 President Bola Tinubu has allocated portfolios to his ministerial nominees at last and they'll be sworn in on Monday. We'll discuss this our first hot topic this morning on the breakfast. AQUA's defense chiefs in a meeting held in Accra, Ghana have revealed that the bloc has begun the activation of its standby force in Niger Republic to restore constitutional order. This is our second hot topic on the breakfast and we're taking a look at the stories that made it to the headlines this morning on some major national dailies of the press who have analysts joining us at that time to discuss them and have better understanding of what the issues are. Good morning. I am Maureen Menongwe-Zigwe and it's so good to know that you're there. Welcome to Friday's edition of the Breakfast on Plus TV Africa. Let's go straight to our top trending stories. The first Dr. Stratton strike in Benwe over abducted colleague, the Nigerian Medical Association of Benwe State Branch, has threatened to declare an indefinite strike in the state over the kidnap of a medical doctor, Asema Muswega, by gunman in Ukum local government area of the state. Muswega, who works at the General Hospital, San Kera Zakibiam was abducted alongside another health worker on July 23rd, 2023. The pair were on their way to supervise a malaria control program at a primary health center, PHC, in Ukum, LGA. The NMA on Wednesday in Makradi in a statement lamented that the kidnap of Muswega was the second of such abductions in the state in the last three months. The NMA stated that the patent cannot be ignored as it seems doctors are now the target of kidnappers in that state. The NMA called upon the Benwe State Governor Reverend Father Hycent Aliya and top politicians, especially those who hail from Ukum, LGA, including Senator Immanuel Udende representing Benwe North East, Senatoral Zone, and the chief of staff to the governor, Paul Biam, to swiftly intervene and ensure the immediate release of Dr. Muswega from the hands of his abductors. They are also seeking the intervention of their revered parliament ruler of the Tive Nation, Archive League, His Royal Majesty Professor James Ayatse, to take decisive and immediate action that will lead to the release of their colleague and his subordinate. They urged the governor to reinforce security measures around the health facilities across the state, especially in areas that have become breeding grounds for heinous crimes. That's our first uptrending. The second is Lagos State. We'll move from Benwe State to Lagos State, which has okayed the withdrawal of firearm charge against Amirphale. The federal High Court seating in Lagos has struck out the legal possession of firearm charge against the suspended central bank of Nigeria. Godwin Amirphale, following an application by the Ministry of Justice to withdraw it. Justice Nicholas, away both struck out the charge on Thursday after holding that the prosecution had the statutory powers to withdraw a charge against the defendant at any stage of the trial. The judge in Israel inhaled that the application filed by the director of public prosecution, Mohammed Abu Bakr, seeking the withdrawal of the cases found in Section 108 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, which empowers him to withdraw the charge. And there is no requirement for the application to be in writing. The defense through its lead counsel, senior advocate of Nigeria, Joseph Aldo, had argued that the prosecution could not withdraw the charge unless the government purges itself of its disobedience to the court's order of July 25th granting Amirphale bail. Justice Owebo, in a short ruling, condemned the conduct of the prosecution. In allowing the withdrawal of the charge, the judge wondered what good it would do to the defense if the court did not allow the leave. Well, there you have it, some drama playing out there over Amirphale, aka Mephi, that's his nickname now. Nigerians have given him a nickname, that's Mephi. So many things going on around the suspended former governor of the central bank. Many things, many things are still yet to unfold. So we'll just keep our fingers crossed and see how all that plays out. Some say that the government bungled the opportunity to bring him to justice over some of the monetary policies that he brought to fore during his time, well, before his suspension, that was during the former administration of President Mohammad Ibu Harry. But it's still unfolding. So let's see how all of that pans out. Some have accused this present administration of witch-hunting him, but then the case is in court. So let's see how it ends at the end of the day. We'll take a break and come back and let you know those headlines that made it to the front pages of some national daily. Stay with us.