What is up, you guys? I'll go back to another one. If you're new to this channel, I'm Goldpony as a new car truck, SUV reviews on YouTube and today, we're in the brand new 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 courtesy of Mercedes-Benz of Hagerstown in Hagerstown, Maryland. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So we are in this one today because there's a nice refresh going on for 2023, not just on the outside, but on the inside substantially as well. They got a longer wheelbase, a new M-Bucks infotainment system. So quite a bit is new for this particular model. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. So as you can imagine, there are a couple of different configurations for the GLC 300. Got the rear wheel drive setup, starting at $47,100. And then there is the four-matic all-wheel drive, starting at $49,100. But regardless of the configuration that you go with the power plant is going to be the same. Powering the beast is a two-liter turbocharged inline four-cylinder with a mild hybrid system, putting out 255 horsepower, 5,800 RPM, 295 pound-feet of torque, coming in at 2,000 RPM, that power being sent to the rear wheels or all wheels through a nine-speed automatic with paddle shifters, which we'll test out here in a little bit, zero-to-60 time coming in at approximately 6.2 seconds for either configuration, with MPG numbers coming in at approximately 22 in the city, 27 on the highway, taking premium unleaded fuel. And so before we do any kind of fun acceleration or paddle shifter test in the GLC 300, I wanted to mention to you guys the drive modes. And so the way Mercedes-Benz does drive modes is a little button called Dynamic. It stands for Dynamic Select. If you press that on the infotainment screen, you can choose between off-road, eco, comfort, sport, and individual. The last one being, of course, where you can really tailor the car to your own liking, but ultimately adjusting things like the shift points, the throttle response, the steering sensitivity, and the all-wheel drive system engagement as well. So now having got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find it straight away. Let's put the paddle shifters in acceleration here to the test. Let's see how quickly the paddle shifters are gonna react for us here, and let's see how quickly we can get this one here up to speed. All right, here we go. Three, two, one, go, baby. Oh my gosh. Instant acceleration, you guys. Yeah, that is plenty. Definitely not gonna have any issues emerging all the way to the highway. Wow, that was cool. And actually, I forgot to do the paddle shifters. Let's actually, let's do that one more time. Go. All right, there isn't ever so slight delay, but I really like how these paddle shifters feel. For reference, I just got done driving the C-Class, which is the car version of this, essentially. And the paddle shifters didn't feel as nice as they feel in the GLC. They feel a little bit different when you actually hit them, and they feel a little quicker as well for whatever reason. So paddle shifters are nice. Acceleration is wonderful, and that's due in part because of that mild hybrid system. It was instant acceleration because of that, because typically, if that wasn't there with just a regular turbocharged four-cylinder, you're gonna get some kind of turbo lag or a little bit of hesitation when you first hit the gas, but with the mild hybrid system, that kind of compensates for that. So it is an instant acceleration because of that, so definitely a fan of the acceleration without a doubt. But anyways, to go along with that acceleration, as always, braking is equally important. And so four-wheel ventilated disc brakes do come standard, but as far as that braking feel goes, it's fine. It doesn't feel quite as nice the C-Class that just got done driving. A little softer of a braking feel to the GLC, I feel like, but it's not bad having said that. Mercedes-Benz typically does a wonderful job with their braking. Specifically, there's 60-0 stopping distance numbers, which hasn't been tested yet for the GLC 300 because literally, this thing just came out. But anyway, what I'm trying to say is braking is plenty fine on this thing. But then, touching on suspension and handling a four-wheel independent suspension with the multi-link design does come standard. Adaptive damping suspension, though, as well. So essentially, what that is, is it's gonna monitor each shock absorber individually, not only adjusting to the road up perfections, but also tightening up that suspension during heavy cornering, really giving you the best of both worlds. So that is something I always like to recommend when it doesn't come standard, because traditionally, it will come standard, but with the GLC 300, it does. And I love that. And because of that, so this perfectly newly paved road ride quality has been excellent so far today. As you would expect from Mercedes-Benz and as you would expect from an adaptive damping suspension as well, so certainly no issues there. As far as steering feel goes, it is a noticeable difference dependent upon the drive mode that you put it in. So I still got it in that sport driving mode right now, and it is a much heavier feel. But let's see, if I were to take it out of that and put it in comfort, it does loosen up pretty substantially. So it's a lot looser of a steering feel then. So honestly, even in the sport driving mode, it is kind of on the looser side. But it's to be expected in SUVs. As far as cabin noise goes, as we're going 12 miles per hour right now, it's been perfectly fine. And honestly, Mercedes-Benz always does an amazing job with the lack of wind noise and road noise coming into the cabin. So definitely no issues there either. And touching on visibility, I can see 100% perfectly fine out the back. And actually, I love how the second row headrest aren't that kind of crazy large because sometimes they are, but in the GLC 300, they're not. So for that reason, I can see perfectly fine. And not only that, touching on forward visibility, you actually do get rain sensing windshield wipers coming standard on the GLC 300 as well. So if this thing detects any kind of mist or rainfall, it's going to automatically turn on this windshield wipers for you. So it's just one less thing you got to worry about. Kind of like automatic headlights, but that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review, guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new, slightly refreshed 2023 GLC 300. All right, so here she is you guys, the new 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 finished in polar white. In case you were curious of our exact exterior color name, but let me just touch on real quick, some of the changes on the exterior for 2023, they are minor, the real changes come on the inside, but single horizontal metal strip across the front grille, that does come standard, that's a little bit changed. There's some reshaped headlights as well. To me, they kind of look a lot more similar to the electrified Mercedes-Benz that have been coming out lately. So that's my personal opinion. I like the look of it. Anyways, those are probably the two main changes on the exterior for 2023. A little bit reshaped headlights, which I'll get to in a second here too. But let's go ahead and start where this one is actually made. Take a look at the VIN first character is the letter W indicating that the GLC 300 is built and assembled in Germany. Of course, upfront you will find LED headlights with LED daytime running light to get the automatic feature with them as well, meaning when it starts to get dark in the night, headlights will turn on automatically for you there. Also automatic high beams though. So if you have your high beams on tonight and since the vehicle coming in the opposite direction it's gonna automatically dim them back to low beams. Then when that vehicle is gone it's gonna automatically then bounce it back up to high beams. So very convenient feature there as well. You do have a little bit of some chrome accenting up front up on the front lip here as well. I did want to mention there is an AMG line package that essentially replaces all of the chrome with gloss black accents. So that's available.  But that pretty much rounds out the front end of this one. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side. All right. So now since we are around to the side of the GLC 300 roof rails do come standard. Definitely like those.  Body color side mirrors do come standard. However, gloss black side mirrors are gonna come with the AMG line of course. Power adjustable side mirrors as expected. LED integrated turd signals as well. They will be heated and power folding as well. Which even on luxury manufacturers doesn't always come standard. So I always like to emphasize that. There are some chrome accents found at the door handles and then taking a look at the wheel configuration. 18 inch, 19 inch and 20 inch wheel designs available. Of course, AMG line is gonna get AMG specific alloy wheels but could really customize this thing and make it your own because there are so many different wheel options available for the GLC 300. But anyways, that pretty much rounds out the side profile. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right, and so been now since we are around to the back. All the way to the top. I always say this with Mercedes. There's no shark fin and tenon. It's a very clean look up top. So I do want to start by mentioning that. Just below that rear spoiler with the integrated brake light. Just below that rear window vapor. Of course, you got the formatic badging. If you go with that formatic all wheel drive version to the side's LED tail lights. And again, they are redesigned. A much kind of narrower, more sleek-ish look in the back in terms of that design at least. So I like that. Gloss black kind of accenting. Tying together the two tail lights back there and just all the way to the bottom there. You will either get some chrome accenting or gloss black accenting. Again, whether or not you go with the AMG line package or not, obviously we don't have it. Okay, so I didn't mention that already. But my favorite part of the back here, integrated dual exhaust outlets with chrome tips. I always love the look when the exhaust is integrated into the rear bumper. It looks so dang good. But having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next. As always, here is that exhaust clip. It's up now since we are around to the back of the GLC. When it comes to opening that rear tailgate, it is a power tailgate that does come standard. It's a button on the key fob. Of course, it's a button on the driver's side door and a button on the liftgate itself. Once opened up, cargo capacity comes in at 21.9 cubic feet. If that was not enough space, there is a 40-20-40 split bumping that up to 59.3 cubic feet. There are some grocery bag hooks back there on both sides, of course. Cargo lighting, tie down anchors. It's actually a cargo cover as well. There's some netted storage to the left side back there. There's actually buttons in the cargo area to fold down the seats as well, by the way, which was super convenient. And then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor, you will actually find a spare tire, which I always say I personally prefer as opposed to the fix of flat just because it's what I'm used to. But so then making our way up to the rear legroom, that is going to come in at 37.4 inches, so for reference, I mean, even six feet tall. This is how much space I had back