 The continuous voter registration exercise ahead of Nigeria's next-genery elections has been officially suspended, but can it be deemed a success? Is there a need for a further extension? We seek answers to these and other questions on a breakfast this morning. A Nigerian anti-trafficking watchdog is asking football agents to obtain a clearance certificate before embarking on foreign trips with Nigerian footballers who will unpack this ahead on the program. We have in-depth analysis of today's newspaper headlines, all these on the breakfast. Welcome. It's another brand new week and of course another time to talk about the important things that matter to you right here on POS TV. Africa, we're leveraging your live from our studios in Victoria Island, Lagos. My name is Kofi Boutaz. We have interesting analysis of topics early advertised, but as usual we start with a look at the top trending stories on Nigeria's social space. Very interesting discussions about the weekend and of course the first one that we have up for you happens to be the Commonwealth Games. Yes indeed, Nigerians have not yet recovered from the lakes here, the sweetness of the victory of the likes of Ace Brume and Tobias Moussa at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, the United States of America and now there's more to jubilate and more to celebrate as well as far as winning medals in athletics and other sports are concerned. This time the Commonwealth Games holding in the British United Kingdom city of Birmingham and of course countries around the Commonwealth for my colonies, for my colonies of the United Kingdom, the British Empire are the ones that make up the Commonwealth. These are the ones who are gathering in Birmingham, the United Kingdom to have these games. As you can see on the screen the Nigerian contingent there. The first gold medal was won by a Nigerian Adenike, or Larry Noe Adenike Adijat on Saturday evening a combined lift of 203 GR in the weightlifting category, women's 55 kg. She stood on the podium and we have the Nigerian national anthem blaring right there through the speakers in Birmingham with the Nigerian flag on top. It was another sight to behold. These are the things that give you pride to be a Nigerian. Now the Commonwealth Games has also recorded a second medal for Nigerian. Yes indeed, a second medal this time weightlifting, Joseph Umor Mafia acclaimed the bronze medal in the men's 67 kg category on Saturday and a 67 kg category on Sunday. So one gold medal on Saturday and a bronze medal on Sunday. Fantastic news, you can see the wonderful lady, we spoke earlier about Adijat standing there on the podium, the first gold medal for Nigeria in the Commonwealth Games. This time around congratulations to her and of course a young man who also won a bronze medal as well, fantastic news. You know the nation needs these stories, these are the heroes, when they say the labor of a hero's past shall never be vain, these are the heroes that we can look up to. These are the ones who give everything for the country, not the ones who steal your money, those are not your heroes, not the ones who oppress you, those are not your heroes, these are the ones to see. Of course you have those power athletes as well who have been doing Nigeria proud and they will continue to bring you information on this as we proceed with the Commonwealth Games. Fantastic news. Let's move on to the next trending story, the Inspector General of the Nigerian Police Osman Baba is speaking again and some very, very, very important and interesting conversations on social space we've monitored. He has ordered the arrest and prosecution of skit makers, you know these young people who are talented in comedy, get a camera, get a phone, they film themselves and of course they put it on Instagram, on Twitter, on Facebook, on YouTube. These are comedy sketches and we call those skits, we call those skits indeed. He says anyone who uses a police uniform in a skit you can see Brother Shaggy who is used to doing this with Officer Woose, I mean he's one of those who likes to wear a police uniform, anyone, now Brother Shaggy stands to be arrested if he uses this police uniform without approval. Also movie makers who use a police uniform without police approval will be arrested. The auto is contained in the statement issued on Sunday by the first public relations officer, Lumu Yua Adejibi. In that statement they decried the legal sale of police materials by traders in shops, open stores, not approved or recognized by a 30 and I'm sure that they're looking at the security implications of all of this. The statement by the police inspector general says that the meaning manner in which movie makers and skit makers portray the police institution in their movies and skits using the police uniform without recourse to the provisions of section 251 of the criminal code and section 133 of the penal code which criminalize such unauthorized use with accompanying necessary sanctions. So I'm sure he's not just concerned about the wearing of the uniform but you can see there's something emotional there coming from the IGP. He is talking about the way movie makers and skit makers portray the police institution in their movies and skits. It's the way, the meaning manner he says, the meaning manner. I mean if I ask you who's watching us right now and listening to us what comes