Good afternoon. Welcome to Benedict College, the HBCU that put the BC in HBCU. It is a historic day on the campus of Benedict College. Our opportunity to welcome very special guests. I'd like to pause before we begin and introduce or acknowledge a few of our very special guests, most of whom you will hear from just shortly, but do allow me on behalf of our Board of Trustees, our staff, faculty, and our amazing students to acknowledge special guests, congressmen with James E. Clyburn, who will be joining us by video just shortly. Our own Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina Pam Everett is here with us this afternoon. Benedict board member, his most important distinction, and he also happens to be the mayor of Columbia, South Carolina. Stephen K. Benjamin is also with us today. We have Ms. Jovita Carranza, U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator as our very special guest today. Thank you so much for traveling here to be with us. We also have a dear friend to Benedict College, Mr. Ashley Bell, Regional Administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration. Welcome to Benedict and Ms. Dominique Simpson Milton, advisory board chair for the Benedict College Women's Business Center. At Benedict College, we believe deeply in making history, making changes and improving the lives of our students, their families, and our community. The Women's Business Center on the campus of Benedict College is the manifestation of this commitment. I am Peacock proud to be the 14th and first female president of Benedict College and to have the opportunity to cut the ribbon on the Women's Business Center. We are only the second historically black college in the country and most assuredly the best historically black college in the country to have a women's business center on our campus. So I am excited. I am pleased. I am grateful. I also see another friend, Councilman McDowell. Thank you so much for being here with us today. All of our SBA colleagues and friends, thank you for being with us today, have been tremendous supporters for us as we have endeavored to support small businesses at Benedict College. Our business incubator is second to none and the Women's Business Center is a unique addition to that very special programming. I thank you for being here. I urge you, if you know women who are interested in starting a business, strengthening a business, growing a business, please direct them to Benedict College. We are here to support you, to sustain you and help to create generational wealth in the communities that we serve. Thank you for being a part of the Benedict family. I will defer to the program in the order the speakers are presented and again, welcome you to Benedict College. I am excited. I am honored to be the first chair of the Advisory Council for the Women's Business Center in South Carolina at Benedict College. This is a historic moment. And to President Artists and Director Sallie, my hat goes off to each of you. You have a great work to do. To the SBA, thank you for funding this program. I know firsthand the excitement of developing the Women's Encounter when they walk into a WBC Center because we are co-located in North Carolina. WBC and CVMSTC are located in Charlotte, North Carolina. And I watch women walk in. They just get so excited about the growth, the connections of training and the possibilities for their business. So this is a rich work that we have to do. And together we can make it very valuable for businesses that are starting out, businesses that are already established as a chair. I want to see businesses grow from a million to multi millions, from multi millions to billions. That is the work that we have to do. We have to provide rich programming. We have to provide access to capital and resources that will help these businesses grow. But that is just one component of the work that we have to do. It is not enough for us to create these programs and to train all these businesses and to give them hope, but doors not be open. So it is incumbent upon each one of us here today. It's incumbent upon all of the businesses in South Carolina to be very intentional, to make sure that we are opening doors, to put women-owned businesses, minority owned businesses into your supply chain. This equation does not work without both working congruently together. I'd like South Carolina to be known as the state that knows the importance of developing that small business of that woman owned business. As we talk to the current businesses that are here, as we recruit new businesses to South Carolina, let it be known that we expect them to open the doors in their supply chain to these women owned businesses so that all the work that we do, once they are ready to go into the supply chain, the doors will be open. If we do that together, our missions are aligned. At CVMS DC, we certify businesses with a larger certifying agency in the United States. We help develop them and we connect them to opportunities. But most importantly, we advocate for them to make sure that laws are in place, to make sure that they have opportunities, that doors are open for them to grow. This huge economic impact is represented by minority businesses in a supply chain. In our business, for every dollar that we invest in minority business, we return $1.72 back into the economy from jobs, salaries, taxes, goods and services sold. The same will be true of the women in South Carolina. So we must be very intentional to make sure that those we develop have the opportunities with open doors to grow. With that, I thank you for just entrusting me. And I look forward to working with each of you. Thank you to our potential future sponsors, because I'm a sales person at heart. And we're going to need all the sponsors that we can get to help continue the work that we are doing and to add to the funds that the SBA is giving us here today. So thank you. And I look forward to working with each of you. Good afternoon. A lovely day in the neighborhood, isn't it? I certainly want to thank I thank God for everything, but I thank him particularly for this shelter today. It has helped tremendously. Dr. artists, our mayor, the other persons who are here, Melissa Linda, who's our director of our office of business opportunities. We're glad you're here today. What an illustrious day it is in the neighborhood. But this historical event to take place. Benedict College Women's Business Center provides another opportunity in the long legacy of this institution as it provided health, advancing education, invigorating the culture, social and economic emphasis in this community. For 150 years, this institution has continued to be at the top of the spear. This institution has continued to be an HBCU that continues to push out and expand the vigorous energy that each HBCU offers. Of course, I am a product of an HBCU institution, not Benedict, but because I'm so close to Benedict, I claim it anyhow. We are blessed to have this Women's Business Center that is very much needed in our city, in our nation. This center will work to respond, reveal, and recover from the impact of this pandemic virus. According to the economic policy committee, because of the racial, sometimes because of the racial injustices that is deeply rooted, we've come today to ignite the flame of a reasonable way to impact the very nature of this community and this center. We are able, through this institution, the ability to leverage our, to leverage our combined resources, because there are resources under this tent today. Now please remember, I'm a retired preacher, and it feels like I'm doing a sermon, so after I get through, I'm going to ask for a collection for Benedict, somebody ought to say amen. Just send a check. Dr. Orges will appreciate that. The ability to leverage combined resources so that this community and this city of ours is impacted in such a way that lives are changed. Lives are invigorated. Lives are pushed to the next level. We are trusting and hoping with all of the energy that is within each of us to not only make this work because it's going to work under the leadership of our beloved president, she's going to make it work. The staff is going to make it work, and every sister who attends will be highly, will be highly expanded to do a better and an extreme, in an extreme condition. This pandemic has offered and is rooted in a deep appreciation, if you look at it that way, in a deep appreciation of what is to be done and what is going to be done. It has offered us an invitation to do the right thing, and today we are doing the right thing. So as a member of our CDC, our Community Development Committee, as a member of the board of the CDC, as a member of City Council, I'm encouraging everybody because I'm going to do my part. I need you to do your part, and in doing your part, it makes it a kind of response that will benefit the needs of our city. This center will give and say to each person, given each person the privilege to be the best they can be. Thank you for this day, and we look for more things to happen