 Good morning once again and thanks for joining us on the breakfast on Pulaski, the Africa. It's now time for off the press and let's go through some of the stories making headlines across Nigeria today. I'm going to start with the punch newspapers just before we introduce our guest. Yes, should be on your screen, yes it is. It says here the big one, a Buhari signing of PIB. Petro may sell for 300 Naira, federal government to decide on subsidy and others today. Signing of PIB has ended for all subsidy. Market forces to determine price says oil marketers. Minister will tell Nigerians the next step today says the aid and also OPEC and 80 others applaud new law. Our gun carpets governors as local governments get 4.85 trillion Naira in three years. Our debts will keep rising revenues decline in says the federal government and platoon killings northern groups won federal government 13 more suspects arrested. Nigeria records 37,819 color cases. Death toll hits 1,178 and also outside Nigeria now seven die. Taliban renames country Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Nigeria gets 698,000 more AstraZeneca doses and also this morning Hoshpoppy pro panel submits amended report on Kiari. Super TV CEO family accuses Ligus police of cover-up hires Ozekome and the NSCDC arrest 100 recruitment scum victims and Kingpin. Let's turn to the release on newspaper headline reads Ku against Shoneko confirmed our fears about June 12 says IBB. Hohari Kalu Abdul Salami, Atiku Hill ex-president at 80. Two die. 14 bosses raised in Anambra tank explosion. Above the headlines there it reads governor's Iqbal Zubello clash over repeal of 1999 constitution. Ex-AGF adurkey links marginalization to secessionist agitation. Sanusi here says I am prepared for jail after leaving CBN denies going into politics. ADF lords and the government state assembly over anti-open grazing bill. Platoon killings enough of empty threats northern elders tell Buhari the long won't tolerate religious violence again governor ones. Indonesia torture Nigerian ambassadors express fears over foreign service officers lives urge federal government UN to be thorough in handling case. PDP pandev others kick as Buhari ascends to PIB. Clark says he's disappointed. Senate hails the president. Group says it's an assault on Niger Delta and experts say Phil price hike imminent with the punch newspaper earlier saying that the price might get up to 300 are per liter with the new PIB. Lastly on the punch newspaper federal government releases qualification requests for four airports concession. And now to the Guardian newspapers. PIB assent mixed feelings first challenges trail legislation. Still on the Guardian. OPEC says it will open door to new investment. Host communities kick the cry exclusion. And PDP decries presidential assent despite outcry six urgent amendment. WHO alerts to fake COVID-19 vaccines as federal government receives more doses begins vaccination. Doctor strike continues as quarter John's case to September 15. Bandit's killed 30 abduct 15 in Zamfara Katsina. A number of PDP unveils advisory council elders forum campaign committee for Zibo and IPOB suspenders sit at home still grounds businesses in Southeast. Finally just crisis rages as a governor restates in position of curfews. I think that's all that we can share on the Guardian this morning. Let's take a quick look at the stories making the headlines on the daily trust newspaper. And the headline is still about the PIB. And it says N N P C P F P P P R A to go as Buhari signed PIB into law. Assent major victory for Nigeria, according to the National Assembly. Experts are urging to get the right persons to implement the act. Lupeng says we're sure no job losses. PDP pan of kick as OPEC others hill action. High taxes pushing SMEs mortality rate or shimbajo. The long says we won't allow platter return to days of religious crisis. 1178 lives lost as cholera spread to 28 states. I beg your pardon that's 23 states. COVID-19 aids workers at risk as Buhari flouts isolation guidelines. Presidency truly president truly isolating. That's according to the aid. Also how bandits abduct 15 students, five staff from Zanfarah College. The commune as IBV clocks 80 today. Naba says why third force would be difficult in 2023. I believe those are the stories we're going to take a look at this morning. Good morning to our guest publisher of CK News, Mr Chris Wando. Good morning and thanks for having me. Fantastic. I want us to begin with one of the biggest stories in Nigeria right now, right after the Zanfarah kidnapped, which is that the president has given his assent to the PIB. Reactions that is that mixed Senate, you know, prison, the president saying this would attract investment into Nigeria's oil sector. While other groups like the Pandev says, you know, this is disastrous. This is siphoning money from the south to give to the north and that the controversial sections of the bill should have been amended before the president went on to give his assent. And also experts warning that the whole situation with the PIB would mean that fuel price in Nigeria would increase to as much as 300 Naira. Palitza, how do you react? Yes, first and foremost, let me say that there's no perfect law