 Businesses in Abuja grown as they received notice of air pollution levy from the FCT administration. This will affect all generator users. Nigeria deal with increase in price of food in addition to their already commenced state. And sportswear maker Puma terminates deal with Nigeria. It's a rainy Thursday, I was going to say Wednesday. Thursday morning here in Lagos and I would say good morning and welcome to the breakfast here on Plus TV Africa. Thanks for joining us and having breakfast with us. I am Musaugi Ogbon. And I am Aneta Felix. Well, today is not a fantastic day for most Nigerians because of what we've seen in the news. First of all, we heard about these levies that residents of the FCT have to pay and then a shocker for our country that the German sportswear companies putting out of a deal we had with the Athletics Federation of Nigeria AFN. Now, this story made headlines last year when AFN president Ibrahim Shio-Gusso was embroiled with this whole, or he signed a deal with Puma because Nigeria used to use locally manufactured kits to compete at these international games. But he went on to have this agreement with Puma that was in Doha in 2019. But when he came back home, Nigeria's Ministry of Sports and the Minister and the person of Sunday Dairy said they had no idea what that deal was about. They were not carried along and so they had nothing to do with it. So it then became a situation where you've signed an agreement with this company to go ahead and manufacture sportswear or sports kits for your people. And then the country is saying that no such a deal exists because they were not aware of it. It makes me ask questions. Is it that this AFN president did not carry the Sports Ministry along? Because I feel that they should be collaborating. It's something that you should have discussed locally. You should have discussed this at home before going ahead to sign something with this company. So it makes me ask questions as to what exactly is there really challenges between the AFN and the Ministry of Sports? Are they having problems with their relationship? And now it seems like a disgrace for us because Puma has pulled out. They actually put out a statement yesterday. This was a message that they sent. They basically says that they are basically pulling out and explicitly declaring that they are discharged from all obligations towards all stakeholders and that this is a direct consequences of development of the Tokyo Olympics and possibly one to close is 9, 2 and 7, 3. And what I believe this means is we know about the Africa for Africa Sports Company by a Nigerian. We hailed this. This is great that this is a Nigerian who is manufacturing sportswear for people. But Puma, as we know, already had a deal to produce those kits. So it's this conflict of interest now that has led to Puma terminating its sponsoring and leasing agreement. Well, the controversy concerning the Tokyo Olympics continues. We've had one story or the other all through, you know, since the Olympics started. If it's not disqualification, then it is, you know, protesting athletes or, you know, it is, you know, one thing or the other. It's always one bad story or the other. As Subramanian tried to save us, but, you know, that obviously is not enough. The AFN in their statements basically has thrown the sports minister under the bus saying that it is as a result of a leadership toss-all and, you know, crisis between the Ministry of Sports and the AFN. That's the reason those kits didn't eventually get to Nigerians. Former Senator Shea Hussani also put out, you know, this statement that we just showed on the screen and also a short video clip showing that the Puma kits actually did arrive, but they weren't used by the Nigerian team. So like you mentioned, you know, where was the miscommunication and is this really as a result of one person, you know, trying to show who's boss in the Ministry and trying to, of course, you know, tell them that, you know, he makes the decisions here, not the Atlantic Federation of Nigeria. These are, you know, very legitimate questions that need to be answered by the Ministry of Sports Sunday Dairy and, you know, the AFN leadership also. The, you know, the embarrassment with Puma pulling out on the deal, you know, my fear really is that that might not really be the end. There might be lawsuits because of agreements that were initially signed. There's also a rumor that somebody must have collected some money from Puma to ensure that those, you know, agreements were signed or to ensure that those kits were used. That's a rumor. And but, you know, we don't have verification of that. I don't think Puma would be out chasing Nigerian athletes. Well, there's a rumor that I had seen that somebody had collected two points. I mentioned this on the breakfast. There's someone who collected two points, something million, you know, euros or dollars or something. I personally believe Puma already has that international rep. So I, until we get evident, I wouldn't believe that one might have paid money for that. Once again, it's a rumor. And there's no verification for that story. But, you know, there's also people who have insinuated that, you know, out of personal interest, you know, somebody wanted to use the, you know, Made in Nigeria brand and to also, you know, make some money off that. And that's why, you know, that deal went forward, you know, what went forward with that deal instead. But obviously that deal has not been in any way beneficial to the Nigerian athletes in Tokyo because, well, some of them are Washington dear, you know, their jerseys because they don't have enough. The Puma kit apparently has about 40 different items inside. Also promised about $15,000 for, you know, medal winners or I think about $5,000 for bronze, $15,000 for gold, I believe. So all of that we're not going to get. Yesterday you mentioned that, oh, we hope that the Nigerian promises to these athletes do not get, they don't fail with these promises. And I remember that I mentioned yesterday that that's not what these athletes should be gaining for. In a stable sports environment, it should not be the government who's giving houses or money to athletes. It should be endorsements from sports brands. It should be endorsements from sponsors. But we don't, we've not been able to get our sports, you know, space in that direction yet. And that's why we keep leaning on and hoping that the government will give somebody a house. Well, we've missed out on Puma. Let's see how this goes. And if there's another lawsuit, I am here for it. And I would love to talk about it on the breakfast. Okay, another big top trending story this morning is about a Nigerian couple. And I put couple in quotes because the leading question claims to be unmarried. But staff of her company says she actually is married to one Muayyua for Laurential. And her name is Gloria. I wouldn't pronounce that last name because I don't want to murder it. Yes, Gloria will say. And we know that they have a company called Divergence Enterprises and they operate lots of businesses including PocMoney. That's very popular. I've seen endorsements of that PocMoney by some Nigerian celebrities, Hyber Factory, Poco