in this community called Benedict College. Thank you very much. Governor Edvidt, President, Artists, Administrator Caranza, Regional Administrator Bell, my friend and colleague, Ed McDowell, he was actually serious about taking up a collection, y'all, so please know this. It's a real honor to be here with you today as we deal with amazingly challenging times across this country. We're in the midst of the greatest pandemic since 1918, the greatest economic disruption in election year since 1932 or 1876, depending on who you talk to, and the greatest social unrest around the structure of racism since 1968, all wrapped up into two quarters in 2020. So it is so amazingly consequential that this opportunity happens here at Benedict College in partnership with a small business administration, and we are so, so thankful. We look forward to, and we're committed to, through our Office of Business Opportunities, led ably by Melissa Lindler to continue working with each and every one of you in making sure we meet the needs of the entire community. We've seen the data, and I'm a big believer in God we trust everyone else bring me data that 41% of black owned businesses, almost 440,000 enterprises have shuttered over the last several months compared to just 17% of majority owned businesses. We have been committed to doing our part, stepped up very quickly with one and a half million dollar contribution to small businesses in the form of forgivable loans. We've been thankful for our partnership with the Department of Commerce's EDA to also inject almost another three million dollars into making sure our small businesses, indeed the backbone of American, of the American economy are able to manage through this incredible storm. So it was important to me to be here on the campus of this historically black college founded by a woman led for the first time by a woman, a black woman to say that if in fact we are going to be the most talented, educated and entrepreneurial in America, we have to be willing to make the strong and committed investments in all of our citizens.  It's a big deal and I want to assure you as a trustee of this college as well that you couldn't have picked a better team to entrust your resources with under leadership of Dr. Artis and incredible leadership of Cheryl Sally. We're going to be in good shape and as a result would be a healthier, more dynamic community. So thank you for your commitment and we look forward to a long standing partnership with the SVA. God bless you. Well, it's an honor to be back here at Benedict College. Special thanks to Dr. Clark Artis along with the Small Business Administration for extending this invitation to me. I bring greetings from your governor. I'm proud to stand with President Trump and the governor and their historic efforts to support historically black colleges and universities. Recently, the governor allocated 2.4 million of the governor's emergency education relief, his gear funds, to all of our historically black colleges here in the state. This critical funding will go towards the good work being done here at Benedict College, including this Women's Business Center. So many businesses are facing economic strain right now, which is why it is so important as a state, we keep taxes low, we continue to provide resources and flexibility to get through these tough times. We must continue to find opportunities to help women realize their fulfilled dreams. I now, I know personally the difficulties that comes with being a female business owner. Today, as women start businesses and leadership positions, they remain the primary caregivers in their household. That's just double shift for us ladies. And it's even more pronounced now with many children being educated at home. We're working hard here in South Carolina to give people back to work and back to school. To help them access opportunities. In April, the governor created the Accelerate SC to serve South Carolina's business. We thank Dr. Artis Clark for serving as a member and helping develop recommendations to keep businesses back to work and their success thriving. The Benedict College Business Women's Center is another way of doing that. It will provide equal opportunity for growth and development and help equalize the playing field across all industries. I'm thankful to be included today to spotlight women in business. I look forward to hearing about the many successes that grow out of this great, great collaboration with Benedict College and the SBA. Now, more than ever, we must work to strengthen small businesses and support emerging women and minority-owned businesses. The governor's administration looks forward to the continued success of our historically black colleges and universities and the SBA programs here in South Carolina. Thank you and thank you to everyone who made this day possible. It's time that we focus entrepreneurship on African American women. Not that they're estranged with us. There are quite a few African American women who are very good business people. My mother was one of them. She had two big shops when we were growing up, about 16 operators, very efficient, very effective. But when she passed away, I was surprised to find out how she was expanding the business. So she had small business loans. In fact, it turned out that during her day, African American women, in this instance, African Americans in South Carolina had only two small business loans. And my mother had both of them. So that to me gives credence to the fact that women are entrepreneurial. All they need is the assistance that so many others get. This business center will be able to focus on the needs, those special needs that women have in the business world and most especially African American women. So I want to congratulate Benedict for making this effort. And I hope that as time goes forward, I can work with them in making sure that this center do all that it can to make the experiences of women in business a much better effort than it has been in the past. So congratulations. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of it. Good luck and Godspeed. I would be remiss if I didn't talk about the fact that this just didn't happen by accident. This happened because of a leader with vision. So please join me in giving a round of applause to Dr. Ortiz for her vision in making all of this happen. You know, as you've heard from our Lieutenant Governor and others, any time that there is a table, Dr. Ortiz is willing to sit at that table if it means that that table has decisions being made about the people she cares about.  But she also has the vision to think that at some point the table needs to move to my house.  And that's what we're doing today. We're celebrating the opening of a center, the building of a new table. It's so important to really think about the history of this and why we are here. This is a nation that was founded when African-Americans were capital, somebody's capital. And today we talk about moving another generation of former capital to be capitalists, helping them start businesses, grow businesses, and break cycles of poverty. That's why we're here. As my good friend Mayor C. Benjamin said, and he's always advocated this, there's no better place than Benedict College for these ideas to thrive. There's no more fearless leader than Dr. R.T.'s when it comes to being able to challenge not only her students, but a community to rise to a special occasion like this. There's challenges, sure. Credit for African-Americans has been invasive through the history of this country. SBA has been at the forefront by guaranteeing loans, making sure credit is available for people who need it the most. Credit is like water. Without credit, nothing grows. This is a way for us to bring new water to this community so that we can grow new opportunities. This is how we break cycles of poverty. And I really want to start by saying this couldn't happen without some very special, strong, envisioned women. I think if you look at Dr. R.T.'s team, you see strong black girl magic from top to bottom that is leading the way in a very special way. I'm honored to call her a friend. I'm honored to work with this team. And I'm also honored also to work with another very strong, very capable, very vision-driven leader and administrator, Davida Caronza. Today we find ourselves at an inflection point as a country. We have to ask ourselves, we're going to put our money where our talk is. And today is SBA under leadership of this administrator saying we're going to invest where the best are and Benedict is where the best reside. So I want to introduce you to our administrator, the 26th administrator of the United States small business administration. She sits on the president's cabinet. She's a former executive of UPS, the former treasurer of the United States. And that's a special job, y'all, because that means she put her name on the money that we spend. But she left that job to come be a steward of 30 million American businesses in the greatest crisis we've ever seen American businesses go through. And she's done that with courage. She's done that with steadfast, consistent leadership. We'll be find ourselves in an agency that was small, charged with deploying 20% of the GDP of this country back into our economy in a matter of months. And she did that. And she did that because she understands what these small businesses mean to you and our communities. So I'm honored today to introduce to you the 26th administrator of the small business administration, administrator Jopita Carranza. Thank you very much. I appreciate that, Ashley. Thank you. It brings me great joy to join you all as we celebrate the landmark opening of one of the first two women's business centers at historically black colleges and universities.  