anywhere in the world. You cannot have a perfect law. Even the laws, constitution of the United States of America, over after over 200 years, it's still been amended. That of United Kingdom, though unwritten, but it's still been amended. So for me, first and foremost, I would say, I commend the federal government for the signing or the president for the signing of that law. That law has been in existence for close to 20 years, if you know, every successful, successive National Assembly taking to a point and they leave. And what happens is that they start all over again because there's no movement of any law that that couldn't be passed by a particular National Assembly for it to be taken up from where they stopped the next National Assembly. So first and foremost, I would say that yes, it's good that that law has been signed in. There might be a defect and there were defects, but maybe with the bat, bat water, I would say no. But the only challenge for me there is that the society, the areas where they consigned, what gets to the host communities. And I thought that would I have it, at least would I have is the 5%. But the National Assembly, especially in the United States, in their wisdom decided to leave it at 3%. I think the House of Reps said 5%. And I thought that during the harmonization period, both of them could have come together to agree on at least 5%. But you cannot blame that on the president if the president signed it. Fine. Because you have the representatives of the people there. And I expected that they would have done the needful and they couldn't do it. Even most of the legislators from the south side or those from the southern part of Nigeria who expect to fight vigorously against this voted for 3% for whatever reason. So what do you expect the president to do to just keep quiet and live the law pending when it will be amended. And the other challenge is what is going to denote the highest exploration 30%. And you continue to ask yourself, where is equity? Where is the fair play? And that will keep on reaching all sorts of controversies in the years to come. You have budgeted about 30% for interpretation in the north. But those communities who over the years, which over the years are being in serious, serious problem with the kind of environmental hazard and terrible situation we find on ground, are just getting about 3%. So that for me is neither here nor there and it's not good enough. But we also continue to question people of the south side or Nigeria data that all the funds that have been made available so far, either through the various ministries or intervention forces, what have them been used? You cannot see anything on ground in the Nigeria data and that should worry and that is where I think the agitation should start from. But since the president shouldn't sign that to me, I don't think it's fair enough what he's saying. 10% derivation fund, I forgot to mention earlier. All right, Chris, I want to let's also talk security now, as always, which seems like we discuss security every morning. But there's reports of violence, killings in Plateau State and also in Zamfara. It says 30 people, I think that's on the Guardian this morning, it says 30 people killed in Zamfara, Katsina and Kaduna and 15 abducted. It doesn't seem to be getting better. Talking about insecurity in Nigeria is just like a broken record. You could continue talking about the challenges of insecurity across Nigeria, not just in the north. My heart goes out to the families of those that were killed in Plateau. A few days ago, Muslims, they were coming back from an event in Bauti and were attacked in Jaws, and most of our 30 of them were killed. It's irrespective of whatever situation you find yourself. Taking up a flesh circumstance, no life is what being killed. And that is, that happened for me, where a Muslim, whether a Christian, whether a pagan, as a Nigerian, no body needs to be killed for whatever reason. And that just happened. And that's, I like the swiftness with which the security agencies have been reacting to that killing. And I hope and I believe and I wish that is how they will react to other killings across Nigeria. Don't forget within that community also, there are these instances. There was a procession, there was a burial procession. That was what happened. Some people have been killed earlier on a day or two before that, by a non-government or whatever. Chris Wando, sorry to step in here. I've also, of course, I'm sure you were going to mention that it seemed like it was a reprisal attack, after what had happened a couple of days earlier. And you also mentioned that you like how the security agencies have been reacting to the recent one in Platu state. But it doesn't bother you or any other person that we don't seem to have a culture of arresting perpetrators of these crimes. And that's the reason there continues to be these killings and reprisal attacks that we cannot boast, currently Nigeria, of 10 or 15 or 20 people that have been arrested for wiping out villages or for killing people in communities and have been sent to jail. Nigeria can't boast of any of these people and say that these people have been sent to prison, currently. And if there were arrests made after that