 It's still the breakfast in plus CB Africa. It's time where we take you through the pages of our national dailies. We have great analysis coming your way. Let's start off with a daily independent newspaper this morning. Top on the front page of the Daily Independent. INAG and Pramaries opens pot out for upload of candidates. That's what you find. Votally written on the Daily Independent underneath says no two eligible registrants will be left out. I take that again. Says no eligible registrants will be left out. That's what you find. Court orders FCT minister to swear in chairman and councillors. Underneath that caption orders Buhari, attorney general of the Federation to defend suit on the website at appointment 2023. Jonathan tax parties on issue base violence free campaigns. Congratulate article or be Tunubu other presidential flag bearers. And vice president Yemio Sibarjok. Congratulate Tunubu. Converse support for him. It's very interesting. I mean, that's what democracy is about. Democracy day. We're looking at during the twelfth. We have a lot to celebrate. That's what the federal government is saying. Niger soaked in blood. Catholic bishop is quoted. Pita B is recognized presidential candidate of Labour Party. That's what INAG is quoted to say. Interesting. Sure wins AAC presidential primary elections and I haven't really had a lot about the AAC, you know, in recent time. Don't worry. You hear about them. It sounds like you are consulting for the AAC. No, I'm not. I mean, knowing who sure is now that he has a ticket, you hear more. No, no, no. I'm just saying that part of this time. Oh, yes, yes. I haven't really had, you know, no boss. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Now the boss you're looking for will come. Okay. You know, he can't, he can't hide. He'll make some buzz. All right. Let's move on to the nation newspaper with these headlines. The big one there. Buhari rallies governors for Tinnabu ahead of 2023 election. That's on the front page of the nation newspaper. The paper is giving its preference to the 2023 elections. Of course, we don't know who the owner of the newspaper is. There's nice picture of President Buhari and Bola Mettinubu right there. Yesterday, of course, we got news on Twitter. That's where I first saw it, that Bola Mettinubu had paid a visit to President Buhari at the State House in Abuja, and the president was all smiles. Bola Mettinubu also was on a visit to see a professor, Amir Shibajo, and those were the pictures we were really making the rounds last night. So, Buhari rallies governors for Tinnabu ahead of 2023 elections. The writers to that story, primary, most competitive says, president, in letter to candidate, and Bagudu, Abdul Razak, Ganduji, Masari, others visited Jagaban. The president had also put out a statement, you know, to the party online. I saw it on Twitter first. A long one calling on them to now move forward. They wanted to move forward. Yesterday, of course, we had some candidates writing, as parents, writing to Tinnabu to congratulate him. We had Ahmed Lawan, releasing a statement, a former transportation minister, wrote to me. She also wrote a letter to Tinnabu, a copy of which was sent to the press. And later, people will say now, when is the vice president going to also congratulate Tinnabu? Finally, he leaves a statement that was also shared online. And so it seems the party is moving forward. More headlines from the nation, it is a 2022 APC grand rally for Tuesday, Buhari, Tinnabu expected. Federal government links our church attack to Iswap, Manhattan for assailants. 83-year-old joint race for a Lafay throne, 140 suspected Yahoo Boys, arrested in two Lagos hotels. That's an interesting one. Oshiba Joe Ayadeh Amici Umahi pledge support. This is still concerning the APC and its presidential candidate. Friday deadline for parties to submit candidates lists. Friday deadline for parties to submit candidates lists. More from the nation. June 13 is democracy day holiday. June 13 is democracy day holiday. Because, of course, today Friday being June 10, Saturday June 11 and Sunday June 12, the usual thing is that the first working day, if the holiday falls on weekend, will be marked as a holiday for workers. So June 13, another opportunity for workers in this country to stay at home. I will be at work on June 13. We have so many holidays. No, I'm saying that I will be at work on June 13. You need to acknowledge that. All right, all right, that's good. So there's no holiday. Congratulations. Thank you. Congratulations, Merci. Naramali tied to visa card fraud. And Ladojai is to be installed O2 or Lubado today. And marking day is a HITPDP campaign chief for some of the headlines on the front page of the nation. We move away from the nation newspaper this morning. Let's quickly look at the Nigerian Tribune. It's what behind our church mass massacre. Federal government is quoted to say it's boldly written. You won't say that's the bold caption underneath. A Fenniferry visa or condemns Akira Dolu on Amoteco. Not going back on anti-opening grazing law. Akira Dolu is quoted on that. And you find we are vindicated by federal government confession. Fennu was