President Artis, I am thrilled, as I've expressed in the private chambers, that the new women's business center is further strengthening the partnership between Benedict College and the Small Business Administration. Congratulations to all the Benedict leadership and staff for your effective advocacy and dedication to opening this new center. Aspiring women entrepreneurs in this community will now have a professional team dedicated to their success and prosperity. President Donald Trump and his administration collectively are committed to empowering more women, minorities, veterans, and military spouses to successfully start a small business of their own. He has empowered me to achieve one of my own top priorities from the day I took the oath as SBA administrator, helping women in underserved communities accomplish their professional dreams. I'm laser focused, and I can't use a more definitive term than laser focused on small business prosperity. This goal ignited my team and I to broaden our outreach and expand services and dedicated resources to elevate this particular endeavor. The coronavirus pandemic couldn't hold us back. In recent months, we've added seven new women business centers including the one here at the Benedict College. You may know we just opened one in Greenville too and I'll be heading there tomorrow.  Between Columbia and Greenville we are now delivering a host of vibrant resources to current and future small business owners in the Palmetto State. Expanding women business centers to South Carolina was very intentional. I know the leadership of Benedict College strongly agrees with me when I say that we see many great opportunities for up and coming women entrepreneurs. Still, we also know small businesses here are facing very real setbacks due to the coronavirus pandemic. Businesses and their employees are recovering from the injuries this nation has endured in battling back the invisible enemy COVID-19. Women owned and minority owned small businesses are among those hardest hit by prolonged shutdowns and restrictions over the past several months. This is why this administration has worked earnestly and urgently to put distressed small businesses on the path to recovery and the CARES Act has been a big part of that work. Under this President's leadership and with the support of Congress this major piece of legislation was signed into law. It is providing vital relief of women business centers, HBCUs and small businesses. First, through the CARES Act SBA was able to award $48 million in additional funds and support to women's business centers. One of the reasons we are here today celebrating this opening. Second, the SBA through its small business development center network expanded its commitment to HBCUs and placed an additional $4.8 million in support. Third, the CARES Act authorized SBA to launch the Paycheck Protection Program which you know as the PPP. One of the most successful federal disaster response efforts in history. The PPP infused a financial lifeline into more than 5 million small businesses and non-for-profits across the country. This administration recognizes the impact the pandemic has had on every college and university and HBCUs in particular. Benedict College you are one of 29 HBCUs that received a PPP loan to help you stay viable and keep your awesome staff on payroll during this very difficult time. The HBCUs received more than $52.5 million in forgivable loans. The PPP has also helped save tens of millions of jobs. I've been traveling the country as I mentioned to you Dr. Erders hearing from a diverse range of small business owners and faith-based organizations who received a PPP loan and over and over they herald that this made a significant difference that kept them viable through very extreme virus restrictions. This administration made it a priority to ensure small businesses and underserved communities could access these forgivable loans. As a result, nearly 70% of all of the PPP loans were approved for small businesses with fewer than 10 employees. It's an important metric since small businesses typically in the minority owned small businesses represent around 8 employees per firm. Of course our work is not done. I'm acutely aware of the challenges that business owners and HBCUs continue to face. This administration is working closely with Congress right now on the next relief package for small businesses and nonprofits.  Meanwhile, our country is safely reopening and we have the back of our nation's entrepreneurs as they lead economic recovery in their local communities. When I look at Benedict College and your dynamic work here, it was your dreams, innovation and business acumen that helped fuel the thriving economy we experienced just a few months ago. And it will be that same resilient spirit and hard work that will drive us not only to recovery but to surge even greater heights ahead. I want each of you to know that you have a friend and an ally and SBA. It is a tremendous privilege to serve our incredible women entrepreneurs and this college in particular. Thank you all. It's been an honor to see the work you are doing to serve the Benedict College. You have the entirety of the community. You have, Dr. Artists, I typically say this when there's a really special audience. You have the federal government. You have the state government and you have the mayors. How much more focus could your university, your college really attract? This means you have an entire community and ecosystem in support of this coordination and this partnership with SBA. In closing, we know entrepreneurs uplift communities and I'm thrilled for the addition of this women's business center at Benedict. I hope I get to come back soon. I made that commitment to you and to meet some of the amazing women entrepreneurs which in some cases I've already met during the meeting who have become very significant business leaders in Columbia and around the world. Thank you very much for your invitation and for putting up such an elaborate presentation for this community. Only Benedict could pull this off. Thank you very much, Dr. Artists. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. This has truly been an amazing day. Amazing day in South Carolina and I am honored to be a part of this moment, not only as the director for Benedict College Women's Business Center, but more importantly as a part of this awesome village of leaders, visionaries and innovators, many of which just also happen to be women as the only HBCU in the country with the SBA Designated Women's Business Center that has a statewide entrepreneurial focus. We are so excited to be a part of a dream that so many women have to be business owners and to leave a legacy. We will work hard to remove those barriers that have prevented them from their entrepreneurial journey. Working jointly with our network of business and community partners, we will continue to level the playing field of resources, access and opportunities for all women. So on behalf of Benedict College Women's Business Center we would like to thank SBA Administrator Karanza for your leadership, your guidance, your advocacy for small businesses across the U.S. We would like to thank all of our program participants today who came out and shared and support us. We would like to thank our Benedict College Women's Business Center Advisory Board who have committed to work with us. Our media, thank you for coming out and covering our partners, our live streaming audience who's with us today virtually. We look forward to working with each and every one of you as clients and most of all we would like to thank our Benedict family. This is truly a team thank you for your support and we look forward to that continued support. We give special thanks to President Artis and Chief of Staff Dr. Seon Smith for their vision to expand this college's efforts in supporting our small business community. Thank you so much. And in closing I would also like to acknowledge the Benedict College Women's Business Center staff who have worked so hard, so dedicated and they have so much passion and drive for helping our clients to grow and succeed.  For coming out, this concludes our program if you would like to see the business center we're going to adhere to social distances so two or three at a time but thank you all so much have a great evening and stay safe.