attack a couple of days earlier, do you think there would have been reprisal attacks? I was where I was heading to, I was saying that there was a previous attack that led to the reprisal attack. That attack is not justified, but if the security agencies have also done the need in trying to move into this area and make sure that those responsible for the initial attack were arrested, then the people will look at it from the point that, yes, the security agencies are doing something to be able to, I don't think that would have been the second attack. So what I'm saying in essence is that we should be able, the security agencies should be up and running in their doings because when you now seem to be taking sides in any conflict, that becomes a problem. If you understand what I mean, in Georgia, there are so many military formations in Georgia that is the operational and safe haven, which is the military, I think one of the Divis also ensures, apart from the police and other security agencies, and how come that we lack the intelligence and what I mean, intel to be able to know that such a thing will happen if those people were going through that route. If we have security agencies with enough intel, probably those that those that were killed would have been asked to re-route to their movement, if you understand what I'm trying to re-route their movement, instead of moving towards where you had that procession of that burial. So it goes to show you the level of the level of intel within our security agencies. Everybody's just doing this one thing and nothing's happening. Look at yesterday now. How did students, we also kidnapped again in the North and about force, the three personnel in those schools, we are also killed. We are ahead for how many months and how many of us will continue talking at the level of police security. And it has not numbers. Nobody cares. Where is it? Fifty people killed in Zanfarah. Nobody would do this. Human beings are not turning to numbers. So there's no level of empathy at all about the loss of lives. And that to me is terrible. It's very, very, very terrible and condemnable. Okay. Let's take a look at these other stories here that we've seen on the papers. What we take a look at the Daily Sun, we see that the anti-open grazing bill seems to be getting traction here. And the ADF has lauded the Enogust state government and the assembly over the anti-open grazing bill. And remember that when these governors met, they had set a deadline for September to make sure that they all go ahead with anti-open grazing bill, to make sure that they eliminate the menace of farmers and headsmen clashes in Nigeria. I'm seeing the way states seem to be adopting this one after the other. Do you see a situation where all the states in the southeast would ban open grazing and that that wouldn't really cause a clash between the southeners and the northerners? Every state has the right to determine its security architecture and what it thinks is best for it. So if the states feel that the anti-open grazing bill is the way to go to preserve the life properties of their people, all well and good. You cannot tell me the kind of security I can put in my house. If I decide I might go for my lamp to guide me, if I have enough money, I can go to the police and seek police protection and rest of them in as much as I get my safe security. So if the states on the south is the clear that that is the way to go, all well and good. Don't forget that one of the raging war in North Central is especially in Benio State. It was because of the anti- grazing bill that was passed by the autumn government and it was very likely opposed by certain individuals who didn't want to see that law. You've got to bet that reduced, you mean that bill was that passing through law, it reduced drunkenly the attack that was going on on a daily basis in Benio State. I'm sure you're aware of that, it reduced it completely. Yes, there have been attacks here and there, but it wasn't as it was before. So that is the way to go. If the southern, the same thing happened in Nando State, Governor Acre Dulu came out swiftly and said, I don't want anybody in our bushes. I don't want any open grazing in my state and he walks swiftly towards that. And that also stopped at the point where Ndo was almost turning to another battleground for killings by suspected headsmen and the rest of them. So if that is the way to go, all well and good. Every state government should do everything humanly possible to be able to secure the larger. It was very, very bad in a point of state. On a daily basis, people were killed in their tests and in their hundreds. And nobody said anything. The federal government says to be incapacitated in doing the right thing by setting them not to secure it. How many policemen do you have? Across Nigeria, across Nigeria. So the states are not taking the initiative, which is what I've been talking about, that they shouldn't be waiting for the federal government to police their men. The state governors also should rise up to go to office. That's all there is to it. And they should do the needful. All right, Mr. Wanderlitz, quickly also get your thoughts on the crisis in Afghanistan. It says it has been