there. There is a rear center armrest with a phone holder back there. So we do want to mention that. Rear ventilation also comes standard and there's a little bit of storage underneath of that rear ventilation back there as well. But then making our way up to the front seats, power adjustable front seats with memory settings do come standard that will be heated as well. Ventilated front seats are going to be optional. As far as seat comfort goes, it actually was perfectly fine. I certainly didn't have any issues with finding my perfect driving position in the GLC here. Then taking a look at the steering wheel, it is tilt and telescoping. It will be leather wrapped as well. Definitely a nice feel to it. Make your way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key here. You got your Mercedes Benz logo all the way to the top. Essentially that doubles as the lock button. There's unlock and of course button pop the rear lift key there as well. But it is all keyless entry with a push button start. So all I'm going to do here is simply put my front of the brake and press that engine start button located just to the left kind of of the air vents there. But once started up, there is a 12.3 inch digital gauge cluster. It is so customizable. It looks absolutely amazing. So for example, you can completely change the load out. So there's an understated load out. There's a sport classic. You can actually choose to display the navigation map entirely covering the whole thing, kind of like Audi does as well. So I love that look. And once that further, there's actually kind of some off-road information to choose to display up there as well. And of course, you got your regular trip A, trip B outside temperature, how many miles you have left to empty the normal stuff. But I really love how Mercedes Benz did this allowing you to completely customize what you want to view up there, the different colors, the different looks completely. So I'm always a big fan of Mercedes gauges. But anyways, then making our way to overall interior quality, there's a dual pane panoramic moon roof that comes standard on this one. Garage door openers can be found in the rear view mirror for up to three different garage doors. By the way, the rear view mirror is frameless as well. Love that. Plenty of wood trims available for this one. When you're actually able to start building these, not at the time of this video because it's still brand new, but when you're actually able to start building these, you're going to see all the different wood trims available. Dual couplers up front, of course, plenty of space within there. 64 colors of ambient lighting. And I always say this, Mercedes Benz does ambient lighting brilliantly really better than any other manufacturer in my personal opinion. And within this center armrest there, there is actually a deep bit of storage, plenty of storage there. And there's a little tray on top as well. And there's some aluminum speaker covers as well. Don't forget to mention that. We'll get to the sound system here in a second, but I love the quality of the speaker covers. And overall, to sum it up, Mercedes Benz always does an incredible job with their interior quality. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the infotainment screen here. Cause this is pretty cool. 11.9 inch portrait style color touch screen display. Now let me first start by giving the disclaimer, it worked 95% of the time when I had this vehicle. However, at the beginning, it was a little bit glitchy for like 10 minutes or so. It gave me this 90s static TV look, but it did end up going away on its own. But Bluetooth and audio streaming do come standard Android Auto, Apple CarPlay. You got factory navigation system up there, climate control settings, ambient lighting settings as well. And of course, your radio information. And so a Bermester 3D surround sound system is what we have today. So having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next. Let's go ahead and turn on the radio, see what we got playing today. And let's test out the clarity of this one. That was actually pretty darn good. We don't have serious XM turned on quite yet on this thing, but for FM radio, that was pretty darn good. Plenty of clarity, plenty of bass. I actually don't have any issues with that. And the coolest thing about it is the way you actually turn up and down the volume. You can simply just press in on the volume button, but I kind of like the way where you slide your finger up and back, forward and backwards to actually turn up and down the volume. That's pretty darn cool. I like that. It's a big last thing I wanted to mention to you guys on the infotainment screen. And of course, is when you put the GLC in reverse, you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board. Surround view monitor, also available as well. That's going to be that bird's eye view. And also partronic is available on the GLC as well, where it essentially parks itself. So as always, all of that is going to lead us in the safety. And so to start, front, side, side, current airbags do come standard. There is the driver's knee airbag up front as well. In the back, you're going to have latch, AKA lower anchors to tether the children for the rear car seats. Rear child door locks, tire pressure monitoring system, but also standard, a collision mitigation braking system, driver attention monitoring system, parktronic with active parking assist, active brake assist with autonomous emergency braking, blind spot assist, and a Mercedes-Benz emergency call service as well. So if you were to get into an accident, the airbags deploy, the vehicle itself is actually going to call you and ask if you need an ambulance or police or whatever the case. So that is pretty darn cool as well. So overall, when it comes to my final thoughts, incredible interior quality in the GLC without a doubt. Also another thing I wanted to mention since I haven't mentioned it yet, you do get a four year, 50,000 mile bumper to bumper general warranty for the Mercedes-Benz GLC 300. So in case you were curious about that, I love the parking assistance package. I actually made a TikTok and YouTube shorts on that. So I'll be posting that probably in a few days here, but the parking assistance is absolutely nuts. As far as room for improvement goes, this thing has so many different options. It can definitely get pricey quick. And of course, there was the glitchy new infotainment system, which is amazing when it worked. I will say that, but it did go 90 static TV on me there for a little bit. And so that is about it for this one, you guys. Thank you so much for watching. Feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of screen if you want to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube. Be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button. If you're in a new car reviews, that is what we do here on this channel after all. Do appreciate you guys watching more than you know, and I will see you guys all in the next video. Stay Gold.


Hi, welcome to Seymour's World commentary on Think Tech Hawaii. You can find all my commentaries and Seymour's World episodes on the Think Tech Hawaii website. I welcome your comments by email, text, or phone. You can also reach me at Seymour.Kazimersky at gmail.com or my phone at<PHONE_NUMBER>. Our topic today is go ahead and look back.  And very often I ask myself, what did I do wrong? How could I have avoided the cancer? And people say to me, I should never look back.  But the truth is rarely so simple as to fit in a convenient little one-liner. And these are no exception. It's true that there's a point when the past is best left in the past, but only after its monsters have been laid to rest and its lessons learned. As long as those monsters are still alive, as long as they still let out the occasional roar and they bear their teeth when you get too close, there's still work to be done. And if you choose not to do that work, to push it aside, bury it away, or deny its importance, those monsters will continue to scream louder and louder until they get your attention. You know, you have to look back, even if it hurts, even if it's scary, even if it embarrasses you or saddens you.  And knowing who you are is the first step towards taking control of who you will become. Like any good story, there is more than one lesson hidden in the pages of your life that have already been turned. Sometimes you have to reread something to gain a new perspective, to catch the subtleties tucked between the lines and pick up insights that you missed the first time. Sometimes the most important step you will take is the one where you will stand still and assess where you've already been. When you leave unresolved issues, unrelinquished guilt and unforgiven foes to roam the halls of your past, there's no lock strong enough to keep them from occasionally breaking out and trampling all over your carefully laid plans for the future. But if you acknowledge those ghosts, if you listen to what they're trying to tell you, show them love and forgive them their sins, they won't feel the need to haunt you further. Oftentimes people say that I should never look back because it's not always easy to look at the past without getting stuck in the past. But this doesn't mean that you shouldn't occasionally take a minute to remember where you've been. It just means that you should be sure you're doing it for the right reason. If your intent is to cling or mourn things long gone, to beat yourselves up for past mistakes, or to nurture a sense of resentment towards yourself or someone else, the only thing you'll end up doing is spoiling today's canvas with an unnecessary mess of yesterday's tears. The purpose of looking back isn't to blame, escape or excuse, but to learn, to grow and to heal. The trick is to look back without going back, to experience things not as you already have, but in a new and a better way. To look with the clarity of hindsight, to assess with the wisdom of added years, and to practice the kind of compassion that comes from having already survived. Each time that you approach the past with integrity, compassion and honesty, you'll dig up a new little gem of insight to take back with you. And as you gather these many gems, you'll grow increasingly rich in wisdom, the kind of wisdom that you can share with others who may be facing things similar to what you once did. This is how you give purpose, even to your pain. This is how looking back can help you improve the way ahead. This is how you begin to see that beauty sometimes hides in the places least expected. This is how you can take control of who you will be by accepting who you once were, by embracing the lessons of the past, and by applying that wisdom to the present. This is how the seed, buried in darkness, begins to sprout. This is how you, once in a state of responding, transition to a state of becoming. So go ahead and look back. Take whatever time is necessary to make peace with where you've been or else you'll never quite understand where you're going. Invest in your future by honoring the past, by listening to the lessons that are still echoing down its corridor. Do what's right for you. Always do what's right for you. I hope you have a wonderful day. My name is Seymour Kazimerski. You're watching a commentary of Seymour's World. You can find all my commentaries and Seymour's World episodes on the Think Tech Hawaii website. I welcome your comments by email, text, or phone. You can reach me at Seymour.Kazimerski at gmail.com or<PHONE_NUMBER>. Aloha.


