 You're welcome back. It's still the very fast on plots TV Africa and we're looking at the headlines at this time so of the press We're starting with something natural Okay, I'm saying that because it's nature news that we're looking at and the first headline on nature news newspaper is at day environmentalists experts advocate change of behavior to save the planet that's the major headline there We also have a delicate approves climate agenda for for Oshun Oshun budget to deliver climate change lecture in US versatility and we have agency wants Nigerians of lightning strikes in May already we've seen a five-story building collapsing in Is it a papa or somewhere in Lagos and they say it's because of lightning So now they are warning warning us that in May It is going to be a lot of that that will be seen now though that is cute that it was from lightning is Well, it's leave that to me. Not many people are taking it seriously because we've been hearing lots of cases of Building collapse in Lagos which has also prompted the Lagos state government to Mark some buildings for the money in Banana Island. Yeah, so More attention needs to be paid to structures Okay, there is also in that newspaper something about animal protein versus Plant protein what you need to know. So maybe there are some plants maybe like for the vegetarians They know some plants that will give them the kind of protein that they need to sustain themselves We also have climate change sets a new drought food heatwave records. That's the report Coming from nature newspaper Nature news What do we have from the punch? Okay punch starts with Sudan conflict The headline a government seeks Egypt's support to rescue 5,500 Nigerians by road Nigerian government seeking the help of Egypt To remove Nigerians rescue Nigerians 5,500 of them by road then the riders federal government once as Nigerian students pay $100 for a dangerous road and then you have another rider We are waiting for Sudanese government to provide safe corridor for evacuation. That's a the minister there There you have pictures the pictures there you have Pictures of we're taking in Sudan Yeah, Sudanese refugees and supporters protesting the ongoing civil war between two factions are the Dam square as well as French and other nationalities on arrival at the French Embassy military air base in Djibouti during the evacuation of Around 100 people from Sudan on the first French flight out of the war heat country on Sunday, so France is taking out the people like some other countries Nigerians are waiting to see something happen for Nigerians living in Sudan You also have to maybe my return today to meet a PC National working committee you find that in page 14 of the punch newspaper That the president elects Bala Ahmed in able maybe returning to Nigeria today many Nigerians have had questions and speculations about his whereabouts, so This will know that and that speculation today If he returns as we are seeing in this headline and moving on to page four You find two children five others burnt to death in Lagos Ibadon highway crush two children and five others burnt to death in Lagos You know at the Lagos Ibadon highway Said yesterday then the Lagos state government blames developers as another three-story building Collapses you mentioned that earlier in that of the newspaper Lagos state government is blaming developers as issued Okay, well, everybody has a blame Lagos state how much of the inspection is being done Nowadays you just see X act on the building and X means bring more money That's what it is because the building continues and before you know it It's finished and people are living in it even places that were marked For no go as no go areas for buildings and all that I see people erecting estates in it So Lagos blames developers developers will blame Lagos the Lagos state government the people are the ones that are the victim Yeah, all of them have been blamed and fingered and pointed to be Complicit in all of that happening because you have those who should be supervising you have those who should be Checking and monitoring you have those who should be sanctioning and those who are Just not doing anything. Okay, we move to the nation now where we see a story Nigerian students lament or deal in Cranston Sudan, so we've talked about this in many in other newspapers as well. So We move on at the other story is Namaani ask OB to discontinue petition and We've also seen The story that is saying three ways out of debt crisis by Rwani. So he is Offering some solutions how Nigeria can get out of these debt crisis Well, we do hope that the solutions are good enough and that the government will take it 40% pay rise excites federal workers Nigerian government has said that they are going to Increase the salaries of federal workers and the excites them. It has already entered the market Everybody knows landlords know all as well, but that's not been implemented. Well, let's see how that goes Then under the Nigerian students or deal the federal government is saying it's dangerous to evacuate our 5500 citizens without clearance and then the US UK France Russia move out Nationals, okay, we've seen that in the other paper as well. So, okay, so we move to the Guardian newspaper whether leading headline Yes, so there you have