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Alright, we'll start things off and then look at what's been trending in the social conversations or conversation on the social space between what we last hear and now. And the new one, people like to talk, you know, messy people like to, you know, talk about what doesn't concern them. Like we say in Nigeria, it concerns you. But anyway, the latest thing people are talking about that does not concern them, it has to be somebody getting a wife. And the reason people are talking about this person is because he is getting a sixth wife. And that is the, that's the crux of the matter, he's getting a sixth wife. And I mean, it wouldn't have been an issue, but I think the number of wives is the problem. But you see, he's a traditional ruler. And we're talking about the owner of the affair, who is the person in question. Now, when he comes to traditional rulers, I tread cautiously and carefully because there are various traditions and various cultural considerations. And I'm not aware of everything. So I don't want to fall foul of those, you know, traditional issues in Africa is held in high esteem, you know. So I would say very little on that. But before we get to the only of, okay, yeah, I would say the very, very few things about that, keep my word short and simple. And he is oba ade e initon, ogun wo si, and he was said to take a sixth wife yesterday. Mesidas one, two, three, four, five, and six. I mean, he's been the object of public attention, especially after he took a wife, a very beautiful wife who happened to be a prophetess. And then she left him. I think that was the most public one. But it's the first wife also left him as well. Yesterday, we learned that oba initon, ogun wo si, was said to take his sixth wife. The announcement was made by the only spokesperson, Moses Olat Fare, in a Facebook post on Sunday. The monarch had on Thursday, October 20, married his fifth wife. That's four days before he married his sixth wife, his fifth wife, the founder of African Fashion Week. I'm sure you know about African Fashion Week, mercy. Ronke ade me Louis. She's the great granddaughter of the 48th horny of ife a jagoon ade me Louis. So there's a connection there. So four days after he married his fifth wife, he was said to be taking his sixth wife. Our sixth wife to be ade jagoon is a princess. People need to understand that all these people have, I don't just waking up to go marry a monarch. They are somewhere in the system. And she hails from Ijebu land. All right. So that's it. So in a Facebook post, this is what the spokesperson of the only announced on Sunday. He said, tomorrow is D day. That was yesterday. After he's married to Naomi, the second one failed in Zobatuni to the one monarch has married five different women in less than two months. You know, so it's like after you look, you know, you lift your head up, you look down at your phone again. Another one has come up. Lift your head up. You go to the kitchen to eat your beans to come back. Another one. It's quite interesting, but he's a revered monarch. I personally hold him in high esteem. Like, you know, the freshness is brought to, you know, such a position in Nigeria. And I'll be the last person to judge him. But the five of the five different wives is married. He'll be married in less than two months. Our Maria Monaco, who is now his wife, he married her on September 6th, you know, just last month. Elizabeth Akimudai. We also have Phillips, Tobi Lola Phillips, who he married on October 9th. Ashley Adeigoke, whom he married on October 14th. And Ronke Adei-Milui, who he married on October 20, 2022. I think if you look at the proximity of the marriage, the only person I remember who was, who did more than this was a fella, a Niko Lako Koti. I'm not saying the only she would compare to fella, but I'm saying if I want to remember some who married a lot of people on one day, I think he was fella who did that. So congratulations to the only as he picks his sixth wife and may his reign, or his reign belong and successful. But I hear, you may say I hear that somebody is applying to be wife number seven. I saw it online. I don't know if it's true, or if it's just a hoax. But just like you rightly mentioned, the issue of tradition, culture, something that you have to, you know, be very cautious and careful. However, we live in a dispensation where there's no Lord that states that, you know, you cannot have more than one wife. I mean, that's almost the practice. And in some parts you find that that some people can actually marry more than one. And that's because of, you know, maybe a certain religion or does it might be the tradition? And so that's also on the one hand, right? So it might just also be that I saw a particular tweet that talked about the palace of the affair or the only of the fair is big enough to accommodate a hundred women. And what exactly what exactly could it really mean? These women are not complaining that they don't want to be married. It's not like he pointed a gun at them and all of that. But the question would be, is this in agreement with the tradition? What does the law talks about? Can he, how many wives is this chipolated in the tradition of the law that he's expected to marry a certain number, or he's