Well, that's that's interesting. I I always got the biggest kick out of Like health insurance very idea of health insurance the more I looked at the concept of insurance. I thought hmm insurance seems to be like a bet Against yourself and the only way that you collect in that system is you have to lose the bet Or in the case of like life insurance, you know the only way To win the bet is to die And in health insurance the only way to win that bet is to get sick It's kind of interesting when winning and getting sick Get associated so early on for me I I just realized that Jesus had said and even in the Bible. It's not what you put in your mouth at the files I started to realize that that health is inner peace that I could be hurt only by my own thoughts That there was nothing in the world That could really help me or hurt me. It was all based on my thoughts and my beliefs and It really got fun after that because as I cleared my mind of these limiting beliefs and these thoughts It would I was freed up from The cautiousness that comes from being a human being and living in this world you know people say be cautious about what countries you go to and Be cautious about being in the bad part of town or don't go to this country There's a war going on down there or they're they're killing White Americans in this country and so on and so forth You know when I got into the flow of spirit I simply follow the instructions of where I was to go what I was to do what I was to say When I was in Columbia, they were saying don't whatever you do don't don't go on the radio or television down there and as a as a white man and just start talking about Jesus because they're killing a lot of Christians down there, but the spirit had me going on Radio and television and talking about Jesus and it was the same don't go to Venezuela The the president of the country is is doing a mock invasion Preparing for the United States to come and take over the oil fields and I was on Eight radio shows and two television shows during war games. They had actually war games going on at that time and You know it was advising citizens do not go to these countries and so on and so forth Or in the environment One time I was went down to Argentina and I was staying at a friend's house who had a pool and I put my bathing suit on and Got a nice little raft a little floaty thing and went out and just was laying out there enjoying the Sun and And my friend's daughter came out. She was about 31 years old just saying just screaming get out Of the water get out of the water and I kind of looked up at her and she said David that you can't just come down here to Argentina and lay in the Sun You'll get burned to a crisp Like bacon the ultraviolet rays and so on and so forth and so I just smiled at her and Started blowing kisses to the Sun. She ah You know, it's just belief systems It's just belief systems that there are something outside of us that can harm us That we can catch a virus that that there are harmful things in the world And it seems as if the ego has set up this cause-effect system where there seems to be These forces in the world and it seems to be the body and the body seems to be at the mercy of things that are outside of it But actually It's the mind that is believing in this ego belief system that's generating the fear and what seems to be fearful outcomes fearful Effects and fearful causes in the world are really just projections of this ego belief system so Health insurance, that's that's a great practical thing for me. You know, I've never Had health insurance as the world calls it that I You know, it's been a rare very very rare that over the years of seeing a doctor a dentist Healer it's been more the case where I've had experiences where for myself and others around me Symptoms have just left Instantly instantaneous healings. I even had a raising the dead experience like Jesus had with Lazarus, so it's been like a huge turnaround from the human condition to the divine condition and things like health insurance health insurance seems to be Extremely practical in this world and I don't advise people to you know start letting go of things While while there's still a belief in Them it's just what I do is I join with people and just let's just explore these things together and Take it down really deep and just really see is it so is there is there a reason for fear? Is there a reason for for such caution and such? Protectedism and and what I found is I've gone deep enough is there's not it's not really a cause for fear


Meanwhile, President Bola Tinibu has received support from the people of Niger Delta region in his fight against oil theft in order to improve the nation's economy. A Niger Delta activist, Asari Dokubo, gave the support assurance when he visited the president in Abuja. Dokubo stated that the resources in the region was being hijacked by a few Nigerians and their cohorts against the greatest interest of the citizens. 99% of oil theft can be traced to the Nigerian military, the army and the Navy especially. The army and the Navy intimidate the civil defense who are by status. The people who are supposed to guard these pipelines. Nigerians are notorious naval commanders who are known to be kingpins of these bunkering activities even if they give one billion contracts to everybody in the Niger Delta because these military men are harmed from the army and the Navy, nothing will happen. The president has promised to take decisive action to make sure that these does not continue. They have migrated from the pipeline and have gone directly to the oil well edge. The set of half-azard facilities they call local refinery, artisan refinery, this is crime against humanity. He asked the government to ensure that the world of the people are used for the common good of the region and its people. The people doing the bunkering are not our people because they cannot bring those big super cargo ships, vessels that are almost the size of this villa. They don't have the resources. There are powerful cabals, far more stronger, who think they are far more stronger. But they've made their match and their match is President Amor Bellatini, who is going to bring all of them, is going to expose all of them and many people will be matching


Welcome once again to the breakfast on PLOS TV Africa. Now let's go to the papers and see what major stories are making headlines this Wednesday morning. We're starting with the nation newspapers should be on your screen in just a few seconds and of course I'll be introducing my guests in a bit also. The big one on the nation says Buhari's 16.45 trillion Naira budget 2022 pushes deficit to 7.9 trillion Naira. Also this one on the nation killings violence southeast governors revive Ibubiago that's Buhari behind citatome calls. Okay all right also IOC's mall live in Nigeria on shore over litigations says silver and 180 million telephone lines linked with NIN. Education students to get seven five thousand Naira stipends and PDP chairs zoning to north gains more support. Once again the PDP chairmanship zoning to north gains more support. EFCC probes 155 billion Naira pension fund fraud. Still on the nation newspaper this morning police parade 11 suspected kidnappers in Abuja. Six miners held for abduction and still on the story on the budget it says projected revenue is 8.53 trillion Naira. President seeks review of MTF FSP and lawmakers may get document tomorrow. Moving away from the nation newspapers this is what the punch newspapers has for us. It says on the teachers new salary scale states NUT on collision course as government cites cash crunch and you see dismisses states excuses says only governors against teachers wouldn't honor new scale. Ogun Ikiti have implementation on a rather base implementation on availability of funds. Binwe banks on increased allocation. 11 member kidnapped gang operating from Kanomoto parks smashed and Fanikaya Day using police to harass me his ex-wife alleges petitions senate. Cholera deaths hit 3057 NCDC laments death of health facilities. Ogun bank worker and accomplice nabbed for robbery and 3 million Naira theft. Collaboration with Lagos relocate tap-a-pat tank farms. Senate tells federal government and Quara PDP united set for victory in 2023 says Bukalasaraki. Also on the punch newspaper business morning Senate confirms Buhari's EFCC's board nominee who started school before birth. I think I should read that again. The Senate confirms Buhari's EFCC board nominee who started school before birth. Apparently the documentation that he had presented showed that his you know the time that he started school was you know way before he was born. But he was still confirmed. Fund diversion. Senate panel threatens to force NSA Marwa's appearance. And also Nigeria records 6,746 cases of COVID-19 vaccine side effects. Be prepared for seven-day isolation in UK. Federal government tells Nigerian travelers and budget. Federal government lowers revenue projection by 342 billion Naira 6MTF amendment. I think those are the stories that we can take on the punch this morning. Daily independent next. Anambraa gubernatorial election on the threat says INEC. Security agencies will secure lives and property. NSA assures. IGP orders posting of Echeng as new commission of police. Deploys special police forces to bolster oppression, restore peace. Also on the daily independent, Southeast Governors and leaders vow to stop sit at home to launch a bubiago before end of 2021. PDP chairmanship. Governors, party leaders and others rally round David Mark. And also this morning COVID-19 one in six young Nigerians struggling with depression says UNICEF. Federal government okays bossery to wall students into education courses. Police NAB driver who lures Kano passengers to kidnappers. 