it the Guardian newspaper rising poverty cost damping ECM adoption and impact on Nigeria's car production. Well, that's the major headlines there rising poverty Cost damping ECM adoption and an impact on that on Nigeria's car production. So you move down you have another The smaller headline there, which it's a Iotoro on the community sleeping into Atlantic Ocean. This is this is a girl's site This is something that really needs to be looked into on the community sleeping into, you know, Atlantic Ocean You wonder what happens to the people living here the fate of those in this Iotoro community It's it's it's the land they've been in for for centuries Possibly so Evacuating them may not just simply be the solution But if you are evacuating them, where are you taking them to something needs to be done? Maybe something to Protect the village from the Atlantic Ocean or to remove them to somewhere else that is safe enough Provide some accommodation for them. Well, we've seen we've seen IDP comes and how they are and all that So it's it's it's a really worrisome thing. Like you said, it's gory. Yeah, they also need to find out why the water is there Why is it coming in there? Can it be stopped? We had some stories when we saw the floods that Wrecked havoc in Nigeria last year was in the last year And so we had the stories of how it was our fault as a country I was supposed to have done something there some things at the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, which we didn't do which led to that So these are some of the questions we need to be asking How did the water get there and could it have been stopped? And so moving on to the next headline Sudan and that's the biggest story today And we'll continue until we see our children and our brothers and sisters back from that water and country Sudan federal government negotiates said exit for stranded Nigerians You have the picture of onyema there. Yeah, and then you have that of honorable a big head debris everywhere and then How I regulated a state agencies firms engage in multi-millionaires come Okay, that would interest Unregulated a state agencies firms engage in multi-millionaire scam and then here we have the picture the new money lays Yeah, without calling themselves a money. Yeah, and they just come you out of your money Okay, and then looking down you have that picture there that very unfortunate picture there of another Lagos building collapse 24 hours after governor someone lose visit to banana island site Okay Those are about the headlines. We have Nica Ghoule who is standing by to join us We did tell you that in Kota area would be joining us, but he couldn't make it We're glad that Nica Ghoule is already here and ready to talk with us. Good morning and welcome Nica Ghoule How is the UK today? But we're hoping for a better weather today. I think this one is out there here when you see the song you celebrate Yeah, well here the Sun sometimes it feels like hell because it's really really hot as if you can make a bar with the Sun that is shining Okay, well, how how is the response before we go into the newspapers as the response of the UK to the war in Sudan Do they have people in Sudan have they evacuated those people if they do have people or they did have people in Sudan What has their response been like? Yes, the news broke yesterday that The UK government During the night of Sunday They went During the night of Sunday Saturday going into Sunday they break into Sunday They went to Sudan and a lifted Lifted all the diplomats of the UK that are in Sudan so what the Citizens of the UK are now asking is what is the fate of the UK? Citizens who are still trapped in Sudan and I believe that the government will be working out a plan for them as well usually They don't make known to the public these plans just like the one for the diplomat Auntie they are taking them out out of Sudan before they made the news public So I believe they will also be working on a plan for the citizens and it was not just the UK That a lifted their diplomat out of Sudan The the Americans also did the same just as the French All the newspapers are carrying it the Nigerians don't seem to believe in The plans that the federal government is making and the federal government is saying they shouldn't make Alternative plans the people who are in Sudan now shouldn't make alternative plans They are negotiating with the government to to airlift those people to evacuate those people and so far even the diplomats I'm not sure have been removed from the country They still are saying they need to do something So I don't know what your thoughts are on the response of our government the Nigerian government to the evacuation of our citizens from What on Sudan? The response of our government is as slow as ever We are never proactive We are allowed things to deteriorate degenerate To abysmal levels before we react. I mean it's the same thing that happened in Ukraine during In this Russian Russian Ukraine war First and foremost, there is no government in Sudan to negotiate with There is a total breakdown of law and order What is happening in Sudan? Is terrible Because you see Countries spend a lot of money to arm their armed forces Billions of dollars to arm their armed forces to protect them against external