saying all of that. It's time for Nigerians to move around with Ambs or Hanayzi. It's quoted to say. I haven't really thought that that's actually a great idea, especially if you follow the trajectory in the developed climes. Usually that's always a pattern for us. We like to make all of the comparisons. You'll find that the major issue right now for the United States is that gun control is a conversation. They're hoping that you have lawmakers abiding or conceding the issue of gun control. I don't know how that will pan out for us, but do we have a right to life? Should we defend ourselves? It's also another question that you should ask. Kaduna Government confirms killing of 32 villagers denies reports terrorists flying helicopter to Al-Afin store. You find Argun Lohyeh royal family submits a list of 48 contenders to head of the Prince. 12,000 actors of land for aviation city. See we can get certificate of occupancy. That's what you find. Tunubu APC Nothing Governors Meet. VP slot tops this caution. Eight names touted as possible running mate. Candidates are project, the most quoted to say. This campaign must be inclusive. Dume is quoted. Jonathan Amici Lallon, the Kassai, congratulates him. First batch of Meduguri programs leave for Saudi Arabia. Abandoned kidnapped 80 villagers in Katsina. Analysis strike courts declares Kaduna commission of inquiry unconstitutional. Angry youths and lepers born over 20 motorcycles over pedestrian's death. I mean it was part of our top trending. Unfortunately we're unable to take that particular one. INAG solicits NAF's support to lift electoral materials and personnel. These are the headlines of this morning on the Nigerian Tribune. The next up is a punch in the history of the paper has quite a wide array of headlines on its front page this morning and choosing to go political with its lead story. And of course 23 is also on everybody's lips whilst other papers have given the lead story as far as 23 is concerned to the Progressives Congress. The punch is going with the PDP and the process for the selection of a running mate for its presidential candidate, Artiku Bubakari. And this is the headline, the lead story there with the kicker Artiku's running mate and the headline. PDP raises panels WK Okowa lobby for VP slot. Writers to that, Artiku meets ex-governors, NWC, BOT, members intensify search for VP, submit presidential, governorship candidates names, running mates, INAG tells parties. And the gist of this particular one is that Okowa has been the loyal follower and supporter of Artiku throughout the process. And the paper is highlighting that, also highlighting the fact that some people in the party are trying to lobby Artiku who is the candidate to say, hey, WK has also been a strong force in this party. You look at the role played by WK in stabilizing the PDP after they lost the 2015 general election. So the paper is also, you know, reporting that people are telling these things to Artiku saying, this man studied the ship of the PDP, midwife the process to get a national executive committee of the party on board led by Uche Sakondas. And he's also been able to support state chapters of the party where the party is not the ruling party. He's been able to support the state chapters. You can messy, you know, you know, very much was going on in cross river state. And following the move of the state government from the PDP to the APC, the APC industry has no access anymore to state funds. So WK has, for instance, in cross river state supported the PDP there, though, you know, some people who know will tell you that he has an interest in who becomes the candidate of the PDP. He's interested in Sandy Ono, the legislator becoming the... The Kata Pila, you mean? Yes. And indeed that is what we see playing out. So these are the things that are working in WK's favour. But the paper is also reporting that Okoa's name has been one of those in the lead. You have others as well. The overwhelming suspicion is that the South-South is in the lead as far as the race for who becomes Artiku's running mate is concerned. But the Clamos, the cries, the case, let me call it that, of Southeast cannot be ignored. So these are some of the dynamics of play. Well, it's very important. I mean, you know, the position of the... Okay. I definitely just let you get through to the question. All right. We have more headlines on the front page of the nation. At the top of that front page, the headline, Nigerians beat CBN restrictions, trade 78 billion Naira Bitcoin in three months. That's interesting to see. Nigerians beat CBN restrictions, trade 78 billion Naira Bitcoin in three months. The interesting thing is that some people who are part of those saying they don't trade Bitcoin themselves also doing that, I don't know. So who are we receiving? More. Our massacre experts tackle federal government over insecurity. Government blames ISWA. Traders shot Lagos market, youth storm TBS. For voter registration, the youth vote program going on at TBS with concerts and comedians and all that. It's been a mammoth crowd, let's say, at TBS over the past few days. NNPC makes 1.7 trillion Naira from crude sales in 12 months. That's another one. Tinibu pays surprise visit to a Shiba Kaja Buhari host APC presidential candidate. Olubado elevates La Doja, Kola daisi, others today. 