2023, Okukwe declares to contest for president. And we can also see here, deposition. IDON recognize Oluwafwari's authority says Airee Emami. Seems to be have been some challenges brewing since the coronation of the Oluwafwari. And finally on the daily independent, Buhari jacks up 2022 budget from 13.98 trillion Nair to 16.45 trillion Nair, presents it to National Assembly tomorrow. INEC gets additional 100 billion Nair for 2023 polls. Finally to the leadership newspapers, Senate bans rules to allow PMB present 2022 budgets tomorrow. President returns MTF to National Assembly for amendment raises appropriation from 13.98 to 16.45 trillion Nair. And also Southeast Governors move to end killings. Give IPOB card or rather give IPOB red card over Citatum order. INEC raises fresh concerns ahead of Vanhambra polls. And also Supreme Court continues petrol union here in tomorrow. Police parade 38 suspects for kidnapping and robbery. And WTD Nigerian teachers decry impact of COVID-19. Finally on the leadership federal government approves zero import duty for vessel acquisition. These are the big stories across the papers this morning. We'll say good morning to Mr. Ademola Akingbola, publisher of the podium media. Thanks for joining us. Good morning. Thanks for having me. I don't once against my player. All right. I think we can start the conversation from the Southeast Governors and their move to stop the IPOB and of course the insecurity challenges in the Southeast. They apparently it's on the top of the daily independent. It says Southeast Governors vow to stop Citatum to launch Ibubeag will be for the end of 2021. What are your thoughts and how successful do you think they might be? Thank you. I think the Southeast Governors are just working from the slumber, which is good. Both I think it's a little bit too late. Here that's how they blame politics with this to be blaming the federal government. They sat back. They enjoyed the show while they engaged in buck person. But now that the problem is right on top of diagnosis, they're just realizing that they need to do something about it. Well, as far as I'm concerned, I don't see any credible election taking place in the number of states. We're talking about November 6th, which is barely one month from now. I don't see any credible election taking place there. Okay. And this is something that should have been nipped in the but long before now. So I want to believe that the Southeast Governors, they left it a little bit too late. But let's hope that something should something would be done between now and then. But like I said, HIPAA and all the other terrorist organizations in the Southeast, the the the the sips have gained a lot of grande across those states that I do not know what the Governors are going to do differently in the next one month to flush them out. Well, frankly, these are people that have been having a free run, killing, kidnapping and doing all sorts of things. So what are they going to do differently? I do not know. But who do they think that they have come out openly to admit that this is the local problem that needs local solution? Now, I've always said that the state Governors, local government, they have a huge chunk of claim in terms of what is going on in Nigeria today. Everybody seems so comfortable blaming Apocha. Apocha is not doing this. Apocha is not doing that. But the Governors are the chief security officers of their states. Okay. So Apocha can only complement your own efforts. It's good that they are going to revive Epochi. Okay. And this is what we've been calling for, regional policing. Okay. So I would be interested in seeing what they want to do in the next one month. But I think it's a little bit too late. Really. There's also a key I believe to also mention that I think the South is because of the security apparatus that has obviously been shown to be very weak. There might be a lot of criminal gangs, robbers and kidnappers and whoever else who had been hiding to carry the activities may have just come out now to start to commit mayhem or cause mayhem saying that there's nobody checking them. I'm blaming them on the IPOB. But I want you to also speak on, still on Ebu Bayagu. Yeah. If the Governors do not get the authority to arm Ebu Bayagu and give them guns, then how useful are they seeing how ruthless and armed these criminal elements in the IPOB or wherever else have been? We do things that are going in South East. Do you think any government needs a Buddhist approval to do what is necessary? Do not think so. Look at Amaterprin. Yes, they are not allowed to carry arms fully, but we are seeing some signs of their presence in the Southwest. Okay, so I do not think any government that is serious, that really wants to work, should wait for a Buddhist to say go ahead and arm them, because that's a long process that's not going to happen in the next one year. You need to amend the constitution. You need to establish an approval, all of those things. But we're talking about the fact that this is an issue that should have been nipped in the board before it escalated. Okay, and for all that you know, 10% of what is armed with these artists can only be attributed to IPOB. Like I said, a lot of other groups have come out, okay, harm robbers, ardent criminals, they've also come out hiding on the hypo. And I think it's very unfortunate for government to see the sit-at-op order is at the instance of Nigerians in the diaspora. That's been tricky. Okay, how can people who are brought give instructions to those who are at home that don't go out to work, don't go on any of the income? People don't need anybody to tell them that they should stay at home. You see how IPOB has been oppressing and intimidating people. All right, so we need to begin to learn how to be proactive in everything we do in Nigeria. We don't get serious problems until the problem becomes a huge crisis. So I feel for our colleagues from the southeast, like I said, I do not see any appreciable result coming out of all this government's effort in the last one month. And I think it's as common to admit that the religion is under threat, that is the most point we all know. And people are already waiting to use the violence in the southeast to invalidate the result of the election that has not even been heard. Yeah, that's a huge concern. It is. And trust politicians to maximize every situation. Okay, so they are already recording all these violence going on. These are the video evidence they were presenting. Of course, say, look, elections were never heard and you won't be able to blame them. And those who sadly, I believe that we haven't completely read our electoral process of fraud. And so there's still those who will take advantage of it and give themselves numbers that didn't exist. Absolutely. There's going to be voter party. You can be sure of that. People are going to be scared. A lot of people will travel out of the southeast before the election. Yet, I make with the very high figures. And you wonder where are these figures coming from? Who are the people that came out to vote? If you want to be living in a number that would you go out to vote? No, most people will not go out to vote. So the situation is going to make it very easy for the layer to be rigged and to be manipulated. And that's going to lead to another round of violence. So it's like a vicious cycle for the people in the southeast, really. All right, now let's move away from there. We might come back to talking security again, but let's move now to the economy where the president has presented or hasn't presented, but then talks about the budget. It makes all the papers as Buhari moves the budget up to 16.45 trillion Naira. 2022 budget or rather it pushes budget deficit to 7.9 trillion Naira. And of course, very likely we'll be presented at the National Assembly tomorrow. What are your thoughts? It's given that it will be approved. If we consider the antecedents of this current National Assembly, what about the president's submit for a review? It's taken that it will be approved. But then is that the solution? No. It's the easy way out for us, really. Okay, increase the budget. The deficit of almost 8 trillion Naira. How are we going to finance it? Go borrowing again. So if that government is just being realistic, the revenue is not coming in, expenses are going up. A lot of budgets are being contemplated. It's pre-election year. Governments wants to fulfill most of its promises ahead of the election in 2023. But my question is this. Have we exhausted all avenues for saving costs? No. There are a lot of leakages in the system. There are a lot of wasteages in the system that the government should have sat down with National Assembly to look at how to reduce them. The National Assembly should, as a matter of urgency, make some sacrifices in terms of its allowances, involvement and stuff like that. Public office holders across the board, let's begin to look at areas where we can reduce our expenses. Increasing the budget at the end of the day, the impact is going to be affected by the man on the streets. It's going to pass back. Inflation is going to go up. So for me, this is the easy way out. It's the lazy way out. Governments should be telling us, how am I going to cut expenses? The profile of our public expenditure is ridiculous. But nobody is talking about it. We spend too much money on elections that do not even produce credible leaders. We spend too much money feeding our public officers who do not even have the value. These are areas we need to look into. But the question is, who has the potential will to do the same? Nobody. Not even the President. Isn't it sad that we've gone these many years and there's still not been any processes that have been implemented to stop the leakage of funds in Nigeria? And this is across NDAs, across the country, where there are still loads of leakages, where funds just disappear and never make it into government coffers. Of course, I also agree with you and the government's need to also cut down on its expenditure of frivolous items. Yeah. You recall that one of the favorite quotations of Mr. President before he was elected was that corruption with killing Nigeria, if Nigeria does not kill corruption, how prophetic that statement has turned out to be, he's not been able to kill corruption in five years. And corruption is killing Nigeria gradually. Okay. So it has become a state policy in Nigeria across all levels of government. And the National Assembly, as it is currently constituted, has turned out to be the major hindrance for us in Nigeria. There's nothing we can achieve in Nigeria if we don't review the Constitution. We need to deal with a lot of stuff. But National Assembly, they are the greatest beneficiaries of the current arrangement. So I don't see them agreeing to any of these things. Public officials are so comfortable. They've gotten used to the huge electronics that they are getting from government. They are feeding fat on the public treasury and they pass all the impact, they pass all the effects to the common people. So yes, corruption has become a state policy. It's like if you can't beat them, you join them. That is what everybody does in Nigeria. Unfortunately, we thought this president would do something about it, but he seems to have also resigned to faith. He has not won the battle. And that was meant to be one of his selling points. He hasn't done very well. He has not done very well. And I do not see how the next president or the next government will be able to stop it. It will move into the fabric of our life in Nigeria, in the public sector especially. It's unfortunate. All right. Still on the nation, if you can look at the top of your screen, it says the PDP chairmanship zoning to North gains more support. David Mark is a front runner. And of course, the way that the narrative has been spinning lately, they say if the chairmanship goes to the North, it means the presidential candidate will be a southener. Sakimbola, what are your thoughts? Well, the PDP is trying to respond to the mood of the nation. Remember last week we talked about the fact that yes, it is not in the constitution, but power rotation has become the only thing wrong in the political landscape of Nigeria. It's funny when some people say it's unconstitutional. Like the Northern government said two weeks ago, it's unconstitutional. All this while that you have been getting it, you never knew that it was not constitutional. Now the south is asking for it. You are saying it is unconstitutional. So yes, the PDP is trying to go a step ahead looking at the mood of the nation, especially in the south, south west, south east, and look, everybody wants power to come out to the south. So which means if they've chosen someone from the North to become the chairman, automatically the candidate for presidency will come from the south. And I see the PDP also throwing that line. So that's about all the