 Thanks for joining us here on the breakfast on plus TV Africa. It's a very beautiful Wednesday morning And we hope that we have a very very interesting run today I'll start with of course the trend in stories the latest release from the Pandora papers Detailed illegal dealings of the Kebbi State governor Tiku Bagudu and his many shell companies And it's one of the things that we'll be talking about today Also southern Nigerian states put anti-open grazing laws in place But what does this mean for nomadic Kattu headers? I'll be speaking this morning to the secretary general of the Miatiala Kattu breeders association popularly called Macban And also this morning zoning causes internal wranglings within the Nigerian governor's forum and major political parties Is it the south's turn in 2023? Will the presidency and other positions be thrown open? Those are some of the very interesting conversations We will be having this morning here on the breakfast and of course of the press where we have a quick review of the major stories making Headlines across Nigeria this Wednesday morning. I am Osao Gie. Oh boy Now let's first of all start with some of the things that are trended yesterday I had spoken just a little bit about more of the Pandora papers Exposing on you know many many seemingly corrupt dealings of politicians and and kings and you know the lights all over the world All right, this was put together and it has about 11.9 million documents by more than 600 investigative journalists across the world Nigeria has 10 persons of That have been focused on and just two people have been spoken about so far The first one that was for my number of state governor Pitao B, which I spoke about yesterday and then you know Also give a little hints of the Kaby state governor Tiku Bagudu whose You know name also made the list. There's still expectations for many more Nigeria names about eight more that would be Exposed, but hey, I think about good to Kaby state governor. I'm gonna quickly share from the premium Times Page it says 11 years ago Abu Bakar Bagudu the current governor of Kaby state, but then a senator dispatched a delegation to Singapore in search of a new Haven to shelter his controversial wealth It says investigators said the huge funds warehouse offshore is part of billions of dollars Mr. Bagudu helped the Sani Abacha family still from Nigeria in the 1990s in 1997 some 13 years later. Mr. Bagudu had structured offshore holdings Readly trust and readly group in notorious tax and secrecy Havens Grancy and the British Virgin Islands Positioning himself as the unseen but ultimate beneficiary in the months that followed 99 million euros in cash and securities was then transferred from readly to a new structure Enabled by Asiya city or Asia city. I beg your pardon, which brushed aside the red flags about Bagudu's controversial background And source of his wealth. That's basically just a summary of what you know, it all states If you search for the link on the premium Times, it's online already. You would see very very extensive Details concerning this, you know where initially the funds were in the British Virgin Islands and then at some point After of course, you know some deals had been signed some money had been sent back to Nigeria If you remember when there was a hundred and sixty three million dollars that was sent back to Nigeria That was part of a plea bargain. I believe for the Kebys state governor Who of course had spent some time in jail? There was a plea bargain and then you know some of that money was repatriated back to the country He then at that point moved some of those funds according to the premium Times report or the Pandora papers report Rather move some of those funds from the British Virgin Islands to Singapore Where of course the money has so far been kept It basically exposes Where billions and billions of dollars that were Stolen from Nigeria in the Sanyabacha government Where of course stolen with the help of certain persons including the current Kebys state governor And of course the son of Sanyabacha and a few other people And of course some of all those funds have been sent back to Nigeria about three point six billion dollars has been sent back There's still talks that there's many many many more of those funds that have not been found or sent back to Nigeria But you know his name has come out, you know as one of those people who of course stashed millions of euros and you know dollars in you know secret in Havens well basically and shell companies in different parts of the world When this broke, okay, it was basically coming off, you know right after the peter will be story broke And of course I spoke about the peter will be story yesterday and said well, you know from what it looks There's not necessarily a crime that has been committed yet until there's further Information on whether he you know should have it, you know reveal some of all those things to the code of common bureau or not But that would be for the legal team and whoever it is that decides to get into that conversation Later for a good whose story It's not necessarily news and it's not necessarily breaking news for anybody that you know he had of course been arrested in the United States and You know was charged with some of these money laundering crimes And it's also not news that he was a part of the persons who Allegedly had helped a Sania Bach at then to steal billions of dollars from Nigeria if you read the report It says so much about how they used to you know source them, you know two or three billion dollars, you know allegedly to used for security Investing in security here in Nigeria, but instead transferred You know all of that money to accounts outside Nigeria He was a part of that process So it wasn't necessarily news when it broke and a lot of the reactions to it really were saying well, you know This isn't news ever a lot of people already knew about my gurus past and you know, you know And Sania Bacha of course very popular for the money laundering charges against him But what was really? The bone of contention with this conversation was you know the part where? People then start to ask how do we have people with these types of you know of history? How do we have persons with a history like this holding government positions in Nigeria today? And I'm gonna, you know say this along with some of the statements that I made on the Nazco terrorism, you know story and the controversy concerning You know Yeah, yeah, I can't remember his name also the Katsina man That I spoke about yesterday that was allegedly we're not allegedly that was arrested by Nigeria's security service Early 2000s by the Obasan your government and eventually was released charged with sponsoring terrorism Assistant with money laundering for terrorist organizations trying to set up Taliban The cells here in Nigeria was arrested then was released and then made his way back into government is currently one of the founding members of the Jibwis and one of the very very popular persons in Nigeria even taking pictures with President Muhammad Ubu Ari How do persons like that eventually get to become you know In political spaces run businesses own bureau the show or bureau the show offices here in Nigeria and many many things like that There's many of our politicians in the country today that have very very dirty pasts People who have also been found guilty of drug smuggling and