97 local governments record suspected loss of fever cases, casualties rise. Pleased to deploy 17,374 for Kiti governorship poll. Months after punch investigation caught slams Nigerian army, 200 million Naira damages for killing Imo businessman. Lagos mob burns 30 Okara's beats, motorcyclists for killing pedestrian and cultists kill Lagos trader in sisters presence. Family slams, please. Really sad one. Right, quite interesting stories right there and whilst waiting for our guests to join us, we'll just go over some of these stories again with some analysis. Merci. The incidences of deaths arising from Okara riders, either they hitting someone or they lynching someone or someone hitting an Okara rider and they go into an estate and start burning things. It's become a worrisome one, wouldn't you say? I would say that, I mean it feels like we're in a state of restlessness and a lot of confusion. It feels like we've gotten back to the point of anarchy and lawlessness and this should not be the case because you have a reason why government exists. But if you look at the policy and if you look at everything that's going on, the government has been very bent on the ban of Okara riders or Okara itself because I mean Okara would not ride itself without a rider. Well, I mean, that's a funny one. Yeah, of course, lighten up. So, sad. If you look at the argument because it's important that you be logical in all of this. So you go to this other side of the divide. What's the excuse of the government banning this, you know, the Okara's from plying our roads? Security reason is number one that they have actually put out. On the other hand, you also have the Okara riders saying that, you know, this is a means of survival for us. This is a means of livelihood. A lot of persons do not have jobs. We live in an economy where it's so difficult. You want to look at the statistics on unemployment rate and you want to begin to consider the reality. So it's something that usually, like we always say, that policies, government policies should reflect the interests of the people. But this particular policy, the question is, does it reflect the interests of the people? For every other time you have government having a policy, it's supposed to be in the interests of the people. So you say you want to ban the importation of rice, but you know there's a need for rice consumption in your country. You want to ban Okara riders, but you know that there's a need for transportation. I mean, people are in need for moving from one point to the other. And everybody does not live on the road. So you have a way where the city is constructed. You have the feeder roads. The feeder roads are the roads that would feed to the main road. I mean, so you have the highway, the normal roads. So how do people move from that point to this point? So there's a problem. There's an issue of transportation. There's a need for people to move from one spot to the other. And some people have identified the particularly need and see a reason to came to it. Right. So how do you solve the problem? So there's a need, as much as you say, we want to encourage local consumption, I mean, want to encourage local consumption of rice. And you're saying for us to encourage that, we need to ban the importation of local rice into the country. But the next question would be, if you ban the importation, what are the measures that you've put in place to ensure that there's efficiency that those who are producing locally are able to meet the demands and the need of the people? So as much as you say that, hey, security concerns, top on the list, we understand that's very valid because it's your responsibility to protect lives and property. And so on, the other hand, you have said, you see, we see this person as a threat. And so we say, let's ban Ocada because ban the riders or the Ocada is one and the same. Okay. So you say, we're going to ban the riders because they constitute a threat to national or the state security. But there's a need for movement. There's a need for people to move from one point to the other. Have you been able to solve that particularly need? So that's where life is. The question, you know, it's almost like a one step for two steps back in a situation where a legal state in particular had banned this thing. It was history. How did legalists get back from the time of fashion law? How did legalists get back to where it is right now? It shows how government itself comes on board and is not sincere to its own self, is not sincere to its own policies, cannot do what it says he wants to do and goes against what it says he wants to do. I mean, the records are there. The reasons that government advance for restricting the movement of commercial motorcycles and legalists are there. So government needs to seem to be progressing, advancing, you know, and moving forward. We have to go. Let's take a positive chance to remind us of what happened in history today. When we come back, we dive straight into our first major conversation. Stay with us.