renamed Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan by the Taliban. Quickly also share your thoughts on that. It's quite unfortunate what is happening in Afghanistan. President Biden came about last night in a statement where he endorsed his initial withdrawal of troops. Where he endorsed his initial directive to mention every American soldier lives in Afghanistan. We draw, yes, best. The way they did it probably was what they did, they said what will happen. And that is where the Americans are not having all these kind of batches and combination from across the globe. We are withdrawing about 1,500 to 2,000 troops left there. Now the crisis has started. You are trying to send another 3,000 plus to 3,600,000. That is the problem. So the American got this practically wrong. If you know that you know that Afghanistan is a pretty grand for for all these terrorists. And that was why it's in the about 20 years ago to make sure that instead of dying and make sure that there's no level of terrorism coming from Afghanistan. That's where it's been laden. Some have been laden and the rest of them. But the way the Americans withdrew from Afghanistan left everything. President Biden said that oh, we have 300,000 well-trained army of Afghan soldiers who can take up anybody or the Taliban have only seen 8,000. At the end of it, what I believe that the Afghan soldiers have been able to repel any attack. But look at what's happened. He made the withdrew. The host promises fell like a puff card. Taliban's were taking that on the day the president Ghani has been run Kabul the state capital. It's just unfortunate that you're going to have a lot of material crisis. You saw people flat off planes from the sky and from there. And it is really all right. Very soon. Okay. Hopefully we get more perspective on this. I'm meeting today. Let's see what they'll come out with. Yeah, that's it. Yeah. Quickly before I go, I wanted us to talk about this story we saw in the Daily Sun. It says that Governor Okazi Pazio of Abia as well as a Kogi state governor Yahya Bello yesterday disagreed over the 1999 constitution. And this was at the fifth edition of a symposium that occurred in Abuja. So the issue here is that Okazi Pazio is saying that it's important for us to go ahead and scrap the constitution that we have saying this is a military formation and that we need to create something that is truly of the people. While Governor Yahya Bello said it's unrealistic for us to repeal the Nigerian constitution at this time. And I want us to tie it to a NINAS convention or march that's supposed to happen in September at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Asking for a repeal of the Nigerian constitution and for referendum for states in Nigeria to be able to determine if they want to be part of the Nigerian entity or break away. So looking at what the perspective of the Kogi state governor is do you think it's unrealistic for us to repeal our constitution? Have a new one injecting the referendum and all these things and if it could solve the agitations in the country. I totally agree with Governor Okazi Pazio and Governor Yahya Bello just plain to the gallery. Even he's in his inner mind that he's not saying the truth. The constitution as we have it now is not working and that is why we have a whole lot of agitation left, right and so on. So the ender will be able to do something about it better. But what we cannot be looking at is the frame. But how long does it take to repair the constitution? Don't forget that even the National Assembly have already set up a committee in motion to be able to look at and measure some sections of the constitution. The constitution as we have it is not by Nigerian people they say oh although the beginning of that constitution you see oh we the people of Niger, who are we? That is a constitution that was caused by the military. But just a few people that came in and so I believe that if we must then what is happening now even the security and the rest of them boils down to our constitution because what you see is some kind of lopsidedness on the part of the constitution. We don't have the sense of belonging if you understand what I'm trying to say. So everything just looked through. The security, is it a policing? Is it a derivation forms? Is it a limit? Everything is so lopsided that it's present. So until we be able to do something about our constitution the better for us. But the problem we can ask us that what is the time frame that we can put to that? That may just be the problem. But the constitution, 1999 constitution has been as artistic presently cannot take us anywhere. All right. Chris Wander, thank you very much for joining us this Tuesday morning. Thanks for speaking and sharing your thoughts with us. We wish you a great day ahead. Thank you very much for having me. You too. You too. All right. Stay with us. We'll take a short break when we come back. We're going straight in history or back in history. We're back to be in 1998 to tell you about one of the most popular US presidents and some of the things that he did on this day. And I'm going to talk about a story that still shocks me. It's about about 500 bombings in Bangladesh in this same history. Stay with us.