Like many of us, Selena Gomez has admitted to feeling unsettled during this global pandemic and from being in quarantine. But at least she has a new multi-million dollar mansion in Sino to be excited about. You guys have been requesting a video on Selena's new home so it's exactly what we're going to look at today as well as her other properties. The new house is absolutely gorgeous and once upon a time used to belong to a rock legend. I'll tell you who in just a bit. Selena Gomez is known to us all as a singer, songwriter, actress and even TV producer. At the time of this recording she's 27 years old and has come a long way from her Disney fame. Although Selena took a little hiatus from music, her latest 2020 studio album Rare is her third number one album in a row and everyone's been enjoying it. She's also currently working on new music but according to her Instagram she had to create a makeshift studio in her home because of quarantine. In a recent interview Selena admitted this isolation hasn't been all that easy for her either saying. Like everyone else I'm feeling unsettled and going through a variety of emotions during this time. Reading and listening to music have been a huge factor in keeping me calm. I feel very lucky I have my grandparents staying with me and a couple of friends. I know not everyone is that lucky and people are feeling isolated and lonely. So I guess she has enough room at home for some of her loved ones to stay too. Although Selena hasn't been all that lucky with real estate ventures in the past she's amassed a net worth of around $75 million so she can have any place she wants.  The last time we did a house tour on Selena Gomez it was in 2019 and a lot has changed since then so time for an update. We'll be looking at her massive new home in Los Angeles and more. If you like these videos make sure you're subscribed during that belt to be notified when we post you can always be up to date. We've also done house tours in the likes of Gigi Hadid and Jennifer Aniston and we'll link to some at the end. Follow me on Instagram to chat and as usual let me know whose house tour is next in those comments down below. Now let's get into this video. So yes Selena has purchased a new mansion and I gotta say it goes above and beyond any of her previous houses. So I think she'll be staying put at this one. Sources say the star hasn't moved in or decorated this home just yet but she will soon. Instead she's spending quarantine in her studio city property she's had up on the market for quite some time but we'll look at that one after. In the heart of Anstino California and neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley area of LA. In fact a few YouTubers call this area home including likes of Logan Paul and James Charles. Selena's place is adjacent to another celebs home Vin Diesel so she'll have some famous neighbors. Her house sits on an acre of land off Ventura Boulevard on a quiet private street set high above the gated driveway making it almost invisible to others around. Selena spent just shy of 5 million on it and it's the highest selling price for this home so far. Back in 1989 the mansion has an intriguing only in LA sort of history including a fire, divorce, bankruptcy, foreclosure, nightmare tenants and even a swat invasion. Remember I said a rock legend used to live here it was none other than the late Tom Petty who's one of my idols. He and his fam moved here in the mid 80s and moved out in 1987 due to a huge house fire that erupted while they were eating breakfast. Most of the place was destroyed aside from the basement recording studio. The Petty's rebuilt the canyon home in a unique style that resembles a ritzy mountain lodge mixed with the contemporary fancy estates. Whatever that is I love the way the home looks now it's a dream and I'm not just saying that because Tom Petty used to live here. The home's history is a lot to go through but just for a quick run down Tom's wife Jane stayed in the home post divorce in 1996 and although she tried to sell it she declared bankruptcy. From there the property was stuck in legal issues for years even being rented by a wild party host who threw illegal bashes here and a SWAT team eventually had to get this tenant kicked out of the home. Over recent years developers have worked wonders on expanding and renovating the home. Its best features were preserved and upgraded while new luxury fixings were added. These days the multi-story mansion spans 11,483 square feet inside and has 6 beds and 10 baths as well as a number of hidden passageways and secret panic rooms. There's no wonder Selena invested in it. Looking inside Selena's new home it has an airy and elegant vibe. There are white walls made cozier with the driftwood floors in most of the rooms. In the spacious open concept living areas there are skylights and a ton of windows which let in a lot of natural sun and warmth. The double height living room offers a stone fireplace and the white bricks here were from the original design. Other common spaces that'll occupy the main floor include the dining room, breakfast nook, additional dens and fancy kitchen with more original brick features and high end appliances. Not only is there a recording studio that looks perfect for Selena there's a sunken media room from the original home which once was used as a pit for acoustic guitar players. It's been freshened up since with new wood, a large viewing screen and a wet bar. There are two master suites, one downstairs and one upstairs that are both impressive so Selena may have some trouble deciding which she wants. Each offer private balconies overlooking the yard, spacious walk-in closets and huge spa style bathrooms with soaking tubs. Aside from these two master bedrooms being added in the major renovation two children or guest bedrooms with lofts and ladders were added as well. Other features of Selena's new Encino mansion include a wine cellar, home gym, massage room and second indoor kitchen. Not to mention the gorgeous upstairs yoga studio which is definitely one of my favorite rooms. Outside there's a full outdoor kitchen beside a covered lodger with space for entertaining. More stone terrace lined the yard perfect for tanning and hanging out. There's also a tree shaded pool and spa and an additional covered table and fancy shed. Encino mansion's gorgeous reports say Selena is spending her quarantine at her other home and hasn't moved into the new one just yet. Her current place has actually been on and off the market for a few years now listed at just over 2.7 million but no buyers yet. The East Coast inspired bungalow is actually more on the modest side for a celebrity home and located in Studio City, California an LA neighborhood located in the southeast San Fernando Valley. Selena bought the home back in 2017 for about 2.2 million and has since flipped it and lived there on and off. Her Studio City home stands 3,180 square feet and has 3 beds, 2.5 baths plus a detached guest house with another bathroom. The formal sitting room here is newly installed hardwood floors a brick fireplace and huge skylight that warms up the place. An open plan living area near the back of the one level home features polished brick floors under a vaulted ceiling and more skylights. It allows for a family room with built-in sound system and marble wet bar, dining room that opens up to the back yard and kitchen with state-of-the-art appliances. The master suite here has a ton of space, a large bay window looking into the yard, two walking closets and a large marble on-seat bathroom. Other features of her home include spacious guest rooms and one bedroom she converted into a small gym. Outside her kitchen and laundry room there's a brick patio with built-in grilling area. There's a grassy lawn and her backyard is made completely private thanks to super tall hedges. Not to mention she has a flagstone trim swimming pool and spa. The detached structure near the pool is originally a two-car garage but has since been remodeled and furnished to be the guest house or media lounge with vaulted ceiling, built-in entertainment unit and a bathroom. Privacy was a big concern for Selena as it would be for any celeb and even though we can see there's a gate around the house the extra tall hedges look like they're what really keep the paparazzi and unwanted visitors away. We also know that Selena created her own mini recording studio during isolation at this home so she's making do until she moves into the mansion. Alright so that's all I know about Selena Gomez's new mansion Encino and I gotta say the place is gorgeous. We'll have to see when she gets around to moving in here but I'm sure it'll be soon. From the listing photos it already looks great so I don't think she'll have to make many changes if any. Just bring her furniture and belongings over. What did you guys think about the house? Honestly it's one of my favorite celebrity homes I've seen. I just love the design inside and out and despite its massive size it manages to look welcoming. I think my favorite rooms were the master suite with the wooden ceiling and that upstairs yoga studio but it's hard to choose. What about you guys? Selena has had more real estate ventures in the past and is known for moving around. There was her Texas mansion and other LA properties too but if you're curious about those you can check out our Selena house tour from last year. She hasn't had a lot of luck in reselling and flipping her multi-million dollar homes and is actually sold most at a loss. Hopefully this mega mansion Encino is a new beginning and somewhere she'll actually stay and call home instead of putting it on the market. Anyways I want to know what you guys think about Selena's homes especially the new place and if you like it or not. Let me know in the comments as well as what other celebrity houses you'd like to see. Follow me on Instagram if you want to chat more and I'll see you all next time. Bye!