sandbite by the Northern government. I see the PDP is also choosing someone from the south to contest. How do you think that will turn out or play out in 2023 if there's 2,000 candidates? What would both parties be looking out for to present a better candidate and to hopefully get to win? Yeah, it not depends on what happens at the conventions of the two political parties. Okay, if the plan goes according to the way that they want it, two start and present an image, then of course the votes are going to be split in the south and the North will be the deciding factor. Whoever the North votes for, between the two candidates will end up being the president. But for the south, it's like Ed Orthel will win. Okay, if the two parties present candidates from the south, which automatically means that 2023 will see Nigeria producing a southern candidate, so both are going to be split in the south and the North, the key state of the North will be the deciding factor. It's going to be an interesting development. Of more importance to me is the quality of the candidates that we imagine from the two political parties. It's not just enough to zone into the south. F1 sports remains to go for the best candidate. If we know it's good for us, it's not the other side. Oh, it's my right, it's my turn, it's my region's turn. The two political parties must make conscious efforts to go for the right and the best candidate. If they are going to put party interest above national interest, this is the time for us to begin to put merit above any other thing, competence here. Okay, let's move to the punch now. One of the stories here says Senate confirms Buhari's EFCC's board member who started school before birth. I want to believe that the Senate has done its investigation and has discovered that this chapter of this man has no case to answer. Otherwise, it's business as usual. This business as usual, in Nigeria is a place where people spend a lot of money to get Senate endorsement to get things approved, believing that that money will be recouped. There is hardly any public officer that has not gone through the process. So Senate screening has become just a smoke screen. It's become a ritual. It's become a routine of all righteousness. If there was indeed a very strong evidence proving that this guy has falsified his age and has forged these records, what is the essence of you going ahead to approving without telling us, oh, we've investigated. This is the result of our investigation. This man is clean. So it's like, take it or leave it. I want to believe that Serab and other advocacy groups, we go back to the drawing board and get more facts that will nail this guy. It's just a matter of time. All right. Now we're talking about records. Before we move on to another story, I'm going to move to the daily independent next, but there's something that I was speaking about earlier on top trending and I just want to get your thoughts on it. Somehow, some way, have certain persons that hold political offices in Nigeria or have some political relevance in Nigeria, but have very, very incriminating pasts. And of course, the reason I'm bringing this up is because of the Pandora papers released on the KGB state governor. And of course, the crimes that he was allegedly accused of. And of course, the report that he was also in jail in the U.S. for a while for the same money laundering charges, but eventually made it to become governor, was in the Senate in Nigeria and then made it to become governor today. There's a couple of them, you know, that in the National Assembly have been governors that have had drug charges outside Nigeria for a while, but made it back here and eventually still became political office holders. So I want you to get your thoughts on why those things don't matter when persons are contesting offices in Nigeria or hold very, very, if you remember also the story that broke concerning the Nazco conflicts controversy. There are certain persons that were named in that thing that had been arrested by Nigeria security agencies for links to terror and for trying to set up terror cells here in Nigeria. Those persons eventually are still running around the country, still holding very, very delicate political offices and even businesses here in Nigeria. So why don't those things matter? It doesn't matter because corruption is a culture in Nigeria. Corruption is a state policy. It is assumed that everything we do in Nigeria is compromised. It is, remember, IBV once said, every Niger has a price. Okay. When he said it then, we all shouted, but now he's been proven right. It's only in Nigeria that people with doubtful pedigrees, people with shady backgrounds, still end up becoming governors or senators. Why? Those who are mandated to do the screening, they don't do anything. They don't do anything. Look at this guy that has been led by the FBI, okay, Abah Kiari. This wasn't the first time that issues were raised against him, but as usual, he was swept under the carpet. And I'm sure if this happened within Nigeria, if the FBI was searching for, this guy would have escaped, not would have happened. So we are in a country where people steal so much money and they put part of it aside to protect their shady past because they know that one day something will happen. Look at Senator Adeleke. All the money that was made about, oh, he didn't have Secondary school qualification. The man quickly went abroad to go and procure one. Okay. And because of his political waiting on show state, remember that the case was raised against him. What has happened to that case now is probably been dropped because at the point, APC needed him to work for them behind the scenes. Look at Senator Iyala Mishori. There are so many of them. You said the couple, not a couple, there are so many of them out there who have a very dangerous past that we have not cared to investigate because they have amassed so much money. So in Nigeria, when you have so much money that you live above the law, nothing opposed to you. Look at Fahyoshi. Look at Mokora-Sanraki. Go to the Senate. All ex-governors are there. Enjoy their loot. EFCS is not making noise. What has happened to Fahyoshi's case? What has happened to Dino Melayie's case? Nothing. What has happened to this? Too many of them. So corruption has become a way of life for us. So you go into government. You steal so much money. You set to those rules you need to settle. It is sad. We shouldn't be discussing this on national TV, but that is not the way we are. So it means nothing to us. It's nothing to us. You don't have certificate. You were accused of a crime 20, 30 years ago. Don't worry. Steal enough money, set to EFCS, set to ICPC, set to the Nigerian police force. You are fine. Because you look at even Politinobu, the Chikago case, up till now, what has come out of it. So there is a long list of Nigerian politicians who have had a tainted past, but who are still enjoying EFCS today, and who will likely become public officials tomorrow. Look at this guy that died in a good state. I can't remember his name again. The big guy that was also a case of being involved in drug crime in the United States. I can't remember. But at that point, the guy Obama was fighting at that point. He couldn't go to America. Look at even some advisers. So it's a long list. And the media also, unfortunately, the media and constituency has been compromised. We do not investigate any longer. We try more on using press releases. How many media ventures in Nigeria, including many of us, have huge budget for investigations? People are not interested because they'll tell you if we investigate and we unhurt anything, nothing will happen to this guy. I think that's where the challenge is. The fact that a lot of Nigerians and the electorate really don't see these things as big enough issues to disqualify candidates. I remember a couple of years ago, there was a statement saying, or even if he has NEPA certificate, who will vote for him. Those were signs to basically tell what the mindset of the electorate is in Nigeria. And so the person has been tried for drugs and jailed in the past in a different country. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. As long as he has enough money to bribe the police, bribe INH and also buy votes. When we complain that our votes don't matter in Nigeria, I tell people keep quiet. You sold your conscience years ago. Why would your vote matter today? Your vote will never matter in Nigeria. Illegions have just become rituals. The winners are already known. So because we have not for once come out to insist on the right thing being done, you leave the neighborhood. You know that this guy has criminal tendencies, but because he has too much money, he has settled everybody. Of course, that's what you vote for. A situation whereby people who had very terrible past won elections against people who have integrity. Only in Nigeria would that happen. Because a professor going to contest an election will probably don't have enough money to buy votes. But a businessman who has been government before has so much money to, I mean, to throw around. That is the person that he has to vote for. He has money. So it's something that has become a culture for us. We don't see anything wrong in those things. All right. Let's now move and talk a little bit about COVID-19. There's a couple of stories here. On the Daily Independent, one of them says, COVID-19, one in six young Nigerians suffering, struggling rather with depression. And that's from UNICEF. I think one of the papers also speaks about vaccine reactions here in Nigeria, about 3,000 or so people have had certain vaccine reactions. I'm not sure what paper that is. But quickly share your thoughts on the depression story. Depression is real in Nigeria. Depression is real. That's why when Facebook went off over eight hours on Monday, I'm sure Nigerians will have felt it the most all over the world. A lot of Nigerians sleep on social media as a way to let off steam as a way to get over depression. There's no job. Business is slow. No electricity. A lot of stuff. People are going through a lot. So depression is really Nigeria. I want to believe that that figure is even understated. It's really understated. You see a lot of people wearing good clothes, but they are going through storms that they can't even discuss. Unfortunately, there's no social safety or social security nets for anybody in Nigeria. When you rise in Nigeria, you rise for yourself. When you fall, you fall for yourself. There's nothing to fall back upon. Nothing absolutely. No arrangement by government to help people to go through difficult periods. No. So depression is real. You look at parents who've lived all their years. They've worked for government. Now they are retired in their 60s. They can't even get their pension. The little money they have, they're spending it on themselves. They're spending it on their children who are unemployed.  