 It's a beautiful Monday morning. Welcome to the breakfast time for Off The Press. As always, we'll take you through the pages of our national dailies and then have, I guess, joined the conversation, Upunabong Kutaira is on standby. He's a public affairs analyst. It's good to have you join us this Monday morning. Good morning. Good morning, Kofi, and good morning, Nigeria. Okay. Let's take a look at the leadership newspaper and the attention would be on the top stories on the leadership newspaper this morning. And looking at the banner caption. APC chairmanship aspirants bank on governors to survive consensus plot and party alets on fake registration website. Six security agencies intervention. You also have a Bube Agu vigilante beheaded in a buoy and super eagles crashed out of AFKON 2021. Very, very sad. 102 die from 510 Lassa fever cases in 2021. That's according to the federal government and government kill four mining workers and play two state digital disruption in financial institution threatens job security. This is some of the headlines on the leadership newspaper this morning. Up next to go to the punch newspaper with the major headline starts with a kicker. Electoral act amendment and it says Bill bars voters from contesting candidates certificates in court with the following writers. Only core contestants at primaries can sue on candidate certificates credentials. Ex ionic director and new provision will be challenged. National assembly can't masquerade those seeking office says essay and that can be found on page two of the punch news report. Next one at the top of that front page. 5G deployment gets boost. CBN gives telcos Forex priority. You can check that out on 29 the 29th page of the punch newspaper. Also PSC summons IG over police recruitment workers set for strike. Trusting a SAC and SITF management saved 2 billion era left 30 billion era debt says ingigay US team CSO witnessed MK or bill is death in Abuja clinic that's coming from a Nigerian from ahead of state Abdul Salami. That's an interesting one and an interesting part of Nigeria's history. Still with the punch newspaper which production crashes by 89.4 percent bakery operators lament rising governance cost recession. Others raises federal government spending by 183 percent. That's according to some reports. Still with the punch in East River. Yam thief shoots farmer or farm owner to death in Osho suspect arrested totally unnecessary death there. FRC plans radar guns as 300 killed in 2021 Osho or grown crushes. Don't be scared. Those are not real guns. Those are radar guns. I think to help them do their work better. Sean sexual engagements. Elisadeh can't have a pregnant students VC stop imposing hijab beret on students. Quarra warns principles. Legos businessman tortures apprentice to death over missing 1,000 nara fleas very sad one and NDLEC seizes UK Saudi bound cocaine in wigs six arrested in Abuja Mercy. I never knew you could hide cocaine in wigs. That's quite I don't want. How did I even do it? I have no idea. Of course you shouldn't have an idea. All right. Let's move away from the punch newspaper this morning and check out the nation on the nation banner caption says subsidy labor intensify mobilization for protest and planned action unnecessary says federal government watch government should do by TUC. That's also what you find there and they're asking that the refinery should actually be up and functional and also apart from the fact that they should be up and functional they should be able to produce the capacity that has been postulated. However, you also find six months for X inflows can upset Niger's 44 billion dollars debt. That's another header you find on the nation newspaper this morning conflict in rules MBA yet to take action on lawyers no asset on the price says am con and 2022 or yet taller challenges open and to obtain forms it goes poor tactics cause loss to Tunisia says or caught her. Well, that's exactly what it is. You know, you know, we have one we have almost 200 million football coaches in Nigeria. So we'd expect to have several analysis going on about that particular. But if you actually look at it, I mean, if you not that I actually watched the game but I saw a little bit of, you know, all the highlights of the game and you can tell that what really happened was the fact that we lost it. Now these the Tunisians could actually predict, you know, the next move of the Super Eagles and that's really sad. You know, because we had the boys going so they probably had to study yours. Understand the next move we're going to take you constantly see the pressure on you know, Moses Simon and that's a lot of a lot and then you expected to change and all of that my heart is broken. I wish we didn't really have to crush out. I hope the production head is listening. You should totally move message to the sports desk. Okay. Let's move straight next to the Nigerian Tribune with the banner headline APC chairmanship as parents under security scrutiny. I wonder why that is always an issue. Has the following writers president likely to get dossier under pressure to checkmate serving ex-governance and governance of course have an increasing grip on the major political parties still more writers under that headline convention and asset test on Buhari's corruption war south south group by library may join race that can be found on page 22 of the Nigerian Tribune still with the paper KT 2022 APC can to win without Southern candidate Bami Sile and I think one that will be we'll touch home with our guest open a boy in Kutariya 112 illegal refineries discovered in rivers. I can see a picture of governor yes and we can there we'll talk about that. Court strikes out suit challenging legality of Boone led ketika committee backs Supreme Court's validation of committee no end in any end insight to the court cases with