Hi everyone, let's talk about my week. And to be honest, this is probably been one of the best weeks of my whole entire life.  So I was like, hey, you know, like I'll check this out with a couple of my friends. Turns out we literally went to Hogwarts. It was the best day of my whole entire life. I'm just gonna put in some stuff right here. We stopped at all these cute little towns and we just basically showed up for the bus and there was a tour guide. They took us, you know, through the Highlands and all the way up to this like area called Glenfin. It was so bright. It was incredible. Literally one of the best days of my whole entire life. Don't feel anxious, don't feel shame. If there's a question, it can't wait another day. Don't feel like it's all in vain. I try to remember that ain't a race. How happy this is, yeah.  That's really like steam. Don't feel anger, don't feel rage. If there's an answer, it can't wait. Don't regret making mistakes. There's no, make it slow. And we saw rainbows that day, which was just like so cute. And then the next day I actually got it, as you can see. I went for a walk just like on Arthur Arthur's seat or like the Hollywood like park, I guess is what they would call it. I don't know what like part of the park is what, but I went for a walk and it was like lightly raining. So like I'll be fine because the weather literally changes like a hundred times a day here. So I went out for a walk and it was just so gorgeous. There were, I think I saw maybe like five different rainbows that day, it was just insane. What I mean about the weather, like it was like sunny for a little bit on my walk. I walked for about like an hour and a half, I would say. And for like a minute, I came back completely drenched. Like my shoes were full of water. Like everything was like, my raincoat's actually like, it's pretty good. I got it from this brand called Fatface. I think it's a British brand actually, but I ordered it from like, they have it in the US too. And I think they have it in Canada, which was, which was very, it's very helpful. It's like actually like really good, like waterproof, but my umbrella is so bad. I need to get a new umbrella because the second I open it, it just like flips and set out and walking around like with my like umbrella that's like, oh, this is my sweater. So they have these like vintage emporiums here. They're like literally, there's like one on every block. There's not like a whole lot of shopping here, I would say, but like for vintage shopping and like there's a lot of like charity shops. So I got this. And then another day it was raining and because I'm like a folklore nerd because my freshman year college, I took a class on both stories and I just became like obsessed with like local, like folklore with cities. So I picked myself up this book called Scottish Traditional Tales. And it's really interesting. So they have this like storytelling festival here, which I'm gonna try to go to. And which is, okay. So Charleston is one of like the most haunted cities in America and apparently Edinburgh is like the most haunted city in Europe. So I was very excited when I like learned that little bit and so I got myself this book.  So it's very like stylized, but I really am enjoying it. Oh, and then I have a funny story. So this past like two Sundays ago, I didn't get any of it, but I got up really early for a coffee. And not many people heard baseball hats here. I have noticed which is kind of a bummer because I enjoy a good baseball hat, but I feel like I stick out like a sore thumb. So I got up really early to get some coffee and I went to this like coffee stand in the meadows, that's what it was. And I had like, I had no makeup on. Like I was just like, I was looking crusty. And I had my baseball hat on and I went to order a macchiato, which the guy made fun of me. I heard him tell his coworker, he was like, it's called a macchiato. And I was like, you know, I'm American. So that's how I said it. Anyway, but then I got up to the front and this girl like looks at me and she's like, do I know you? Are you famous? And I was like, no.    And so she starts saying Jodie. And I'm like, oh, Jodie Comer because I've gotten that before from you guys. And so I was like, oh, like, yeah, Jodie Comer. Like I get that sometimes. And she goes, she goes, let's be weird to be famous. I'm sitting here like, yeah, yeah. I mean, sure, yeah, definitely. Like, yeah, probably weird. She just keeps like going on and on about how like she would feel if she was famous. And like if people recognized her and I'm just standing there like, I'm just trying to pay for my coffee. So I walk away and she starts like screaming to her coworker. She's like, we just met Jodie Comer. Like that's crazy. I'm like, like, I'm so happy for you that you think that this has happened. But like, it's just, it's really shocking. It's just me. Oh, also I watched this video by like Nicole Rafi. And it was like about like, sometimes I watch her. She has good content. She's a much, much bigger person, but she made this video about like regrets in college. And one of them was like going to the gym or like not going to the gym like, because she's like into weightlifting. And I got into it like this like summer, but like in the comfort of my own home, like I don't want to do that in front of people. So I've been getting up like really early to go to the gym. So like people, so it'll be like a little quieter. But anyway, it's been good actually. I've just been trying to like compartmentalize that and like just do what I want. Life is good. I had to listen to more online lectures, which like I check out of them like every 30 seconds, which is bad. I forgot how bad online school is. The tutorials are nice, but like online school, like you really have to pay attention. 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Any father, well, any good father, always wants the best for their children. And they pay extra close attention to any situation that their children might be in. That could be good for them or that could be bad for them. Situations that will benefit their child and situations that could possibly harm their child because fathers, their protectors, their providers, and we ought to watch over our kids. We supposed to be that extra set of eyes for our kids and we try to see things that they may not see sometimes we're not afraid to have those awkward conversations whether it be with other parents or whether it be with some kids that our children just may not wanna have cause we are the fathers. And in this case with Odell Beckham Jr. and his father, his father's fed up, he's fed up. And it's crazy because we have been hearing about so many rumors with Odell Beckham Jr. possibly being traded for the Browns. It's like, we hear about it like every year now, every year we hear about, oh, could Odell Beckham Jr. get traded? Could he be shipped out? Could he be gone? Could he be this? Could he be that? But nothing has happened. And again, the trade deadline, I'm sure it was just something that was just stirring up in his father's stomach. You know he's been sitting on this for a while. He been sitting on this thought for a while. We saw it, especially last year where when Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry were both out there, Baker was doing all right, but when Odell Beckham Jr. went out, Baker Mayfield, he just went on his tear. He went on his tear and he just looked so much better. And then this year the connection just, it just hasn't been there like that. And even in this game against the Steelers when I watched it, I had tweeted out. I was like, well, is Odell Beckham Jr. Is he playing? Is he even in the game? Because I was watching the game, but I just, I wasn't seeing him at all. And then I checked the stats sheet. I checked the box scores and said, oh, Odell Beckham Jr., he got one catch for six yards. Oh, okay, okay, he's in there. And then a couple of minutes later, I see Baker try to hit Odell Beckham Jr. with a deep ball in the middle of two defenders now. And Odell Beckham Jr. went out for it. It was a little bit high, but I think it was still a catchable ball and it just, it didn't happen. It didn't work out. So a lot of people just have felt like this relationship, they've tried, they've tried, but a lot of people just felt like this relationship with the Browns and Odell Beckham Jr. It just ain't working out.  