aggression Or to take care of internal security issues that the police Are unable to handle but in Sudan Two branches of the armed forces Who should be working together? as comrades As spirited core Have turned the guns that the country has bought for them against each other You know, this is a situation that I find difficult to even understand if it has happened as well The two branches of the armed forces have turned the guns Against each other and in the process they are killing the citizens. They were meant to be protected So there's no government there to negotiate with there are these two warlords that are fighting So the Nigerian government if they were serious number one They should have utilized the 72 hour ceasefire That was declared by these two warlords Even though the ceasefire itself was not very effective for the whole duration But it was a window of opportunity for the Nigerian government to Come in to to to evacuate our citizens. That didn't happen now for the americans the french And other western nations to be going in to evacuate Their citizens is to tell you that they must have got enough intelligence to tell them that the situation in Sudan will soon degenerate To to to total breakdown in law and order and anarchy will reign That is why they have removed their their diplomats now the nigeria government should be also making similar efforts The the uk government as they have announced They did not use the the katsum international airport in the capital Rather they found an edge trip To the north of the capital and that is where they were able to land british Air force planes In the dead of the night to get their diplomats out can nigeria try something like that At least if nigeria cannot go alone let nigeria collaborate with other Countries so that the nigerians who are who are who are trapped In katsum will be will be taken out So this is something that a state of emergency has to be declared and and you know we keep talking about the responsiveness of government To crisis that nigerians face in the uk here the prime minister He had a cobra meeting a cobra meeting is a higher security meeting that the government of the uk holds Anytime there's a crisis that is the meeting that even if they want to declare war is a cobra meeting that will declare war The the prime minister had a cobra meeting With all those who are needed to be there And it is from that cobra meeting that this evacuation of the diplomats has emerged in nigeria What has the president said about this? What has the defense minister said about this? What has any senior person? In the government of nigeria said about this when our citizens are trapped there in sudan So this is the problem is i see we we don't normally have a government All right, well we will the needs of nigerians. Yeah yesterday. We learned that Between last night and this morning that's from garba sheho Chief first the media man of the government that nigerians in and sudan would Be evacuated and we're also seeing from the headlines this morning on punch newspaper That the nigerian government is seeking the help of egypt to evacuate 5500 nigerians from sudan how does that Heat you that we are seeking the help of egypt to do this and also you may also want to respond to the fact That we learned yesterday that some of our students in sudan Resorted to self-help and tasked themselves a hundred dollars each to find escape through Cartoon to isiopia, but they were rejected. They were denied You know passage by isiopian government The borders were shut off to nigerians, but nationals from other countries such as kenya You know somali yemenis. They were all allowed to pass. How do you respond to this too? Well, if the nigerian government is seeking collaboration With neighboring countries on how to evacuate our citizens Then it's a good step. Let them go ahead to do that It shouldn't bother us now how they are able to get our citizens out of sudan They should just get them out and I believe that Even the western nations that are evacuating their diplomats They must be collaborating With some of the nations that are bordering there. I think the uk ahead had A collaboration in some way as well even though it was uk a force planes that went in there You know, so so that that is fine now the on the aspect of the students trying to To help themselves by organizing their escape. I think that's very dangerous My advice to students will be stay indoors Don't step out because the situation is very volatile and in that kind of volatile situation You you may not even be a target, but you can be caught out in a crossfire You know, so the best situation for them is to remain indoors except if a ceasefire is declared Or there is an organized evacuation either book out by the un Or so that we can venture to step out. Otherwise, let the students stay indoors Okay, um, we'll take another story Now, let's just look at adamawa reg adamawa reg. Um, the police begin probe of suspended adamawa reg in in the meantime the reg was said to be Missing in action as it were. I don't know if it has been found but the probe is going on but um So far the action's taken. What do you think about them? Well, it's uh You know the way we do things in agiria is is very laughable And if we continue to do things in agiria like this Our