo, another story that is making headlines right now is, you know, controversial journalist that came, a lawyer, a senior advocate of Nigeria, Femme Faleno has actually asked the Nigerian police to invite, you know, a lawyer over her, quote, a reckless comment concerning the deaths of Sylvester Oremoni. You know, remember the story of Amdan College, the student who was actually bullied. So it is actually trending. As much as, you know, one would also expect that, you know, at this point in time we should be able to be human. Okay, as long as everyone has a right and has an opinion, because that's what it is, everyone has a right to an opinion and all of that. But you also, we also need to understand that we come to the fact that we're still human beings. And so if you come from that particular angle, we probably might just, you know, be very careful and cautious. First of all, you need to understand that, you know, the family is grieving, there's a loss, a human life has been lost. And that's why secondly, you also need to understand, because it brings us back, you know, to the fact that at some point government wants to say, we need to begin to regulate, we need to begin to control what people, information that people put out. Because it could, it can be very, very dangerous and it can cause, you know, a lot of mayhem in society and the country. And, you know, you can go, I have seen a lot of emotions everywhere. I mean, a lot of persons are reacting, very angry, really, really very angry. But like I always say, let's not forget that we're human beings and in all of our endeavors, whether you are a journalist or you are a police officer, you are a governor, you are a president, whatever it is that you are, you need to always get back to the fact that you are a human being. And if you understand the fact that you're a human being, there would be issue of empathy. I really do not know how to put it. It's not a license. I don't know if you're getting my point. So we also need to, you know, you put up, yes, first you're a human being before you're a journalist or you're president or whatever it is that you are. And so I think that we should not let whatever it is that we do our profession over riders. We should be guided by the fact that we're human and, you know, act in that, you know, that particular way, in that particular line. And so all of the statement, because one would expect that, I mean, making such kind of statement, having the family feel, whether or not it's the some element of truth to it or not, the fact that you have investigations ongoing, the fact that, you know, the Lord's going to take his full cost. And that's why we have the institution of government to take care of situations like this. Let's be very careful, the kind of comments that we make. I really don't know. That's the much that I can say, because first of all, you have a family that is grieving. There's a child that is dead and there's a lot of rounded. How factual are your facts? Where did you get all of this from? And, you know, it calls for a little concern. And this profession is a very, very sensitive one at that. And we should take it very seriously. But however, it's fine. Like I always say that inviting individuals or persons for questioning by security agencies or, you know, security personnel is nothing wrong. As long as they do it in accordance with the law. Yeah, like you have said, I couldn't agree more. You know, as journalists, we should be, you know, careful about the things we say or write before we go to press. We should as much as possible be able to substantiate all of our claims, all of our reports. So at the end of the day, you know, we don't lose our soul. We don't lose our credibility. And, you know, so when we come out in the future to say things, you know, people would actually appreciate them and take us for our words. So I understand that the position of Falano and Falano, you know, the law firm, you know, wanting her to be invited. You know, over time, journalists should just be careful, you know, whatever they say. I don't want to start talking about Oluloy and how controversial she is. That's an aside. But the underlying thing here is that always be able to substantiate all your claims before you go to press. All right. The last story trending across some social spaces is a pandemic. That's the minister of digital economy. You know, the story is just everywhere that he had actually flown out to his family, you know, in the wake of Nigeria having a row with the UAE. Some Nigerians are saying that where does his solidarity lie when people are talking of boycotting flights, you know, to UAE and the Nigerians being stranded here because of travel bunt and everything. He flew his family out. You know, following all of this controversy with the airlines, the fact that Nigeria is on the Redleys with some countries and the restriction, you know, not to elite some Nigeria from particular location to another one. Some persons are saying that, you know, really, this is actually a concern of the elites. You know, the poor, I mean, the masses, they would say this is a concern of some specific in the society. He doesn't concern everybody because there are some people that cannot afford, they have no business, you know, going anywhere. They're in Nigeria and even within Nigeria, how many of them have been able to, you know, board a flight from a particular location to another location. So it's more like this is a justification to say that this is morally, you know, an elite concern and he consents all of them. But, you know, the issue of solidarity and concern is also another issue. It brings us back to the fact that the major concern, the major issue that we have as a country or not really necessarily the major issue, but one of the problems that is really strong because it trickles down to all of the actions of government and inaction of government is interest. When your personal interest overrides national interest, your actions will always speak for you. True. But of course, we never could tell, you know, what the emergency might be. It could be a health concern. But it also brings us back to the fact that why don't we have, you know, our health system functional? It could also be educational issues. Why can't we fix our own home? Why can't we fix our country? What exactly are we looking for outside when we can actually have it inside? Well, it is what it is. All right. That's as much as we can take on top trending. We'll be back in a minute without the press. That's a review of the front pages of various newspaper press. In a moment, let's do the breakfast on Plot City of Africa. Do join us again.