to mind, you mainly think about the Nigerian police. I'm sure you say, I don't want to go into anything right now so I won't be part of those who are demeaning the police. But if I ask you what comes to mind when you just think about the Nigerian police force, what would you say? What would you say? So the skit makers, some would argue that the movie makers are simply portraying what's happening in society and giving Nigerians a way to just laugh off the stress. You know, if there's stress coming from the police, they just make you laugh about it. You understand? Someone said, you know, instead of giving yourself, you know, high pressure, high blood pressure about issues, laugh about the serious things so that you lower your blood pressure in this country. So, you know, when you think about the police, someone say you think about bribery, you think about corruption, you think about a collection of bail when bail is free. Like they always say, you know, cars being stopped on the road, stop and search and all that, you know, harassment of young people on the road. I mean, they'll stop you on the street and ask you, OK, you are too young to have such a car. How did you, how did you, how were you able to afford this car? I mean, these are, these are questions that you shouldn't be asked. I personally have been asked by police, but, you know, many years ago, young man, this car, it sure is the old, how did you afford it? So I'm supposed to explain to the policeman how I was able to afford a car. I mean, I have a job and I'm paid a salary and I bought a car and you're asking me on the road how I was able to afford, you know, so these are some of the things you face in the country. I mean, a lot of people face these every day. So these movie makers, these comics who make the sketches we call skits, they just look for a way to make people laugh, you know, about the hard things in the country, you know, it's, it's parody, it's, it's satire, you know, calling what you make. But if it comes to the security implications of anyone being able to get a uniform or clearance, then I'm sure we can understand. But I'm sure these people will go around, they find it we're around it, they can wear anything, you know, they can wear anything. For me, what I think is this, for the police, first of all, they have to get their acts right. The first thing they need to do is to have a uniform. IGP, have your men a uniform, all right? Let them have a uniform. What is the uniform of the Nigeria Police Force as we speak? What is the uniform? If we did a random gathering of 10 or five police officers from the same unit, of the same cater, from the same command, all right? Or division, let's call it that, division of the same cater. I'm sure that you would find five different shades of uniform, five different colors of uniform. Let's just say you take five mobile police officers of the same cater. You see some wearing black, black. You see some wearing helmet, some wear beret, some wear long boots, some wear normal shoe, all right? Some wear camouflage. Even the camouflage have different shades. You know, those who wear black, mobile police, black and green, the green khaki, some looks more greener than the other. Some look brown. You know, some you look a bit turning towards yellow. Some look a bit turning towards lemon. So the police also has a responsibility because the IGP is talking about the security here. And of course we understand, I personally understand the fact that not anyone should not just be able to walk into a shop and buy something that looks like a police uniform. But what will help the situation? Because since this is a conversation we're having about the security implications of police uniforms being everywhere, is we as a people also would like to see the police having one uniform, all right? Having one uniform. Otherwise anyone can just sort of wear black, black and put a red something with a wing somewhere there and say it's a policeman. You know, personally I've been stopped by fake officer. Yeah, fake. I've been stopped by fake. He got into my car and started to buy my papers and I said, okay, let's drive. I'm driving to police station, let's go there and then we'll continue the conversation there. He said that the red flag for me was he said he was a major. He was a police officer and he was a major and I was like, does the police have major? They don't have that. So I smelled a fish and I said, okay, let's drive. And he started begging me. After begging me, he said, anything for me, just find me something, make it go. So people do not know what exactly they need for me. Some guys who stand on the road to control the traffic, you think they're policemen, they are not. They need to have a defined code of dressing, all right? They need to have a defined code of dressing. I mean, the IGP is the same IGP who introduced the wearing of hijab by a female police remand. So I'm sure that he has all it takes to be firm in this request for a dress code in terms of the color and let them have, even the camouflage, you see different shades. It's very important. And I mean, it's wrong for anyone to sell uniforms of the police in the shops in the market. That's wrong, all right? So it's very important that people should be aware of this. I'm sure the IGPs is saying this because of the security implications. But as to how they are