the APC time will tell Nigeria's January bond issuance over subscribed by one hundred and thirty nine billion narrow this is according to the DMO. Abiola took ill died not poisoned Abdul Salami claims 4.1 trillion narrow customs revenue target will threaten private investment that is on page six of the Nigerian Tribune more headlines many hospitalized as train crushes truck tricycle in Kano really sad government kill four mining workers in plateau state in plateau state bandits in military uniform kill three destroy 11 houses in Teraba and the LA intercepts UK Saudi bound cocaine concealed in synthetic air mercy. What's going on? It says has the following writers raid Sabucha garden arrest six overdrag cookies and noodles we have drug cookies. I have no idea and you know I don't know those are those like normal noodles like they say goodbye. No, usually this is what would happen. I'm actually trying to paint a picture. It would be laced. That's how they call it probably just never had the word before. Okay. All right. I probably do some investigative journalism or that more headlines are the work among first persons I consulted when nominated VP or Sheba just saying that as if it's a bummer show and the late Alubardo family so it's it's clear the vice president is not doing their friend friend in this manner is going out to meet and consult. Okay. And that's it for the Nigerian Tribune. Well, let's have open up on Kataria joined the conversation this morning. Thank you for joining us. We do appreciate your time. Thank you. So which of the headlines would you like to start off with this Monday morning? I think you're just being sarcastic. Okay. So being let's just be nice. Let's start off with the fact that Nigerians crash out of the Afghan and that's a big one for us this morning. Well, the big one for you because I'm not a good boy. I don't want you but hope you should know that. No, but let's share your thoughts on that. Let's quickly share your thoughts on it. Well, next time they should not allow the president to speak to them. Because they were doing well and they crashed out. Shut me up. I mean, you have to talk about how does that affect anything? How does that affect how the boys played and the tactics? That is to tell you that you're asking the wrong person when it has to do with football. So we move. Let's move on then. Mr. Ingotaria. All right. All right. Some people some people think, you know, let's move on. But you know, those who don't, those who don't watch football so I only watch when Nigeria is playing. Well, you obviously don't fall in that category. The last time I watched football was in 1994. Wow. When we really just left because that's very emotionally influenced by my class. Fantastic. That was the last time I watched football. Fantastic. And after that, I don't think I'm better off now to watch football. Oh, good. Oh, good. But if they are playing now, I think they have to come back. Oh, it's all good. Okay. Thank you very much. Mr. Ingotaria, let's go home to River State. I'm very interested to know what your thoughts are on the moves by the governor of River State. He's excellent. So, yes. So, Miki, to stop the suit finally. Well, it is interesting that you're back from the long southern in the land of the Pagnic Slip and the National. Where did you allow this criminal to go on to Pagnic Slip at the expense of reverse people or reverse residents? Because we hear all kinds of toxic air that was injurious to our health. And still is. But you ain't got that good. So, I think you like to shit what I'm talking about. The situation was so bad that in the morning you get up to your fucking house, lack of stuff, your nostril, lack of stuff, all kinds of things. And it affected the health of reverse residents. A lot of reverse people had cancer as a result of that. If we talk of dry cleaning, I mean it was better for you to just dry clean it this way when you want to wear that clothes. Because you dry clean and keep it for two days. You realize that the whole extent is negative because you have to set it back to dry clean. But it was not bad. It's time to clean the dog for fresh air. It's time to clean your windows. I mean, you are practically imprisioned by that suit. And sentenced to death is tremendous time to buy that suit. And reverse people have all kinds of inexplicable diseases as a result of the suit. So, we can't draw that the government woke up and is now alive with the possibility rather than shifting the blame to deny the federal government. You have security books. If you knew you were going to do this thing or you were capable of doing this thing, why do you have to wait till now? Is it because of the result of the federal mountains arranged by some of us? Whatever it is, better late than never, they say. Although, in most cases, being late is his or his stand-up out to never. But in this case, it's better late than never. And how commanding, whatever it is, how commanding. The air is, I hear, is slightly dead by right now. But you don't expect an overmind or change. That's not possible. If he continues sustained and is committed to this suit, then I think within six months or there about reverse residents will start putting fresh air once more. All right. All right. Thank you. We'll stay with the Nigerian Tribune following that story. One of our 12 illegal refineries is covered in River State too. Go over to something that has to do with Nigeria's history. Of course, former head of state, Abdul Salami Abubakar, has been making some statements over the weekend regarding the death of the late Mosheud Kolaolea Biola. He says Biola took ill and died. He wasn't poisoned according to him. He's been talking about Biola's death, even saying the United States officials were there in some other papers. What do you think about this? Should we have the former leaders of