And let's see what he put on Instagram. And I made sure I brought this thing up before he ended up deleting it. But again, it's a dad. So sometimes us dads, once we get in that mode, it's like, uh, you know, our sons could try to talk to us. Daddy, please, can you take that down? Daddy, please, don't do that. Dad, you embarrassing me. But sometimes if we get in that mode, it's like, I don't even care. I don't even care. And we all got, we all got stuff we gotta work on. But anyway, his dad in the post, and this was a video, shout out to Jay Daddy Productions because he's getting some nice little promo from Odell Beckham Jr.'s daddy on this one. But Jay Daddy Production, he is a YouTube channel, 163 subscribers, and I'm sure that number is gonna go up a lot after people start seeing a report about this. But he made a video titled, Odell Beckham is always open for the Cleveland Browns in 2021. And he continued to highlight different plays throughout this season so far, where the connection just, it hasn't been there. It just has not been there. And Odell Beckham Jr., he put that video on Instagram. Now, we gotta work on this because he put the video sideways.  So Pops might not be that tech savvy, but he was tech savvy enough to get it on Instagram and let the world know how he feels about his son's situation. So anyway, let's read the caption. It says, generally behind the scene, but not today. And he put but not today in all caps. That's why I said, but not today. So anyway, generally behind the scene, but not today. And hashtag, I'm a father before anything. Hashtag, my twin, hashtag, my ace, hashtag. My number one, hashtag, I'm hurting for real. Hashtag, playing hurt. Hashtag, I'm hurt for him. Hashtag, this really hurts. Hashtag, very hurtful. Hashtag, disrespectful. Hashtag, when I hurt, the hurt I know. Hashtag, I love leaving like I love home. Hashtag, I love my son more. Hashtag, number 7-11. Hashtag, open. Hashtag, 24-7. Hashtag, all love. Hashtag, Beckham legendary. And then he added his son. A lot of hashtags, right? So anyway, so you can see where Odell Beckham Jr. get his social media style from. Cause again, the apple don't fall far from the tree. So with that being said, he definitely, he's ready. He's ready. And in timing, I always say timing is everything. And it continues to be because he could have put this up, this video up anytime. He could have, in the video, let's see when the video came out. The video came out a week ago. So one week ago, Jay Daddy Productions dropped this video. So he could have dropped it. Then he could have screen recorded it and then put it out to the world then. But he didn't, he put it out. Let's see exactly when he put it out. He put it out 10 hours ago. So he put it out, right now it's 11.30. So he put it out early in the morning. So again, he was sitting on this. He was thinking about this for a while. So again, cause this ain't just no out of the blue post, not in my opinion. Cause fathers, a lot of times we can work just based off of right here, right now. And usually a lot of times when there's a problem, we just wanna figure out the way to solve it right then, right there. We don't really do all the feeling stuff. And we know usually that's what, that's more of a mother thing. We usually think about the action. All right, let's get it done. Let's figure it out. Let's do this right now. This is how we're gonna do it. Boom. And that's what it seems like his dad is doing because I go back to when I say timing is everything. The trade deadline is today. I think that this trade deadline got a lot of, got something to do with the timing of this post from Odell Beckham, senior. So he, he just, he's ready. He's ready for his son to be going, especially with the part where he says, I love Cleveland like I love home. Cause you try to throw that in there like, hey Cleveland, it's not you. It's me. Well, actually with the video, it is you. So yeah, that part, yeah. He tried to show them some love like, hey, Cleveland. Look, love y'all, boy, yeah. I don't want my son there. One of the comments said, no matter what anyone says, I can tell Baker just doesn't want to get Odell the ball. He can have all the excuses in the world, but it shows he just genuinely doesn't want to give Odell the ball. And when he does, it's usually in bad situations to make it look bad on Odell. Either he's hating on Odell or he just doesn't want him shining for real, for real. You can't tell me otherwise at this point. Now that wasn't Baker. I mean, that was Odell Beckham, Jr.'s daddy. That was just somebody commenting. And Odell Beckham, Jr., his dad responded to it and he said, check, check, check. So that was him showing agreeing. That was him agreeing with what he was saying. So anyway, it's a, Dame Lillard even chimed in. He said, this crazy. And I think that would, I think we would all agree. Yeah, that's crazy. It's crazy. So there was a report, because I know, again, these rumors about Odell Beckham, Jr., possibly being traded from the Browns. Like I said, they've been coming out for the longest now. Not just this year, it came out last year too, and nothing happened. But then from Diana Rossini from ESPN, she made a report on this. Now, listen to the wording of this report because it's very interesting to me. She said, the Cleveland Browns have no plans on trading Odell Beckham, Jr. by today's trade deadline per sources. So with that, it was like, okay, you would think that the way that this is going is gonna lead into her shutting down the Browns. They not trading Odell Beckham, Jr.'s because they don't want to. They wanna keep Odell Beckham, Jr. They don't wanna get rid of them. They don't wanna trade them. Watch this next part. I was told there haven't been any offers that would make sense for the organization. So she didn't say, oh, all right. Well, the Cleveland Browns have no plans on trading Odell Beckham, Jr. by today's trade deadline per sources because they don't want to. No, she said because I've been told that there haven't been any offers that would make sense for the organization. So she let by that report, again, per sources. So could be true, could not be true, but by her report, she just saying that, hey, Browns ain't say they weren't gonna trade them. Browns ain't say they didn't want to trade them. They just said that they haven't received any significant offers that are good enough that makes sense enough to trade them. So who knows? Today we'll see if they got anything good enough to where they feel like, you know what? We can move off for Odell and let's just, let's move forward. So we'll see. But this was just a very, very interesting, very, very interesting situation. Of course, like I said, when the dad chimes in, when we as fathers chime in, oh yeah, that means we fed up and we don't feel like our kids could handle the situation. We feel like we gotta step in. We gotta step in and assess the situation and take care of the situation and deal with the situation. So let's see if Odell Beckham, Jr., as his father has dealt with the situation, we'll see if his son is dealt out of Cleveland or not. And now something to think about too. This is why we as fathers, we gotta be patient. We really gotta work on patience. Now, what if Odell Beckham, Jr. isn't dealt? What if he stays and his dad just posted this and put that out there? Like it's one thing if somebody on YouTube put out this, again, shout out to Jay Daddy Productions. But it's another thing if somebody directly affiliated with the team. Like this is not just any random player's father. It's not a practice squad player's father. There's not some super, super backup player's father. And not that those fathers mean any less. So I'm not taking anything away from them. But this is one of the superstars on a team's father. And people know him. I'm sure a lot of the Browns players and coaches and all that, they're very familiar with Odell Beckham, Jr.'s father. So this now, since he put this out there and he could delete it all day long, he could delete it, but it's out there already. So I'm sure so many people done screen recorded it already, screen captured it all and all that. But once you put it on the internet, it's out on the internet forever, forever. It's not going anywhere. But since it's out there and what if he doesn't get traded? You could perhaps alienate your son from the team. You run that risk because you put this out there like that and especially the timing of it too, you could alienate your son from the team. So that's why this is, it's risky business. It's risky business. So we'll see what comes of it. Anyway, just like Odell Beckham, Jr.'s daddy hopes that he is when it comes to the Cleveland Browns. I'm out.