Two years that they should have spent working on any income and supporting their family. So people are really depressed in Nigeria. It's real and it's just so unfortunate. It's real. And only on the COVID-19 case. Yeah, let me just say it says Nigeria records 6,746 cases of COVID-19 vaccine side effects. I have heard a couple of people complain that, oh, I won't take this vaccine because of his side. But yesterday I was talking to someone who said now that he has seen physical evidence of people who suffered side effects. Nigeria is a place where we don't keep records. Unfortunately, medical records are not reliable. There could be some coincidental side effects. Someone who already has some co-mobility, someone who already has had some medical issues, it takes the vaccine. The vaccine probably pushes out those issues and he tries to link it to COVID-19. What I'm saying is that this information is not enough to discourage people from getting the vaccine. At the end of the day, the benefit of going and having to take the vaccine, the benefit has way so-called side effects. That's my own point. I'm not going to argue or deny the fact that they are side effects. I've taken my concrete dosage. It's not an appointment to me. Glory to God. Which of the vaccines did you take? Pfizer, which is one that is really most recommended in this part. And I'm not sure Pfizer is ready like really good Nigeria. We have Modena and we have AstraZeneca. A brother of mine took his last week and for three days he was it himself. I had similar side effects. For my first and second dose, I had slight fever, my arm hurt for about a whole day and all of that. But it doesn't go beyond two days of just that feverish fever. Yes. So those who are normally early before, you won't mean second or third, you are fine. Because if anything more than that happens, it means that person already has medical issues that he is not the one we are. That's what I'm trying to make. Okay. Or hopefully, what's most important is the information sharing concerning COVID-19 and how the national orientation agency, the NCDC needs to do better with the information that they put out to get people to understand better how the vaccine works. Absolutely. To stop vaccine hesitancy. I want to share, let's move to the daily trust newspaper. We didn't get to touch on this before. But this is very interesting. And some of the things that we haven't spoken about this morning, it says pressure mounts on Buhari to probe Bagudu and Peter Obi and others. And that's with regards Pandora papers and what has so far been exposed. There's still eight more Nigerians to go on the list. The names haven't been dropped yet. But from the records, it says about 360 plus persons across the world have been put on the Pandora papers investigation. And of course, in different countries, Nigeria has 10 persons of interest, Peter Obi and Bagudu of Kepi State currently. I think it's one of the reasons I even asked the question about why don't these things matter to the Nigerian electorate. But do you think that these are important enough for the Nigerian government to look into? Absolutely. Absolutely. By now, I should expect a memo to have landed on the table of the chairman to say, look into this, do a thorough investigation. And some people will tell you that how come it took the Pandora box, just like we had it with Wikileaks, how come it took such effort for us to even be hearing of all these things? Okay, without prejudice to what the investigations would discover. Peter Obi, as far as we are concerned, is a clean man, modest, who doesn't have anything. All right. But this is information that is fresh, that is new, is telling us something different. So yes, the Nigerian government should be very interested in getting to the root of this. Apart from advocacy groups that will naturally launch onto this, I said the FCC to start work. I said the ICPC to start work. Well, so I think also that a lot of these things were meant to work on the sentiments of Nigerians and how they react, even before they read deeper into some of these stories. Some of them had clickbait headlines just to capture attention. And if you read closer into it, they have very, very different stories. Peter Obi's own doesn't necessarily say that he stole money from anywhere. It really just says that he set up shell companies for tax avoidance, not tax evasion, mostly tax avoidance, that apparently a lot of businessmen do across the world set up shell companies to avoid tax. So what I think would be important to know is whether those funds were truly from his businesses, which he has never hidden. He has always been known to be a rich man. The only problem that I'm glad he was, he was very tight-fisted and never allowed people to take Anambra State money recklessly. So what I think would be important to speak about with regards to his cases, knowing whether those funds were taken from Anambra State or not, and if they weren't, it really doesn't have a case to answer, except with the Code of Conduct Bureau. And if he declared those funds that were outside Nigeria. Absolutely. Yes, you're very correct. It's too early to begin to assume that this has to do with his tenure as governor of Anambra State, even for Pabudu. So let the investigation start and let the process very open and transparent, because these are the things, these are the building blocks of Nigeria of tomorrow. We cannot continue to sweep very serious issues from Dalekapet. We cannot continue to ignore issues that have attracted global attention. If we want to incoherently write values in the young ones, values of discipline and anti-corruption, it is time to begin to investigate and make skip-goat of whoever this is found comparable. So yes, let the pressure continue. By now, I expect the federal government to have said, AFCC, ICPC, Code of Conduct Bureau, please go to work and let's get to the root of this. All right. Hopefully something will happen. Yeah. Still on the daily post, it says here, 30 killed as Ansaru terrorist and bandits clash in Kaduna. Yeah. You know, we said here last week that the government, the federal government should have declared the system of agency in Kaduna State. Enough has happened in Kaduna State to warrant the federal government moving in. The governor needs help. Unfortunately, he doesn't admit, he doesn't realize that he needs help. He's busy playing politics, he's busy grandstanding. He needs help. They have a theory of forced forces of crisis and insecurity in Kaduna. Two weeks ago, it was a shite. We have this post kidnapped. Then we have this group of clashing also. So, yes, it's time for the federal government to move in and do something about Kaduna State before it gets worse. Look at Kaduna State. Yeah. I was just going to say, that would be when we have a federal government that understands that 30 lives lost in a day is not normal. It's not. Neither is 200 kids kidnapped. Yeah. It's not. I mean, it's only an idea that even when you have road accidents, 18 people kills. If such happens in the next one week, radio and TV, they will be on it. Something must be done. Whoever was responsible, we brought a book. But in Nigeria, we reported and we just move on, waiting for the next casualty, waiting for the next incident to happen. 30 lives is a lot. It's a lot. Enough for the state of assembly to impeach the government. You're not doing anything. You're not doing anything. You are voted to protect lives on property. In Kaduna State, only God knows how many people have been killed the last one year, in the last two years. And government is there sitting pretty. And nobody's saying anything about it. I mean, we need to be able to bring people, I mean, to make them accountable. The House of Assembly should, one of the reasons why you can impeach a public officer is inability to protect people's lives. These are lines that you don't know what it will become tomorrow. But we keep wasting them. Because it has become a norm that lives more than lost in Nigeria, one way or the other. Nobody cares. Nobody cares. That's absurd. Someone like L5 and I shouldn't be a governor if we know what we are doing, but I do not see exactly what is done. No matter the project that you took, the biggest project any government can have is to safeguard the lives of the people If you like to build, fly over, build stadium, construct roads. If you can maintain security of lives on property, you have failed as far as I'm concerned. That's the number one thing that we should be looking at. So for me, Kaduna requires immediate and urgent agribusiness intervention. Yeah. Also, you know, some of the things that you mentioned, it's besides the federal governments, you know, and the way that they value the Nigerian life, you know, I think the Nigerian people themselves have also gotten so used to hearing about death and killings and dozens and hundreds that these things no longer matter on that level. And you I'm very sure that if, you know, the governor of Kaduna state was running for election next week after the stories break, he will still get a lot of people campaigning for him. Oh, yes. We have very short memory in Nigeria. Whether by design or by default, we have very short memory in Nigeria, especially when you come to public office. We are too forgiving of their sins. You will find people who are ready to justify, who are ready to rationalize, who are ready to defend him. Oh, that's the integrity in Nigeria is not just Kaduna state that don't let us see going out for blame. But when we don't single people out for play, when we don't deal with them on a case by case basis, then you have an aggregate of problems all over the country that we end up not being able to handle. The look at government chamber doesn't perform. We pardon him. We overlook it. The state governor doesn't perform. So when are we going to hold public officers accountable and responsible in line with the oath of office that this war? When are we going to do that? We're talking about 30 people, for God's sake, 30. It is mind boggling, seriously. And like we are saying, even as a nation, we've gotten used to it. Nobody's talking about it. That's really sad. Really, really sad. We can now go back to the southeast, you know, and get to understand these things better. On the Daily Trust, it says Igbo's in diaspora, not IPOB, behind Citatome Order says Southeast Governors. And I think you already spoke a little bit about this before, you know, but I'm trying to understand where exactly they're coming from. I know that there is certain elements in Cyprus and in different countries across the world who have taken over, putting out media statements after Namdikano was arrested. They basically, I can't remember the particular one who is even contesting the election in the country that he is in. Probably in Cyprus, I think, but he has been one of those voices that have been, you know, encouraging some of the actions of the IPOB and asking, you know, people to boycott elections and some of all of that. And so do you think the governors do have a point there, you know, seeing that there are certain persons like that outside Nigeria who have been spewing these same narratives and, you know, encouraging people to sit at home and also encouraging, maybe, encouraging the IPOB members back home, you know, to commit the atrocities that they're committing? Yeah, I mean, there's no doubt about that. There's no doubt about that. IPOB and other groups in the South is receiving massive support from Nigeria diaspora. But it is the same thing in the Southwest. I'm going to take home, there are a lot of supporters in diaspora. In fact, there are a lot of WhatsApp groups where they are raising funds to support people in Nigeria. I mean, there's one or someone