Nigeria come out and inform the nation about important parts of the nation's history? Because when Enes Shonico passed away, some Nigerians said he should have written a book about what happened particularly in 1992, 1993. But what if he wasn't talented? You don't want to ask yourself that as well. So what do you say to this, Ms. Enkotari? Well, let me put you in response to what Mr. said. Probably wasn't talented. Right. But he could have commissioned somebody. Because if you have to believe him, you have to do something right, or write something what he did. So he should have commissioned somebody to do that. And if he's scared, he should have done to publish posthumously. He should have scared of his life. But all those that were involved were out of the way. They were no longer alive, same as the Salamis. So I wonder why one would have made him scared. Haven't said that. The man involved that Biola is no longer alive. So it is the word of the Salamis vassals. It could have been the word of the Salamis vassals, NQ and Biola. He's no longer alive. So the Salamis can get out their money and say whatever they want to say. Of course, I would say Nigerians are no longer interested in what we at the Salamis would say, because we have to deal with a major momentous past, history of the country. Biola, as far as most Nigerians are concerned, was modern. Just like here, Biola was killed. Biola was killed. And it would be extremely difficult for anybody could contradict that conviction in one picture that Nigerians have. And Biola in synopsis was killed. Are there evidence to actually prove that? If you look at all the testimonies, just hold on. If you look at all the testimonies before the Uputa Panda, I mean you can believe from what Roger and Q said that Biola was actually killed. And a lot of us believe that he was killed in order to still solve the crisis that would have been made and that the Nigerians and the government would have anticipated that he really was going to participate. So there is nothing in it but it will tell Nigeria. The only thing that is now on the Salamis to prove, not for me to prove, I believe that he was killed. He was poisoned. Like at the Salamis, just like Abacha was killed, poisoned. They just wanted to eliminate the group of people that they felt were going to cause all these problems. That is the truth. So they killed Abacha. They killed Q and Biola. But as much as you have all of these thoughts, as much as you have all of these, I mean it's a good thing that you say that's what you believe in. And these are your thoughts. But to put the facts, thoughts of most Nigerians, but at the end of the day you know that we need to work with facts. I mean we haven't been able to... We need to establish the point that this is what we think and this is how we feel about some of these incidents that have happened. But the fact that we have not been able to prove it, so we will still just leave it at the point that that's a speculation. I like to ask that. Why would you leave it at that point? Why would you leave it at my own point? What do you don't prove? Mr. Enkotaria, please. So you're claiming that... So Mr. Enkotaria, these are your claims of course, you're in time to opinion, but... So you think this is an image... So you think this is an... You think this is an image laundering interview. But if you're saying that Yair Rawus was murdered, M.K. O'Biola was murdered and you even put a batcha in that elite category... Who committed the murder? Who was responsible for these murders as far as consent? What about that of M.K. O'Biola? M.K. O... So who... Killed by who? Killed by who, sir? He said it. He said it. I think we need to move away from all of that because the conversation might never end, but it's a good thing to know that. I mean, all of this as much as we believe in it, we haven't been able to prove it to the latter. So we look at the leadership... We look at it, let's move away from... Let's move away. Open up, Enkotaria, let's look at the leadership newspaper. And at this point in time the APC chairmanship is a stake. It's aspirant bank on governors to survive the consensus plot. The issue of indirect primaries, direct primaries and consensus has actually, you know, come up again as regards the bill and the law. Of course, you see what's going on with the APC. But let's share your thoughts on this one. What is there to be said? It's a norm for you to get in a party position, you must depend on the government. That was why the National Assembly came up with the direct primaries. Because governors are now these laws. Even where as a party chairman, you take directings from the government. The reverse of the case in the days of the late president Chagarin may show us in this where the national chairman instructed Chagarin on what to do and admitted because the national chairman started the act. And he was in control. That is not the case anymore. National chairman these days are almost like beggars. You go against the governor, they come after you. And why? Because the governors are the ones functioning the party. So you must depend on the governor for you to imagine as a national chairman, not just national chairman for you to imagine as a party officer. You must depend on the governor. If the governor says no, if they say yes, yes. So I don't think it's not anything new. That shouldn't make a headline. That national are depending on governors to imagine as a candidate not to imagine as a party officer. I don't think that should make any headline. Maybe the governor will have to make a headline. Because I mean it's new, it's not new. It's a normal thing in this country. You both you go against the governor as assistant chairman and show your movement. We have just seen this. So what is new there? Let's go back to the Tribune and we will stay with the up-progressive