It's still plus politics. Now the Igbo Leaders and Elders Consultative Forum, better known as the EMEOB, or Hanez-in-Dibu, have warned that any attempt by the all-progressive Congress APC and the People's Democratic Party PDP to deny the Southeast region of their 2023 presidential ticket will spell doom for Nigeria's corporate existence. Now in the same vein, the movement for the actualization of sovereign state of Biafra, Mossad, called on President Mohammad Bahari to facilitate and ensure the emergence of a president of Igbo extraction in the 2023 general elections. The group emphasized that the emergence of such a president would help the country diffuse many bottled anger, which has fueled agitations. We're joining us to discuss this, our political analyst, Francis Chilaka, and our Chike Chude. Thank you very much, gentlemen. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. Great. Thank you for inviting me. Yeah. Let me start by asking a question that bothers me when people say to the president, make sure that you have a ticket from the Southeast. I have no problems with a Southeast and president or an Igbo president, but why should that be Mr. President's problem? I'm going to start with you, Francis. You know, you need to understand the dynamics of Nigerian politics and how it plays out and how we've come to believe that the incumbent, whoever the incumbent is as Mr. President, has what it takes, has the magic wand to decide who becomes the next president. And usually this is done by the parties adopting, in each of their parties, adopting a particular candidate that they know that the Mr. President will support, you know, but having said that, you know, having said that, I would say to the core Igbo's, the Southeast, we're looking for a president of the Southeast region. We need to put our house in order. It's one thing for Mossad and any other group to say, well, we want the presidency, but you need to do the homework. You need to do the work. You need to reach out. You need to shake hands across the night to embrace everybody, you know. So the Southeast needs to decide what they really want. You know, do they want a referendum? Do they want to succeed? Or do they want the presidency? You kind of want everything at the same time. And you kind of have different groups speaking for the Southeast at the same time. If the Southeast leaders are serious and ready for this presidency, then they should put their house in order. They should be able to, by now, know the number of people from the Southeast that are going to participate in the election and ensure that they do everything possible to have one formidable candidate from each of the parties to put forward. I wonder from what you're saying, does it mean that the Igbo's are not necessarily ready? Does it mean that the Southeast is just, they're just voicing the want or the need for an Igbo president, but then they've not done their homework? Because this is what I'm picking from what you're saying, that they need to put their house in order. If this is something that has been on the lips of every person in the Southeast, especially the fact that they're talking about, oh, we're being marginalized, we're being given the short end of the stick, should that not have made the Southeast look within and be prepared long enough for a time like this? Because I'm, again, saying this is what I'm picking from what you just said. Maybe I'm wrong. How much control do the Southeast have in the two major political parties? That's where let's start from there. What is the control? What percentage of control do they have? Okay, agreed, yes. PDP and ABC will, the two major parties, they have a zoning formula, which they have been applying since the democratic dispensation came into play. But then, what we've seen playing out today is like a dysfunction of the entire system. All of a sudden everybody's saying, oh, we don't believe in zoning. We don't want to follow zoning anymore. So something is definitely wrong in the structure of these two political parties. And this is where the Igbo leaders need to go to first and resolve issues. Why is it that they're not saying they don't want to do zoning? What is the problem? So you can't tell me that, you know, we can blame Mr. President for everything, but we can't be blaming Mr. President when the political parties themselves are not doing the right thing. So the Igbo leaders that are in these parties should come up and tell us what the problems are. Why is it that suddenly PDP is not zoning, is a presidency ticket to the Southeast? What is wrong? Why is ABC not doing the same thing? So these are pertinent questions that need to be asked and resolved, which we expect that Igbo leaders should be in the forefront. I would tell you that I'm very happy with one of them, Mr. Ikebe, who has gone to court to challenge the PDP for not following the zoning formula. And for him and for every other person in the PDP that is from the Southeast, we feel that there is an injustice being laid out there. So this is what we expect a lot of them to do. I'm not to just waste time on social media, on the print media and electronic media, saying, Mr. President, we want this. This is the kind of thing I want them to be doing. They need to challenge the status quo to ensure that, yes, the two parties follow the zoning formula they have set before now. Ikebe, what do you think the problem lies? Is it with the political parties or is it with the people? Is it with the following within the party? He's just made a case that someone has taken a certain political party to court. But here we are in the midst of an agitation for a Southeast presidential ticket. A very senior politician from the Southeast, Waziriki, has thrown his weight behind an orphaner who's also running for presidency. And for some, this is a dampener on the agitation. But I want to ask you, as someone who's from the Southeast and someone who has seen elections come and go, what do you think the problem lies in this South Eastern bead for presidency? Well, I don't know how many troops Waziriki has. He used to have quite a number. He doesn't have them anymore. So Waziriki is not as important, as prominent as he used to be in the days of Masao. But apart from that, his organization, Masao, has come out solidly to back the Southeast presidency. And then, well, beyond that, again, is the fact that he votes are beginning to come out. The Southeasterners are beginning to come out to speak with one voice. And I think they have made a lot of strides in that direction. I mean, it's not just beyond the Southeasterners.  So the agitation has actually gone beyond the Southeast, the agitation for Southeast presidents. And then even in the Southwest, of course, Fenifere is from the Southwest, and the Mino Bed also have that agitation also for a Southeastern president. So it is not as dire. I mean, it's not as bleak as it was, because they are beginning to coalesce. Even all the presidential candidates of both the, you know, as parents of both the PDP and the APC are speaking now with one voice that has to be the Southeastern president. Now, we know, I mean, the nature of it. So I agree with Mr. Chila Kade that we also need to do, the Southeasterners need to do as much as they can. They need to reach out. And because, you see, it is part of power is never given, power is taken. You know, but it depends on how power is taking. So they are just, you know, two things I would say that will regards to that. First of all, is the fact that from 1990 date, you know, what we have been seeing in this country has been a justification of the biblical injunction, you know, that, that, well, about, you know, the same, the same power that the kingdom of God suffered and the violence taken by force. Unfortunately, that is what we have been seeing in Nigeria. The presidency going to the south-south because of the agitation in the, in the Niger Delta. The presidency going to the south-west because of the debt of Ebola and the crisis that generated, you know, and then of course, the, the, the, the threat by some members of the APC about the presidency of this country, even though they did not get it after Jonathan's first term. You know, and the fact that we are told by a chieftain of the APC that they actually brought in the scenarios for the purpose of causing trouble if the APC did not get the presidency. So you now have agitation in the south-east too. And the reality, and just like the south-east and eastern leaders are saying, what is going on in the south-east, the violence, you know, and the unfortunate destruction of, you know, to lives and properties in the south-east cannot be contained by the military. And we have seen that, you know. So, so we have seen the military make up kinds of incursions into the south-east and we have seen how these elements, dangerous elements, I would call them because, you know, I don't think any reasonable person would be happy when the bloodshed that is happening