added me to, I left almost immediately because I know that a lot of people back here in diaspora, they're so concerned about what's happening back home and they believe that the only thing that they can do is to support any attempt to effect a government change, a regime change. So yes, people in diaspora, they have impact, they have a direct impact on what's going on in the Southeast. But hey, is that enough reason for the government to throw its hands up in the air and say, oh, we can't do anything about it? No, it is not peculiar to the Southeast. It's happening even in the Southwest. A lot of Yoruba advocacy groups exist in diaspora, supporting what is going on back home, sending money, organizing a lot of stuff. So that's not enough for a particular government to say, oh, even in the North, the federal government has asked us to say, Boko Haram, they have very powerful and inflation sponsors outside Nigeria. So tourism all over the world is usually funded by people outside the country. So that's not new. It has always been, even the US, even all over, what we are saying is that as a state government, that is not enough reason for you to fail in nipping the issue in your body. Yes, of course, they are sponsors. People send money to them. Look at EDSAS. EDSAS was funded significantly by Nigerians in diaspora. You remember, a lot of money was raised online in a matter of hours. So that has been the trend. Nigerians in diaspora, they want to do everything to make their country better. And they believe that the least they can do is to support those who are fighting, okay, those who are seen to be advocating for things to be done properly. So it's, it's, it's nothing new. And it's not enough reason why we shouldn't be able to fight this guy to a standstill. Yeah. I know my liking. Well, always a pleasure speaking with you. Thank you very much for sharing your time with us this morning. I wish you a beautiful day ahead. Thank you for the privilege. Absolutely. I will love you then. God bless you. All right. Stay with us. We're now moving back in history, the 6th of October, and I'm going back to the year 2010, 11 years ago, one of the world's most famous social media apps, Instagram, was founded on this day. If you remember two days ago, you know, there was panic across, you know, Nigeria and across, across the world when Facebook had its challenges and Instagram shutdown, WhatsApp shutdown, Facebook also. The app basically has become one of the most famous across the world, one of the most used across the world and was eventually bought for a billion dollars. I'm going to confirm what year that was by Facebook, seeing how fast it was growing. Started with about a hundred thousand subscriptions and then has grown to more than a billion subscriptions, I believe. It's an app that was launched on this day and racked up 25,000 users in just one day. The primary focus of that, of the app, when it started back then, was the feature photographs, especially those taken on mobile devices, and it was only actually launched on the iOS platform when it launched. At the end of the first week, it had downloaded, it had been downloaded more than a hundred thousand times. By mid December, the number of users had reached one million. It was the fourth most downloaded mobile app of the 2010s, just a little bit of history for that. And also, I'll quickly share more. Yes, in April 2012, it was bought for a billion dollars in cash and stock by Facebook. Originally launched for just the iOS, eventually was able to work on Android phones a couple of years later. Two months after it was launched, it had a million followers and 10 million subscribers and 10 million subscribers in a year. By June 2018, Instagram had one billion subscribers. And just sharing little bits of this and that here and there. Of course, it started with just photos and then moved to being able to share video content. It started with maybe, I think, 15 seconds video content and now you can share video content of as much as 10 minutes even more, hours even of video content on Instagram. Reels have also come up on Instagram to make the usage more interesting. But on this day, in the year 2010, Instagram was founded. Stay with us to take a short break. When we come back, we're talking zoning across Nigeria. How important is that discussion as we move closer to the 2023 general elections?


Welcome all back to the great outdoors everybody a chilly morning from deer camp right now. It is day three And I'm gonna head out with the rifle today. Just gotta do it. It is in fact rifle season. I've been a dedicated bow hunter up until today Because on this trip I said I am getting something brown down And I intend to do that if you've watched my last few videos, you know that I haven't seen any does I mean I was going to shoot the first dough that that came out with with my bow and all I've seen so far are Smaller bucks. I did see one mature buck late last night just for a little bit. He was kind of hiding in the trees Chasing a doe doing his rut thing and we never got a great picture at him Definitely never got a bow opportunity at him and flat out.  They're not gonna go to the feed They're just gonna chase those doves this week. They are hot and heavy usually see some good bucks at this spot So we may have a shot opportunity at a trophy buck, but first dough that steps out She's gonna get it. So figures crossed. Let's see something this morning guys All right, sadly we have a band in the blind There's no dose showing up. I got to find the dose because that's where the bucks want to be That's where the big bucks are gonna be. It's fine. I don't So I'll take either one I'm gonna do a couple stalks on some feeders. It's a low percentage situation Right now.  I'm gonna try like three different ones and if that don't work I'm grabbing the rifle and I'm just going walking. We're going for a woods walk you know, I thought I could do a little cheat code here and Just go all the way up to the top of this big hill and look down where she was but I Can't see her. She's just gone into the brush But while I was up here Just doing some glass and I saw a buck There's like 250 yards away. That was just full-out sprint mouth open full-out sprint And he was going into the deep. I think that's just where all the deer are gonna be We had we had one little opportunity right there. Oh, it's a little update here Midday, it's a little afternoon Our last opportunity here at the house So that's this is where I hunted last video where I heard that crazy grunting growling buck behind me But I was just I just decided to walk out on the back porch and just check to see if there's anything down there And as soon as I walk out, there's big doe just looking at me I mean she spotted me just like that and I immediately ducked down and then I started to think okay How can I get the camera and the rifle and do everything? I know that these these deer they are always watching up at the house So it's gonna be very tricky and by the time I was trying to get the camera set up get the rifle set up Course she was gone. So what to do now? I'm on my third day of hunting I've packed up the truck So I'm basically ready to leave. I've thought about leaving but I'm gonna give it one more shot Just one more opportunity.  That was another another reason I was basically forced into rifle hunting this morning is there was zero Wind and I knew that it was going to be extremely difficult To to pull back a bow Sitting in a tree just the times I've hunted out here with a bow I've I've noticed that it is Extremely hard when there's no wind need a little breeze to shake the trees get some things moving even in a ground line It's difficult when you set up a fresh ground line I've never seen them before and they're looking right at the thing wind like this. That's you know 10 12 miles an hour It's good. Just a little movement kind of breaks up your movement and gives you a better shot So I'm gonna strap the boots on I'm just gonna put a GoPro on my head and go stomping around See if we can Get one of these elusive deer. All right guys. I may have boo boo'd back there Till a little rattling I kind of stepped out a little soon And I spooked two deer. I don't know what one blue the other one just I just heard ran off assuming it was a buck But there's so much sign there Not a scrap of corn on the ground pretty sure the feeders working And I don't know much about the spot. I really just want to see even if I don't See a doe. I want to see what bucks are coming out there. Hopefully I didn't Bump them too bad where they're just never gonna come back. There's an old crummy blind there I think I'm gonna try to sit in Floors rotten out of it and the windows are all open it's water damaged, but I cut out some uh, some little Covers for the windows to give me some extra Darkness and I'm just gonna get one of my blind chairs and set it up If I had more time, I'd love to sit there with a bow But since we're at the last we're at the 11th hour right now We're basically gonna have this sit and then leave Um We're gonna see what comes out with the rifle really anxious to see if there's a big buck because I haven't seen a big buck this week Which is kind of rare. So Maybe they're hiding back there. So we got about I would say an hour till we need to go sit Um, and we'll go see what happens and that that's gonna be it Hopefully this is the fat lady that's going to sing camera's still rolling. Okay It's exactly four o'clock exactly when I say I was gonna go to the southern blind Holy cow guys That deer There was three does that came out That was a pretty decent buck that came out too.   Thank you lord Oh my gosh I was literally just about to leave. I was gonna give up And uh Just saw a random buck out there some dough is falling dropped her where she stood Unless I do the blind. Hey guys recover my buddy's back We got a dough down And I'm excited about uh hunting some new stuff when I come back here. So Oh, man, what a journey these last couple days We're gonna put everything on the cleaning rack right now. We're gonna get these deers cleaned up And I'm actually heading on a fishing trip trout fishing trip tomorrow morning. So the outdoor Goodness continues. Thank you guys for joining me in the great outdoors Good luck in the woods and on the water and I will see you guys on the next one