portrayed, Oga IGP, please, don't take it personal, all right? Don't take it personal. These guys are just talented. It's parody, it's satire. They take serious things about society and make us laugh about them. There's nothing demeaning about that. If your officers want this to stop, they need to stop collecting body from people on the road. They need to stop harassing Nigerians and then they do their job with patriotism, just like you, Ms. IGP, I'm sure, you've been doing all these years and that's why you have ascended to this position of Inspector General of Police. All right, let's move on to another one. And some very sad news broke over the weekend. The kidnap of two Nigerian filmmakers, you can call them Nollywood stars, Cynthia O'Kerrikay, very sad, Clemson Cornell, aka Agbogidi, they've been kidnapped. And the chairman or the national president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, I personally think he shouldn't be talking. And this matter, because the more he talks, the more people say, oh, people are there, where you go, give us money. Actors Guild of Nigeria, ah, no, we need to up the money. But he's been talking. The president, the national president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollers, has been speaking to the media. He said that the kidnappers are demanding $100,000 in ransom. Now, this is the same national president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria who said, the guild does not have any money to pay for that ransom, that is not their place. To pay for the ransom, they will do all they can to make sure that they support the police in doing the investigation, conducting the investigation to know where they are and all that. Initially, what the Actors Guild of Nigeria president said was that they were not sure it was a kidnap. But now, the kidnappers have made contact with the family and asking or demanding for the sum of $100,000. So if the Actors Guild of Nigeria can't pay this money, I think it's time for the national president to make a roll and say, make a please. The more you talk, the more you get into the news, the more these kidnappers will fail that these two actors are actually getting attention. And I mean, Actors Guild of Nigeria is big. It's the entire, the umbrella body for actors in Nigeria. And you know, not all actors are rich. You know what I mean? At least you have, I can count 10 who are rich. You know, I don't know their back balances, but hey, they have money. So these kidnappers are gonna say, okay. So if this thing is attracting the attention of the president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, I'm sure he can call the likes of AY and all the ones who are sort of mentioning the names. So Emeka, you have to pipe down. The more you talk, the more you speak to the reporters and the more you mix it, means to the people it will give the support, the idea that indeed this money is available. So if like you said, Emeka, you don't have a fund set aside to pay this ransom for these actors and you want to support the police to do their investigation, then maybe you should pipe low. That's what I feel. But it's unfortunate. It's sad, all right? It's sad that this has happened. I mean, doctors have been kidnapped. You have priests who have been kidnapped. All these people are kidnapped. For me, I don't think there's an agenda against them. It's just that the kidnappers feel they are profitable. You understand that it's a good investment to kidnap a priest as sad as it sounds. And now they've seen actors and actresses and I hope this will be the last. Really, it's unfortunate. These guys go for people who think will get them the money they want. Occasionally, they kidnap people who may not have a popularity, but most times they go for people who are popular. Need politicians are also in that category. I suspect that some of you may not care about me mentioning politicians as I left them out. But anyone who is kidnapped, it's always a sad one. $100,000 is a lot of money. And $100,000 today in Naira may be more tomorrow and the next day and next week with the way the economy is going. So we pray that they will be released as soon as possible. You hardly hear of cases of the police successfully securing the release and rescue of kidnapped victims. And that's usually a tale of ransom being paid. So it looks bleak. It looks highly unlikely going by the recent past that these two will be released or rescued by the police. Where will their families get $100,000 from? Please, the Actors Guild of Nigeria and all the actors and actresses please come together and see what you can do to release them. But on the flip side, if this continues, then of course the kidnapping won't stop. It won't stop because they'll feel that out. If we get them, we can get money. Personally, I have moderated media programs just like this one where victims, eyewitnesses, members of families or people who have been rescued allege, allege, allege. That some security or previous organizations collude with the kidnappers. And that's why there's sort of, you know, you hardly hear of some of these guys rescuing those in captivity because there's money to be made. God help us. That's the size of a top trending segment right here on the breakfast and plus TV Africa. We will be back as we go through the pages of the national deadies up next. Stay with us.