Yom, and all of that. Now the allegations is that they use these companies to fleece Nigerians number one and that they employ staff, promise them, great work culture. One month, two months in, they fail to pay them and they leave them off. And then they employ new staff. One month, two months, they don't pay them, they leave them off. It became like a cycle. And people call them out several days on social media. But Gloria will say someone that lots of people respect, lots of people look up to. She's one of those motivational speakers that will put on long threads on Twitter that would inspire you to just go out there into the world and achieve. But when these allegations of investment fraud came out, it just opened another kind of warms. And this is an exclusive here by a site called the People's Gazette. They're basically saying that Interpol has declared Gloria will say and her husband, Muir Wafalari shall want it for investment fraud. Now people are calling them Bonnie and Clyde for allegedly defrauding investors of up to one billion Naira. Let me put a quote here from Interpol. It says, these funds were however diverted to personal use. That's funds generated from their businesses were diverted to personal use, including for the purchase of luxury properties and foreign citizenship. Actually, this is something that the victim said in a petition in January 2021. There were warrants of arrest that were separately issued for Gloria will say and for Lauren Shaw off by the Lagos division of the Federal High Court saying that they were obtaining money under forced pretenses. Now that notice by Interpol said that for Lauren Shaw is wanted by the police for offences including obtaining money under forced pretenses stealing diversion of funds and all of that. So it just goes on and on. There's a picture of Lauren Shaw here saying Muir Wafalari shall, he is wanted. If seen, arrest and hand over to the Naira's police station or to the office of the commissioner of police Interpol section. Man, this is big. Well, yes. I don't, you know, you mentioned that she's put on motivational quotes, you know, but that's stereotype criminal behavior. You know, same thing Ashwapi used to do, you know, go on Instagram and put up the best motivational quotes, aspire to, aspire to, retire to, augment a fire. They used to put out, you know, that's what they do. But two things or three things that I will mention, first of all is the fact that, you know, when they were called out in 2019 was enough time for them to have been properly investigated by Nigeria's criminal justice system and found wanting what they failed. That's in 2019. I remember that Twitter period when she put out a 5,000, you know, long thread, you know, of her, you know, claiming that these allegations were false. That's where it died. And a lot of people lost their investments, lost millions and millions, even billions of Nair and investments in whatever it is that they set up as companies. I'm sure it is a lot more. But that is for maybe one of the investment programs. You know, there's a couple of them that they've also been, you know, allegedly have taken money off people for. So, but we failed at that time. The reason this is coming up now is because, well, Interpol has been brought into the picture because somebody obviously has gone further with, you know, his own investigations and has, you know, put a petition to Interpol and, of course, they've been declared wanted. It shows really, and this is the point that I'm trying to make, it shows really that, you know, here in Nigeria, for, you know, the longest time possible, it's very, very difficult for crimes like this to be easily spotted and investigated and for these people to be found wanting. And it really questions what our criminal justice system is like and our security agencies, all the investigative agencies that we have in Nigeria, what do they really do? Because these people, you know, were called out in 2019 and I'm sure that these crimes didn't start in 2019. They probably started earlier. But that was the first major time that people called them out and spoke about their, you know, the issues with, you know, the both of them. The second thing is, how to, at what point in their marriage or in their relationship did one decide that they were going to fleece people off their money and the other person said, yeah, let's go ahead and do it? You know, is, you know, was it just after, you know, you know, rainy Lagos morning? Was it just after she got back from the market and prices of goods were expensive? Was it just after they, you know, finished in the other room? At what point did the both of them decide that we're going to be Bonnie and Clyde together and, you know, be a criminal couple, you know, allegedly? I have to say that until they arrested and found guilty. But it's pretty obvious that these two people have a lot of, you know, questions that need to be answered and I hope that they have found and, you know, arrested because right now with these stories breaking there's going to be a lot of anxiety for, you know, most of people who have invested in any of these platforms or any of these investment, you know, programs that they've set up and maybe others. Someone called me yesterday and was wondering, you know, are they the owners of this or are they the owners of that? You know, do I need to go pull my money out? You know, I'm a little scared. And I said, I really don't know because you can never really tell. But once again, I hope that they are arrested and I wouldn't say best of luck to both of them. All right, so I guess that's the much we can take today on Top Trending. Interesting stories there regarding this particular case. But one thing I've seen, one thread I've seen with the whole race of scams is the fact that, you know, Nigerians are business inclined in more ways than one or always looking for ways to, you know, just make a living somehow, some way. And if people come out of the promise of, you know, doubling your investment, I wouldn't really say they were not being wise or smart because when you go and check out these businesses, their websites, the personalities of these guys, they look legit. That's why it's called fraud. I mean, I told you that. I told you that there are remarkable Nigerian celebrities whose name I would not mention who have endorsed these people, have done, you know, brand campaigns and all that for them, only for Nigerians who have invested their life savings to find out that this was all a scam. It's so sad. That's why it's called fraud. And then puma. Put your best, you know, figures out, put your best foot forward. You know, it looks very, very interesting to a lot of people, you know, put out false claims. You know, a lot of people, you know, then get input and they're 500,000, they're 1 million, so they're 5 million and, you know, it disappears. You know, you go buy a house, buy a car, buy a jewellery, you know, buying, you know, foreign citizenship and disappear to a different country. That's, that's, you know, basically what it is. All right. So I guess that's the much we can take on off the prom top trend in this morning. Let's take a break here and we'll return with Off The Press.