congress for a bit. Because I would have thought that following the Supreme Court's validation of the KTACA and extraordinary convention planning committee by governor that would be that. But we are seeing that the court has struck out a suit challenging the legality of the KTACA committee. Why do we still have people going to court again when this issue has already been sorted out? What can you say about the plethora of internal challenges and internal position facing the up-progressive congress as we speak? In Nigeria in general, it was in nature even for the most inane reason that we go to court. And we have layers that have to be devised to accept certain views. And that's what we are calling there on the NBA to sanitize itself. Because you have all kinds of people of suits in court within the time of the court. I think judges should also if the judges play major role in ensuring the cessation of this what I call judicial menace. The Supreme Court has given the judge the only court you can go to after the Supreme Court is court of God court of heaven. That's the only court you can go to. There's no other court in the land. So it is most ridiculous for anybody to go to an imperial court an imperial court to challenge what the Supreme Court has said. And I think such litigants should be subjected to sarcastic duties. That is the truth. They should be subjected to sarcastic duties both the litigants and the litigators. You know there was the client and the lawyer should be subjected to sarcastic duties. Because I wonder if it is a known fact it's right law everybody, maybe a little boy knows that once the Supreme Court has decided it is final. And it is final not because it is right it is final because there is no other court to go to apart from court of God which you can do in your house or in the church or you wait for when you die to meet him personally if at all you will. So what is the whole essence of going to another court? They do these things just to steamy truncate processes. They do all these things in order to frustrate a process. And the judges are taking this matter. And because most of these judges are not competent to be on that bed I can say that authority to be. Most of our Nigerian judges are corrupt and not competent because they are not appointed judges based on merit. They are appointed judges just to do the bidding of do our point of the governor comes up, illuminates somebody appoints the person the judge and that is that judge because in the Yomah the governor said oh I have to send to that judge. That is what I like what the NJC did recently with certain judges including a judge in the university concerning expatriots. So most of the a decent judge an honorable judge will dismiss the suit immediately but and I am happy with what this president judge did this one that is talking about. I am happy. I am saying what is encouraging this is because we are corrupt judges if most of these judges will do exactly what this man has done I tell you most of this people's suit will end and the lawyers should also be penalized. They just collect money. A lawyer knows that what is doing is bad but it's just because he wants to collect that money to buy petro I go up in a boat. Like his colleague who is the son he says give me. Give me. Let's look at the leadership newspaper and we would like to also share your thoughts on the fact that Ibube Agu Vigilante beheaded in a buoy state. What's the hope then? We are asking, I mean we have seen that at the regional level they are coming up with security architectures to ensure that securities restore lives and properties are protected. Now those who are trying to protect the people have also been killed. Is there really any hope now? There is no reason to have that for the profession. Ibube Agu Vigilante is like if the local security office is like the police the army, the navy or what I mean so it's as unfortunate as it is and I want to order all those concerned to unearth the killer so that they get their justice back and it will never have that for the profession. As you are and Ibube Agu Vigilante are assigned to a bit, a work from bit you go and anything happens to you as unfortunate as it is if you have that for the profession so you have been decapitated may he show rest in peace and you cannot stop it that is the truth, you cannot stop it you can stop kind, you can stop mother you can only reduce mother you can stop it that will be the end of decapitation it is not going to be the end of decapitation people might say what is the problem he is so insensitive he is saying the facts if you sign the moment you agree to be a member of Vigilante that is the day you have also agreed submit your your life span in the hand of Ibube Agu Vigilante do you think that this Vigilante groups do you think that this Vigilante groups actually lack the intelligence because generally speaking if you look at the security architecture not one of the concerns that a lot of persons have raised and the issue is the fact that our security architecture as a country does not really, I mean it is not very sufficient with intelligence could this also be the case with the local people a country called Vigilante because you believe that they are closer to the grassroots and so because there are great crimes start from within what I mean from within if for example there is robbery in Guguma the people from Guguma in Macaeto local government people from Guguma must be part of that crime for that crime to succeed and if you have the policemen in Potacoc or the policemen in Guguma might not necessarily know those involved but his own siblings, those Guguma people, those of Guguma or less they don't want to disclose their identity will tell you those involved in a crime in their locality every kind is local so that is why Vigilante people they know the layout they know