so-called aspiration to join the 20 top industrialized nations in the world will remain a path dream You know, I keep saying it any anywhere. I have the opportunity that If it is nigeria's a vowed commitment That we want to join the top 20 industrialized nations. We have no choice than to do what those nations are doing You know, if you want to join someone to be a degree holder and the person is in the university And you you are in the motor park doing a thousand. I wonder how you ever joined that man to become a degree holder. So Uh, this situation here is simple This man flouted the the the law By engaging in brigandage, which is what I would tell him what he did And after he did that with the full support of the security chiefs That are posted in in adamawa. They are needed to have been very sweet reaction sweet reaction from the from the law enforcement agents Uh, all the security chiefs together with the wreck and everybody involved in that show of shame should have been arrested You know and and and could be handbars for for interrogation And we will not be today talking about the wreck is now Missing is not missing if the wreck is missing Have the police declined him as a wanted man He decided telling us they can't find this man. It is not our next job to find this man It is the police job to find this man And if the inspector general police is yet to address Nigeria's On the situation in adamawa, particularly with respect to this wreck Then that is a failure by the the highest security chief in the land. It's not a Ani ani ani issue Okay, let's talk about Stealing with the nation newspaper right at the bottom We have what appears to be like a some sort of advertisement Talking about the apc. Yeah talking about the senate president a sort of Talk about The senate presidency and this is katsu of the apc stakeholders and talking about support for senator borough jibreel who is a member of the national assembly one of the house of Representatives and three terms What do you think about this camper anyway for the head for the position of the senate president? As we move forward to form a new government You know politicians will always have to to do their games. So all sorts of games will be playing out now Uh one thing I want to say is that the current senate president and Ahmed lawan should not also be ruled out of the game a lot of people will say well He's from the northeast The same region with the vice president But let's not forget that as we speak today the Vice president is from the southwest and the speaker of the house of representatives is from the southwest So it's all about politics at the end of the day We are going to see how they will play it out. It's it's quite difficult at this point to even Postulate what is going to happen? I mean look at the case of 2015 in 2015 The apc had the majority of senators In the red chamber But the end of that uh Bukola hierarchy of the pdp became a senate president in what looked pretty much like a palace school That was executed when the apc senators themselves where they were they were more or less calmed to go to a meeting at international conference center And all of them trooped out to the meeting why the pdp senators together with some other Uh, a few senators from other parties now went to the national assembly Convinced the national assembly and made the bukola saraqi the senate president By the time the apc senators got wind of what was happening and they ran back to the senate chambers A saraqi was sitting as the senate president and they had to go to saraqi to give give him their letters Uh Of return so that he can swear them in as senators That is the kind of thing that can happen in agiram politics So on this one, I will say hey, we have to wait and see how these games are going to play out anything is possible Okay, um, maybe we'll just take one from nature news This headlines that uh climate change has set a new drought flood and heatwave records And I don't know how other countries are tackling it. How dangerous is this because Okay, someone as high as the form of president of America doesn't even believe in this climate change thing He says it's just a conspiracy theory and but some people are very passionate about it and talking against it How is the uk handling it for instance and what are your thoughts? Let me say that uh as a person my own personal view is that climate change is real Because if you see the volume of Of emissions into the environment is is humongous As I'm speaking to you now and I'm sitting very close to hitro airport Just like a mile or two away and a hitro airport An aircraft takes off from hitro airport like every 30 seconds or at most one minute every time If you go to hitro airport the aircrafts are actually on a queue On the ground So that as that one goes off and takes off It depending depending on the size of the aircraft if it is the same size The next one is following it immediately that one is in the air And in the same way on the other runway The aircraft has stacked on a queue in the air you see them on a queue in the air coming into land So and each of these aircrafts is pushing so much emissions into the environment So with all the other machines that we have and all of that So even here in the uk there are activists who believe