expected to have a certain number of wives, maybe two or three or there about. And in cases like this, it's the same thing with the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria. When you begin to look at the Constitution and you look at the lacunas, then a lot of people probably might act, you know, in that direction. But what does it mean that it might just be the fact that they go hardbroken and he feels like, hey, he needs to acquire more wives. He needs to acquire, because that's what he feels like. So he needs to get, you know, more wives and more women around him. And so that if one leaves, he doesn't have to be bothered. He has, you know, like five, six, seven, eight. I mean, I don't know what's going to be like, but it's quite interesting. And when it comes to situations like this, mercy, I mean, I don't know, maybe if there's a monarch holding a function and you haven't passed him by, say, hey, hey, I want to know, if you look at the profile, if you look at the profile of this particular wife that he took yesterday, and a lot of people anticipated, she is, you know, well read, highly placed. Tell me what I'm talking about. If the one from yesterday, right? Yes. Yes. If you look at her profile, she's the one who has master's degree from the UK. Of course. Okay. Because there's another one who also has a bachelor's degree, but she's a beauty queen. So yeah, a lot of them, but if you look at the choice of it, it's very confusing for me to keep up. So we can't keep up. Even when you talk about keeping up with the conditions, it's not like this. So I think that it will be a lot to keep up. It's not just one person that we're talking about, but we're talking about several persons here. There's a lot. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Yes. It's been hard for me to keep up. And I knew that amongst the last one was a master's degree holder from UK, an accountant. And no one is a beauty queen or something like that. I saw somewhere. People write all sorts of things, but she's a bachelor's degree. But we will say congratulations to the Maricopa, and I'm happy with her life. But the question of her mind is how many more? Well, we don't know. Yeah, that's the question. Have you ever watched them? Coffee. And Nicole Lapo. Why do you keep asking me? No, because sometimes some people, anyway, let's just leave that. No. So the thing is, like I rightly mentioned, the question would be at the end of the day, we're expected to see if you're not acting in contrast of the law, if you're not on the other side of the law. So that's what it is. So if you look at it, because now we're talking here, so I say on that. So like I said earlier on, when we talk about culture, these are practices. And so we need to know. I haven't seen the number and limitation if there's a limit to how many wives that you knew of if it can actually get. I don't know if there's a limit. You know, you know, you can have as many as you want. It's this entitlement, like someone said, one of our jingles on this station. You know, you know, this is a topic that is so interesting. We can talk about it for one hour. That's I see why we're dwelling on this. But the question I'll ask is how many more? You know, I'm just speculation. You know, it could be. It could be a hundred. His Royal Highness is is is entitled to take as many wives as he wants. You know, as long as he does not contravene, you know, the. His Royal Highness is is a prevert traditional ruler. No, no, but you know, even in the tradition, we need to also look at the tradition. The tradition is not an open. I'm sure that there are laws for how if you look at it, how will and the if I be elected, you know, the only the next one be elected. There's a process. That's what I'm talking about. There's a there's a procedure traditionally. Can you limit the number of wives that an oba can take? No, that's what I'm saying. I'm saying that I haven't seen a limit in law. So we say the same thing in the traditional law. So as long as he's not so he's entitled to take as many wives as he wants. So because because the law has not stated a limitation, which I haven't seen, he probably might be there. But it's possible that it's there and I don't know about it. And then I'm hoping that we actually we are in reference to that. You know, you are in reference. Yes, that is his entitlement. So we have to be aware of that as having this conversation. He's a traditional ruler and I say we respect the oba and it's a revered traditional institution. You know, and we just wish the married couple happy married life. But as a person, as a person messy, you know, I'm just being honest. The question of my mind is how many more he can get as much as he wants? As long as it's speculation, it's like saying I'm just guessing. You know, I think we're still going in second. Let's go. Let's move on. Let's move on. Let's move on. The fact that how many more as long as he's not he's acting within the laws of the Constitution, I'm saying that. Then he can he can get it doesn't mean I'm not wondering in my mind. You know, I'm guessing then you can't and these women are not complaining now. So I don't know why I'm not saying that. Not saying that. Well, let's move away quickly. Another one is that Namdi Kano's appeal, the federal government