 Welcome back to the breakfast on plus TV Africa and just before we continue with off the press let's talk about what happened today in history. We're going to be going to Iraq where on this day in 2005 Saddam Hussein did go on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity. The first trial began before the Iraqi Special Tribunal on the 19th of October in 2005 and you remember this was also after the Iraqi invasion by the United States and Allied forces. This trial Saddam and seven other defendants were tried for crimes against humanity with regards to events that took place after the failed assassination attempt in Dujail. He was captured by US forces December 13th in 2003 and of course remaining custody in the United States or by the United States forces in Baghdad along with seven other of his officials and associates eventually of course was found guilty and was hanged in December I believe of 2005 still. But of course there were a lot of critics for this trial a lot of people said that it wasn't free and fair and that he did not of course the trial didn't meet international standards and the right to a fair hearing. If for everyone who followed you know that period in 2005 was pretty interesting seeing how things played out. There's also some people who have showed oh yeah there's some clips on YouTube I think if you search a long enough you might see some clips on YouTube that of course also showed images of the trial and of course he's later hanging that same year. From a president of the United States George Bush has also been you know thrown there's some anger that's been thrown his way you know because of how things played out with regards to Saddam Hussein and the fall of Iraq after his death and after his capture and of course how Iraq and Afghanistan's war eventually led to the rise of other terror groups in those regions ISIS to be precise and the likes and so it's a conversation that has many many angles and has including Libya too it has many angles and many directions but of course for people who are interested in learning about these wars and what led to them if you remember also this is coming you know just off the 2001 September 11 attack on the World Trade Centers. I saw a couple of reactions to Colin Powell's death yesterday that weren't necessarily in good faith a lot of people said that he was one of those people who along with Dick Cheney and George Bush led to the loss of you know thousands hundreds of thousands of lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. So it's an interesting time talking about Saddam Hussein now right when Colin Powell also has passed on at the age of 84. Stay with us right after this very short break we're going to be talking of Nigeria's exchange rate with two economists to share their thoughts on how far we've gone with regards trying to balance out the exchange rates in Nigeria and of course are the moves by the current Nigerian government. We'll be back.