everything about that community and unless unless like I said they are complicit it is extremely difficult for you to successfully commit a crime in any locality and that is why you have to Vigilante but don't also forget that these Vigilantes are seen as enemies of in quotes progress the criminals are not active they are strong and they are good they will come after you on the issue of intelligence it comes across both but that is not the problem with the Vigilante you might be very much surprised that a member of that group is an accomplice it's complicit you might be very much surprised for them you are behind it or it's just a decision of accident on the issue of intelligence it comes across both the police they are developed in most cases they are aware but they remain silent because they benefit from the fruits of the crime or they have been instructed by the authorities to remain silent thank you Miss Ingotere let's stay with security and go back a bit to the Nigerian Tribune since we are on security the the problem of insecurity in Nigeria is nothing parts especially banditry has given a lot of people cause for concern it's been an issue that just has refused to go away on page 27 of the Nigerian Tribune have a story as highlighted on the front page bandits in military uniform Kale 3 bandits in military uniform Kale 3 destroy 11 houses in Teraba what can we do to make this problem go away now we are hearing that they are dressing like the army Miss Ingotere there is nothing you can do about it because unless you are going to tell me that you are going immediately to stop the sale of this military uniform the bandits and so on in the market most of these people don't get it from the market they get the uniform there are 4 so what are you going to do about it and when you see a man in military uniform on the road stopping you you don't know if he is a genuine military man or a fake military man you have to stop there is really nothing you can do about that nobody you come up with any kind of theory what are you going to identify the faith or genuine policemen there is no way of doing that the only person that can do their career are military men themselves there are people that can do that and there is a kind of attitude you must approach them if you really cannot look at this man in uniform, show me your ID card show me your ID card and answer one military question or the other and to hand out and tell you the presence of the fake man and all that it doesn't even know what works so only the military can do that and that is what they have been doing they have to identify those fake soldiers every day we see on the television most of them have been arrested and I hope they have been prosecuted only you have arrested but these things are possible because they have their cause they have their complicit in the military itself look at the police they are talking about arms and ammunition the guy being missing there are something thousand and the man being missing they are talking about that we have called for proof they are waiting for the outcome of that we have never heard of anybody who is getting that ammo so how did they get this before this man handed this arms and ammunition over to the criminals and that is why they are missing because they are giving the arms and ammunition to the police but it would have been declared guilty they handed them over to the criminals and that is why they are missing so that is what is going on open up on Qatariah so in a minute I would like to show your thoughts I mean we are running out of time but I would like to show your thoughts on this one it has to do with the subsidy removal and the fact that Labour has intensified mobilization for protests the federal government is also saying that the plan action is unnecessary where does this leave us what is the essence of the protest and what should government do in one minute so the government is trying to do all kinds of subsidies to show the increase removal of subsidies and the essence of the protest which will eventually have serious financial negative effects on Nigeria that is why I said the government is very insensitive because the government had an issue and this in mind that it was not going to subsidize at all because this is the same government that the federal government was trying to subsidize so because it doesn't want to subsidize anymore what it did was to come up with this deal and make NLPC a limited liability company so that it would divert itself from the issue of subsidy and from when it was only putting the blame trying to make NLPC to scapegoat it's not a limited liability company the government is so long at fault who will be filled with data from the second event so having nature is half the plot it's only a strategy so is the protest necessary the federal government is saying that the plan protest by this who are not insured protested he's not the protest so why is it not necessary why would I choose to keep but the problem is I don't have space anymore in our neighborhood because after a while as the government is saying this and as the government has promised they are suspended the government has said I don't have space but yes because you cannot resign yourself to face it's madness so we cannot resign ourselves and allow the federal government to do whatever it wants to do with Nigeria thank you we are going to the world and back to the double level you are not talking about protest now this protest is going to be a dressy half of the calamity that will be born in Nigeria that will be born in Nigeria rather should the government go ahead with this thank you miss Nkotaria always an explosive time with you and we definitely can't wait to have you again up on our board Nkotaria is public affairs has been our guest on the new super segment right here on the breakfast this morning