that The government is not doing enough As regards climate change and they have been disrupting events You know if we heard they disrupted one of the important race Uh Course races Recently they even disrupted a snooker Uh championship They are just about finishing the four day protest in the center of london and all of that to try and draw attention To climate change and The the former US president donald trump like like you have mentioned He was very wrong to have thought that climate change was a scam. He's not a scam He's real and it is very important that governments should take care of the environment Because if you don't take care of the environment the environment is going to come after you And that is the kind of thing that we have been seeing but then There are efforts that are being made. Uh, there are definitely efforts that are being made like here Where I am in this my village called west writer our train service Uh used to be running on diesel And they have discarded all those trains now every single train they have now is running on electricity And that electricity is coming from renewable energy You know because several years ago our electricity supplier sent us a letter to say your electricity is now 100 from renewable sources So those steps are are being taken. We know of tesla that produces electric cars They are gaining more and more market share of these electric cars, you know, and now There are developments like in a solar solar energy where You can have solar panels and just transfer the electricity generated directly to consumers without passing through batteries in the daytime Then at night time you use maybe wind or hydro if you have those sources near you So all of those things are happening and I think nigeria should also begin to To catch on on this in nigeria today. I don't think there's any organized and coordinated plan For dealing with the climate change matter, you know, when nigeria is still Digging the ground to to produce fossil fuels that contribute a lot to Of damage to the climate Instead of us looking at Renewable energy sources that we have in abundance that we're speaking about the ever presence of the sun in nigeria You are guaranteed at least eight to ten hours of sunshine in nigeria every day Where are we now having solar panels in villages and our small cities to generate power for Environment look at the bad beach if you put weight turbines by the bad beach There will be 20 24 7 generating powerful legos and the environment and the environment And so we have a hydro almost everywhere in nigeria. You will see a river Why are we not using those sources? So that is one thing nigeria has to have and the incoming governments in setting the agenda for them They need to have a department For renewable energy that is manned by a serious mandate person Indeed, we no longer have barbic He just made that point. Yeah Bad beach is now something else. Um, but um, yeah, the the the turn bad beach into into a city I I saw it when I went to Lagos and I said, look you guys are joking with the environment They can come after you but you see you can put these wind turbines right in the water in other countries Where you go, you see the wind turbines sitting right inside the water facing The ocean and then the wind is pathing on these wind turbines and as wind turbines are turning that is electricity That is being generated. It's not even a difficult technology You know, just imagine how much of that that we can we can get for For for for the south west all the all the states that are on the atlantic all the way to Calabar Okay, uh, well, thank you very much. Nika gule for being a part of this program today Uh, unfortunately, uh, this is how much we can take from the press this morning So we wish you well wherever you are. Stay safe Thank you very much. I have a nice day Nice day to all our viewers Okay, so I'm from the press. Um, it's just a it's just a an unfortunate thing that We can sit here and then our brothers and sisters are still trying to see how they can get home We do hope that the government will be more proactive more more active I don't know if that is proactive. They are reactive now as it were But there will be there will be more effort to make sure that our people are home Yeah, this is not a time to speak English and grammar This is a time to act and that's I think is a major problem that our government have had over the years speaking speaking speaking talking talking and less of action and especially when it comes to situations such as this where There is need for urgent evacuation or intervention to save Nigerians in problem across the globe and it is A primary responsibility of any government to protect to provide to help the citizens especially in terms of security So especially the students there They are the primary focus the students there are the primary focus at this point in time So let's wait till we're able to speak with our guests in a few minutes from now From Neymar to find out what is being done right now because we were told Yesterday evening that between last night and today Nigerians would be evacuated from Sudan so as soon as we care It's time for us to have that interval going to have it and then we'll get the details on that Just stay with us. We'll be back in a moment