in the south-east, whether it is coming from, you know, state actors, the soldiers or whether it is coming from non-state actors, whether it is the CSES or rogue or renegade organizations operating in the south-east. But there is a clear warning that perhaps one way of bringing down the tension in the south-east and bringing peace in the south-east is the issue of the presidency because any other president, you know, we have to continue with acts of violence against the people of the south-east and it will backfire. But, you know, once you have a south-easterner as president of this country, it becomes very difficult for every south-easterner to continue the violence because that will be resisted by the people of the south-east because they have a candidate, I mean, a president in Asorok and so that makes it difficult for them to continue their agitation. So if our policy is going on, it's unfortunate that we've gotten to a level where any group of people want the presidency or they feel that the presidency should go to them, you know, they resort to acts of violence to intimidate the politics. But that is where we have found ourselves and then the issue of zoning, it is very clear that if zoning is not implemented, it is going to be a disservice to the people of the south-east and an injustice, a gross injustice against them. But it is not just about zoning to the south in general, this is what the APC has done. But within the south-east itself, it is only an act of natural justice for them to say, look, it has to go to the south-east, you know, and that's what Fene Fene has adequately said, you know, and then Well, I'm sorry, I just want to come in there. I'm so sorry to talk over you. You talked about Fene Ferreira, the Middle Belt Forum, of course, PANDAF. They have come out with statements. But there are two things I'm going to ask. How can we tell that this is not political lip service because we see a lot of these people saying a lot of things, but then we're not necessarily seeing the action to follow what they're saying. Again, can we be assured that there will be concerted efforts within the south, because as you can see, there are more and more south-westerners who are declaring for presidency much more than, I mean, you hardly even see a south-south person, but we're seeing more people from the south-west. How ready is the south to push that power or that ticket to the south-east even in the first instance? Yeah, I don't know about pushing it to the south-east because obviously those in the south-west under the platform of the APC do not have any obligation to GDP. So I think it's only a natural thing for them to want to insist that the president, if a president can emerge from the south-west, should emerge from the south-west. But I think what is now happening is that there are even in situations that even APC that has zoned the presidency to the south-west is beginning to think twice about it. Perhaps they feel that there is a weakness in the south and that the south has not been able to come up with. They require consensus needed to put pressure on the north to give up on the issue of the presidency. But they will be making a terrible mistake if they think that after eight years under the presidency that the north can remain in power for another eight years. That will be chaos and that's why people are wanting it. So what is expected really is for the political elites who look, if it's a matter of justice and equity and fairness, then the presidency should go to the south-east. If it is that alone, it should go to the south-east. And that's why a lot of other people are beginning to say that it will amount to injustice if the south-east mind that. But there is also the issue of the existential threat that further violence in the south-east poses to the rest of the country. The violence in the north is even enough for anybody to think twice about allowing a northern candidate right now to retain power. Because they have been in power for about eight years. The insecurity has become worse, far worse. In fact, there are some people even in the north, some nothens that are beginning to say that they do not think that a northen man might be able to stem the tide of violence in the north. That perhaps he might need somebody from the south to be able to do that. And then of course, the contention of violence in the south-east. So it makes a lot more sense. So any attempt by the entire north itself to say, look, power is not going to shift to the south. We bring the south together in a way that the north is not going to enjoy. So like I said, I think that the very best and ultimately at the end of the day is to allow justice and equity to prevail. And to combat the crisis of injustice or the issue of injustice and unfairness that has been a lot of the south is at least on the basis of the perception of the perception of how they have been tutored. Okay. Quickly, we have just a minute. So I'm going to give each person 30 seconds. I'm coming to you, Francis. With all of the many people who have declared, we've seen one south-easterner for I think the People's Democratic Party, maybe two in the PDP, I'm not very certain. But what do you think the power, the backing, the following of those people, what change can it really make going forward? But all the chaos that is going on between the political parties, especially for the PDP who's saying, we're throwing the ring open, come one, come all. How do we see this campaign season playing out? I think PDP would be shooting itself in the foot when, for taking the decision that it wants to take, I would say for equity, justice and fairness, PDP should do the right thing because actually PDP is the party for the south-easterners. It has always been the party for south-easterners. And there's this agreement and arrangement that it is time for PDP to zone the presidency to the south-east. So I think that they'll be doing something that is so disgraceful. And if they don't take time, that will lead to the ultimate death of PDP in Nigerian political space. Okay, and finally, Achike, because we are out of time, you talked about justice, equity and fair play. Has that really ever come to play in Nigerian politics? Why would it come to play in 2023? For what reason? There has been balancing. There has been balancing. And it is that balancing that people are talking about. I mean, there was balancing with the death of Adiola. There was balancing when you had crisis in the Niger Delta. There was balancing when it came to, you know, multi-parry and so on. And so when it comes to the south-east, there has to be that balance. If that balance is not assured by the political elites, and it's about collective bargaining, that is what they do. All of these things that all these, you know, dynamics that produced especially Basin Joe and Jonathan and so on, was a matter of collective bargaining by the political elites. So if the political elites, and I think they should be smart enough on time designs, and to read the science of the times, that it does not all go well for the rest of the country, for the North, to be full-hearted for them to attempt to remain to retain power in 2023. Well, I want to say thank you. At Chigeture, Francis Chilaka, both are political analysts. Thank you so much for being part of the conversation. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Well, we'll leave you with what Nigerians think about the calls for a Southeast president. And that has been the show tonight on Plus Politics. We're coming your way again tomorrow, 7 p.m. West African time. I'm Mary Anna Cohn. Have a good evening. And this is it. This is it. Because they have not the one-unitness, the oneness, the unity. So they don't have the material for now to work with. The moment they have the oneness, the unity, the one accord, they will rule Nigerian. They deserve it now because the system has not been fair to them. I personally am not from the Igbo states but I personally think that they are hard-working people.  Because Nigerians they have not been fair to them. The leadership and everything that have been kicked outside and I think it's high time they get their own share of what is happening in the country. Yes, I think so. Because Igbo people have more experience than all these outsiders in Europe. So I think Igbo person, if you rule Nigeria, he will rule it better. Well, to the best of my knowledge, if it is by a rotation, it is built on by a rotation, if there is an agreement within both the northerners, the westerners and the southerners that things should be done rotationally. I mean, choosing the president of Nigeria. If the Europas have ruled and the northerners have ruled, if it's come to the westerners to rule, they should rule. If it is turned for the northerners to rule, they should rule. If it is turned to the easterners to rule, they should rule. If they should give an Igbo the opportunity this time, I think maybe it will be a change and let's see how it goes.