We did it read it But at what cost at what cost this entire week My goal, I don't know. It's what is it pin 17 Friday night My goal this week was to close Every single issue and pull request give a satisfactory.  I succeeded I did it. Let's actually verify that I did this. Okay, so is open user Luke Smith XYZ. Let me show you this. I'm not in a good mood. Okay. I'm not I don't want to say I'm in a bad mood. I'll talk about the look at this. Okay issues zero here. Okay I think pull requests are supposed to show up here, too But whatever they're they're none. There's nothing here. Okay. It's good. No PRs. No issues. It's clean I'm finally not treading water. That's a good feeling. It's a good feeling, but I thought it was gonna be like Oh man, I'm just so pumped up. Oh, I finally yeah close everything. I'll get help You know what you know what I how I actually feel after a week of like barely eating and doing this stuff while I was doing my normal Life stuff. I just want to be clear. Let me show you. Let me give you a visual and artistic representation of What I feel like right Now I'm gonna give you let's actually shuffle these An example of what I feel like right now Okay, this is what I feel like this is what I feel like this is me This is me. This is me. I feel literally like a pink woe jack. Okay, that's I don't I don't know why I don't know I get there's some there's some feeling of accomplishment and you know what over this pack past week I didn't put them up. Okay, I'm just gonna complain a little bit just just about things happening. Okay, but I Recorded hours and hours and hours of video which I haven't released I might release it next week, but honestly, I don't even want to look at it anymore. I don't want to look at that stuff I don't want anyone else to look at it because it's honestly just miserable. I think it's boring, frankly I wouldn't watch it if I were me Maybe someone would be interested, but it's just me and actually on Wednesday. I stopped recording Thursday I didn't even have time to work.  I want to be clear like I'll up I record stuff I've recorded stuff with ffmpeg the exact same way for like five or six years YouTube last Late last year they started screwing stuff stuff up I would upload videos and like it would be all like I don't know like Colors would be screwed up after 15 seconds or so and it would be all gray. It would be stupid Okay, that's what I have to deal with. I've been dealing with that this week because I tried to upload these hours and hours of videos And it didn't work So but I might end up doing that if I even feel like people should watch it. Okay, honestly, so that's how I feel like and I'm you know, I'm glad it's over. I'm glad I'm glad this is over like life is up and then ups and downs Okay, it could have been a lot worse It actually I fixed what larbs is in good working condition right now I've added actually a lot of features and a lot of things more efficient.  I lost my shoe this week. There's just one other thing I don't want to say this week. I just love I just drove home I was out working till like, I don't know 930 no like later than that and maybe 940 closer to 10 And I drove back and in the car. I realized okay. I don't have my shoes on All right. I lost my shoe Both my shoes. I don't know where they are. I must have left them somewhere. I take my shoes off a lot, right? It's a normal thing for me Look how skinny I am like I haven't even been eating this week. Did I say that already? I don't know I'm delirious at this point I'm gonna delete my github at this point because I'm done like I've accomplished github at this point I'm done with this crap like I don't need it anymore.  Maybe I should maybe I should just delete it on video. I don't quite know But I needed I mean now I have no reason not to go ahead and move to some like free and open source self-hosted thing Let's be real If I can set that up and if it like works well, and I kind of like it, you know what I mean But I don't know I'm just not I'm hungry like and it's it's late at night, and I'm not I'm not gonna be able to eat tonight Whatever That's it. I'm done. This is probably like the most miserable. You've ever seen me this I if I upload this I will be surprised I'll do I'll do it. I don't know.  I don't even know I already showed you the pink lowjacks that that's all you need to see Right, so Happy sailing I'm gonna put up videos whatever goodbye


Hello Psych2Goers, welcome back. Do you ever worry about how your words can impact your child?  So if you're wondering what you can say that would be helpful for your children, here are seven phrases that children need to hear from their parents. If you're a child watching this video and found it relatable, be sure to share this video with your parents too. Number one. I liked how you...   Instead, phrases that focus on how they achieved their accomplishment can be more beneficial and long-lasting.  Can help them better understand and reflect on the positive result of their actions. Number two. Your sibling looks up to you. Do you have several children? Older siblings at a younger age can feel jealous and act out once their younger sibling starts getting more attention than them. Instead of telling them to stop misbehaving, Dr. Catherine Cursey, a child psychologist, suggests that a more effective method would be to praise the older siblings and highlight their role in the family. Saying something like your younger brother or sister really looks up to you in a genuine way can give them a feeling of responsibility and validation without the tension. Number three. Although what you did made me angry, I still love you. How do you deal with bad behavior? Whether it's throwing tantrums, disrespecting teachers, or not doing chores. Parents can be reasonably mad or hurt over their child's actions. While some children at a young age don't understand the severity of their actions, they may suffer long-term consequences and feel like a disgrace if their parents use hurtful words like, I'm ashamed of you or I'm disappointed in you. Instead, you can apply a more loving approach by expressing your concerns while still making them feel valued by saying the phrase above. Number four. Let's work on this together.  How did you respond to it? When a child fails to get something right, like tying their shoes, it can be tempting as parents to do it for them. But by doing this, you're promoting a habit where they become highly dependent on you and lack the confidence to do things by themselves. Not extending help isn't the right course of action either. Instead, you can guide them by telling them what they should do to get them to achieve their goal. Be by their side and work on the task together while allowing them to exert decent amounts of effort so they can feel proud of what they did. Number five. Playtime's almost over. Should I wait one minute or two?  Instead of just telling them what you want them to do, it may be more efficient and effective to let them choose between two options. This doesn't apply to just playtime as well, but for other things too, like choosing to eat between two vegetables or what time to go to the dentist. If a parent does the opposite and gives them commands such as by saying things like, we're leaving now or you have to finish everything before you get to play, they may end up putting up a fight and refuse to give in to your wishes. Number six. I'm listening. How does it feel when you're always talked over and lectured? For children or young adults, lecturing them may not always come across as helpful or motivating. It could even lead to the opposite effect and worsen their mental health.  By lending an open ear, you deepen your bond with them and boost your kid's self-esteem, giving them the idea that their thoughts and ideas are important and valid. And number seven. Mind showing me how you did that?  Whether they've sold a Rubik's cube, performed a cool magic trick, or planted some flower seeds in the garden. Showing encouragement and praise to your child helps improve their confidence and sense of self. Even if the results weren't particularly impressive, praising them for their effort can motivate your child and give them the optimistic mindset that helps them take on future challenges with esteem and confidence. Did you find any of these phrases helpful? Let us know in the comments below. Also be sure to like, subscribe, and share this video with those who might benefit. And don't forget to hit the notification bell icon to get notified whenever Psych2Go posts a new video. The references and studies used in this video are added in the description below. Thanks for watching, and we'll see you in the next video.


The Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs will take urgent and new actions to manage the surge of COVID-19 cases in St. Lucia. This Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs received notification from the Caribbean Public Health Agency of six new cases of variants of concern. I have been advised that three of them are of the Alpha variant and three are of the Delta variant. These are the first three cases of the Delta variant which have been diagnosed in St. Lucia. Of the six confirmed cases of the variants of concern, two of them are visitors from the United States of America, three of the four local cases are from the south of the island and only one of the six cases is fully vaccinated. They are all in a stable condition. The presence of the Delta variant in St. Lucia is of great concern to the government and the health authorities here in St. Lucia. The Delta variant is known to be more contagious with a much higher viral load, up to 80% more transmissible than the regular strain. It is also known to affect a younger population without underlying health conditions. It causes more severe illness and hospitalization and deaths. Typically, a small percentage of vaccinated people may get COVID-19 but they are either asymptomatic or have very mild symptoms if they contract the Delta variant. I am advised that unvaccinated people remain of greatest concern due to their reduced capacity to fight this virus. The effects are more severe. Based on the confirmation of the Delta variant in St. Lucia, it is even more important that all recommended public health measures are taken to protect our health and well-being. The St. Lucia public and visitors are urged to get vaccinated at the soonest. The vaccines are available free of charge on a daily basis. Although we do not mandate vaccination, we encourage the public to follow the science and get the vaccine to keep themselves and families safe. The government of St. Lucia is committed to ensuring that all measures to strengthen the present system are in place. We have requested and received the vaccination plan to increase the uptake of the vaccine in communities. We are in the process of increasing the testing capacity. We will be receiving the Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday of next week to widen the options for vaccines and will continue working to increase the range of available vaccines. The electronic vaccine passport will be available to the public from August 23, 2021, I am advised. We are also in discussions with a service provider to ensure that conditions at the Victoria Respiratory Hospital are improved. At this stage in the epidemic, we urge the public to adhere to the new protocols which are in place. It is imperative that we take all the necessary precautions and it is imperative that we act urgently to fight the infection, to prevent the infection and to adopt the control measures which will reduce transmission to ourselves and our families at this time. We know that conditions at the Victoria Respiratory Hospital need urgent improvement and we are in discussions to ensure that we add personnel to the Victoria hospital, to the Victoria Respiratory Hospital to ease the pressure that the medical staff and others face at this time. I will announce additional actions and additional measures after the Cabinet meets on the 16th of August 2021. At this time as Minister with Responsibility for Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs, I urge everyone to take action now. I urge everyone to take action now. The Government will assist you, the Government will assist the institutions and we will cause new actions to take place. I thank you very much.