or the appeal court rejects the federal government requests for that adjoinment and the Court of Appeal on Monday. That was yesterday refused to grant the request of the federal government that has also cost for a lot of concern for the adjoinment in application seeking to a state of execution of the judgment that set free the leader of the indigenous people of Biafra, Namdi Kano of the iPop. Now, so the the courts, this is it. A lot of people might just be thinking differently, but the court had earlier said that in the morning because they resumed their session in the afternoon and they had, you know, spoken to the government and said, hey, you need to move the issue or the matter to the letter time, you know, the application that acts the federal government in the morning to move his application or forget it. And if it's like, you know, the federal government was still bent on the morning, but you also have the lawyer who said that that particular he was said the letter on Friday. I really don't know what that means. And so that's what it is. So but let's also not forget that the appeal court at the time had asked that, you know, Namdi Kano be discharged, but of course, not a quiten. And that's the conversation. That's right. All right, mercy. It's it's an interesting situation with the with the legal processes going on. And I think that I'm not a few people who have speculated and guessed that the federal government will head to the to the Supreme Court, you know. So so let's see how it goes. We could have appeal refusing to grant the request of the federal government in a final judgment in an action seeking to stay execution. All right, because they will apply, you know, for state of execution. It has to be granted. Um, uh, if you have maybe some other appeal going on, you know, somewhere, you have to apply to the court to get that state of execution approved. And it's not, uh, granted or given that merely you appeal that there is automatically a state of execution. You have to apply and the court has to grant that application. Some people think that over the sale. We have applied for, we've appealed the case. So the partition maintained the status quo ante, but that's not the case. You have to actually apply for state of execution. And then they caught that, you know, granted or gave a ruling. We'll consider it, you know. So, um, this is where we are. Uh, and, uh, the federal government hasn't asked to move its application or forget about that application. And so they just have to do the needful and they have to comply with the ruling of the court of appeal. All right. They have to comply with the ruling of the court of appeal. Um, so that's that, uh, we'll see how it goes. I think it's the window is open. The doors are fully now open for the federal government to comply with the court's decision on Cano, you know, uh, the doors are fully open now for the federal government to comply with that. You can appeal, but I think what they're saying is that, um, uh, while you are appealing, do the needful obey, uh, decision. All right. So that's that. Um, I'm sure we hear some more from Mikey, a, uh, if I age of four and Michael Zekome, SCN, who happens to be the lawyer to, to kind of in this matter. All right. We have to move on, uh, to the next one, which happens to be, uh, a very interesting situation. Merci. Um, you want to talk about that? You know, you go ahead. All right. Um, so this happens to be with, uh, to do with the evacuation of, of Nigerians from parts of the country. You know, what some people have been saying was we've not seen the federal government move out, you know, to evacuate Nigerians, uh, from flood affected areas. So far we have 34 states in Nigeria affected by flooding and, uh, we wanted to see, you know, an American style, you know, response by government, you know, the Americans would send in the, the, the, the, the military, you know, the Marines and all those, you have the military engineering call if they have to repair bridges have been broken down or destroyed by, by the flooding and all that they are brought and activated, you know, they activated. So we wanted to see something. Let's see choppers from the Air Force. Let's see boats from the Navy. Uh, let's see, let's see some, some soldiers going, uh, into the, the flood affected areas to help people out. And, uh, what we are seeing is that, um, the national emergency management, management agency in conjunction of collaboration or with the assistance, they say of the Nigerian Navy, uh, evacuated some flood affected persons, uh, from their communities in rivers and by also states. If you see the pictures, you would see the gigantic trucks that can, uh, drive through water. It's amazing. It's amazing. They drove through water. These are what you call amphibious vehicles, amphibious vehicles. They can, you can see one of them on your screen and this one can drive through water. Yes, yes, yes. These are amphibious vehicles. I think even the Red Cross, they have vehicles that can drive through water, you know, the ones that have those, um, those, it's called like tunnels, you know, pipes at the front. Yeah, yeah. They can drive through water. Yes. So, so, so people have been commenting to say, this is a welcome development. Merci. Well, so, so the comment is a welcome development. Uh, it would actually go in hand with that conversation that talks about is better leads than never. I mean, it's, it's at all at all. They're saying I winch that's in a parable. That's what we would say. But if you look at it, I remember when we started this conversation right here, and one of the questions that I post your, uh, analysts or guests at that time was, should the federal government not declare this as a state of emergency? 34 states you were talking about out of how many states again in Nigeria, 36 plus the federal capital territory. So is this not, uh, uh, an emergency? Is this not, uh, a national issue? Now, when you talk about the declaration of a state of emergency, then it would mean that, uh, there's need to suspend that's the nation is a national danger or a disaster in which a government suspends normal constitution, the constitutional order and procedures in order, uh, to regain control. The government has not declared this as a state of emergency, and that's why we can have all of this that you have mentioned, you know, people intervening because if the Nigerian government declares these as, uh, a national danger or a national disaster state of emergency, then what will mean that we would see not just Nigerians acting, we will not see different bodies intervening, but would also see people from other parts of the country, you know, acting in this regard coming to support. There would be helicopters chopped choppers, different parts of the world, though, especially those who are aligning with the Nigerian people, you know, to come to rescue. So at the end of this perception, the government has acted, but how long did he take the government to respond? You know, two weeks, lives, it just shows is it's just, uh, it plays premium to how much of importance that we place, you know, on the life of an average or a Nigerian life of people, how much do we value people? You talked about this, and in my mind, I'm like, maybe we're too conversant with the movies and the things that we see in the news, because that's what happens, right? Because it's expected that the government should have, you know, gotten into action, but this is two weeks and we're saying, hey, because, you know, it's better that you didn't act, it's better that you're acting late, but we appreciate what you're doing and that's what it is. So how long will we continue to be reactive and not proactive? And even when the situation has happened, how long did he take us to actually, you know, act in that particular order? I remember once upon a time, maybe because I've seen too many movies, and then there was a crime situation, my house was robbed. So the police called, we put up a lot of calls across, you know, to the police and eventually you had the police arriving. So when the police was at the gate, I mean, I was at the forefront of all of this. So I came out in the middle of the night. So I came out and I asked the police officer. So we were like, oh, we got a call. This just called in the wrong location. So I'm like, this is where it is. But of course, those robbers have actually gone. They are already there. So they said, OK, OK, they were going to ask, and you know, going to come inside. Because I was hoping that they would come inside the house, you know, come into the compound and look at all of the stuff. I was expecting some perimeter fencing, you know, so too much of imagination. Too many movies. Not too many movies. Too many movies and that's the problem. And the expectation, you know, just gets very high. But coffee, that's what it is. Yes, indeed. Like you said, better late than never. But you know, I think it's too late. Well, it's better than never. But you know, but it's late. We have bodies have been washed off. Yes, very sorry. Some of the things are not within the control of government. Some things, you know, when it comes to natural disaster. Some of it, yes, it's just to learn. Yeah, you know, some of it. So it is not to unduly criticize government. I'm not saying government is responsible for all the people who have died. But if they had acted earlier, it could have reduced to an extent, you know, to an extent. So they should have acted earlier. What is the plan? They haven't told us what exactly the plan is. Like what Tunji Bello, Commissioner for Water, for Environment and Water Resources in Lagos State has been saying. However, from the federal level, we're not getting information. All right, we know we have the National Emergency Management Agency, but we still need more information. What is the plan? OK, you're taking people from Bayosa and River State to fight. What is the plan? OK, and for the president, he's told the Minister of Water Resources within the next 90 days to come up with a flood control plan. You know, what exactly is a flood control plan? You know, when right now, what we need is a disaster management plan. All right, we have to go. Kofi, we really have to go. But you and I know that we can entirely say that this is just a natural disaster. That's also a human factor to all of this. But that's the much that we can take at this point in time. We'll take a break and when we return, we'll be looking at the front pages of the National Dailies. We call it off the price. Please stay with us.