drug trafficking many years ago in the 90s that eventually became governors To you know in Nigeria eventually became you know senators eventually be you know Became members of the National Assembly and some of all of that How do we have so many of those persons who have sought very dirty past? Somehow some way make it into government offices here in Nigeria and that really is the bone of contention How much do we need to look back at a person's past before we you know Then eventually give them a go ahead to run for office here in Nigeria and this will you know It will cover so many spaces. It's a pandemic. Of course, you remember You know the accusations against him You know some of the statements that he had made and it's not it wasn't in any way Denied that he made those statements the defense instead from the Nigerian government was that oh, you know It was just young and you know, he said those things while he was still a you know still a young man You know, and he knows better now But it doesn't change the fact that there's many of these persons who have either, you know been drug smugglers Or you know helped launder money or had you know links to terrorism that currently iron government in Nigeria and walking free How much more of research do we need to do about the people who vie for political office in Nigeria? And that's really where the major conversation is concerning the Kepa state governor And of course other people whose names will eventually be put out by Pandora papers I'll just quickly mention that it's not just here in Nigeria. There's about 360 Plus names across the world Presidents, you know in and persons in Cuba in Indonesia in the United States in UK in Nigeria many many places Kings You know heads of businesses very popular names that have been named in the Pandora papers expose We'll be bringing you further details as of course they drop and I'm looking forward to always talking about them But for this morning, I take about go to the Kebi state governor is the name in question Let's move away from there or from Kebi now to another state in Nigeria Cano where there seems to be a family problem that is involved the economic and financial crimes Commission Not very long ago. I had seen a story of how the son of the like Ganduji had reported his mother To the EFCC for alleged fraud Apparently he had, you know sought her assistance with Getting land, you know and and you know some property for Foreign investors and people who had, you know hundreds of thousands of dollars to invest in Cano state to buy land Basically in Cano state and about 35 million Naira also But when they had come for the land that they had paid for apparently it was it turned out that she had So those lands to all the people and so it was obviously fraudulent We hear about these things in many many parts of Nigeria places in Benin City when they tell you to not bother Giving any money money to anybody, you know to buy land because by the time you get there You realize that there's seven other people who have paid for that particular piece of land and you would never get it You know you go to court for many many years and you never get that land But it was pretty much the same thing that she did so she allegedly did And it was only just funny because it was her son who was reporting her to the EFCC She was eventually meant to show up at the EFCC's office when she was invited for questioning And didn't show up and the news then broke yesterday that she was arrested It says that she didn't get to spend the night at the EFCC's office or anything She was arrested maybe for a couple of hours and then, you know, very likely released It says here Abdul Aziz was said to have reported his mother to the commission for corruptly using family power and status for personal Enrichment according to report in his petition is stated that he was approached by property developer To help facilitate the acquisition of some plots of land in Cano with some hundreds of thousands of US dollars and at least 35 million Naira as Facilitation Commission He was said to have paid the money to his mother But three months later the property developer discovered that the plots of land he wanted and paid for had been allocated to other buyers He then of course asked to be refunded and that never happened And so there that is, you know, basically a summary of the chaos in the Ganduja family between, you know EFCC mother and son and of course the questions that I've you know have been wanting to ask is you know, it's you know The Ganduja wife is she commissioner for lands in Cano state? What leverage does she really have concerning land allocation in Cano state if she's first lady of Cano state, which is fine But you know, how much influence does she where should she have with being able to allocate land to you know investors or You know presence of interest in Cano state It doesn't you know seem to make a lot of sense that you know simply by being the governor's wife You know, you have that much power. Of course, we're Nigeria. So nothing shocks anybody But you know as a governor's wife, should she have the the leverage, you know, and the authority to allocate land to anybody You know and you know take her own kickbacks and fashion our own commissions for my location of lands and It's still part of, you know, the whole corruption that we speak about here in Nigeria I mean other climbs, you know, the Wife very likely would be arrested would be charged for some of all these allegations. Maybe also The husband would decide or this is too debty for my political, you know, you know You know space and so I would resign But of course, nobody gets to resign here Nigeria because even if you're caught stuffing dollars in your Agbada, you know, you still get to keep your job and you know finish your tenure here in Nigeria But anyway, just quickly share the little bit of chaos in the Gandhaj family And that's our second top trend in the story for today Finally, of course, just before we move to off the press the president has announced 75,000 Naira Per semester as a feast to students studying education in public schools here in Nigeria It says the president mama de boire approve 75,000 as a stipends for a per semester for education students in public universities across the country He also approved 50,000 Naira as stipends for Nigerian certificates in education students The development spot of his last year's promise for the education sector and was announced by the Minister of Education at Damuadamu During the annual celebration of World Teachers Day at the Eagle Square in Abuja It's basically to encourage more people to get into That department and study education and hopefully become lecturers and teachers in the future Of course the reactions to this have been varying. There's people who have said okay. Well, this is good It definitely will encourage more people to study education But at the same time it's not enough, you know with with regards if the plan really is to help boost the education sector It really is not enough, you know Because the whole of education sector in Nigeria needs overhauling needs more investments needs better infrastructure Needs more funding. There's so much that needs to be done from the primary secondary to the tertiary level of education here in Nigeria The teachers the students the infrastructure the universities so much needs to be done our annual budget You know an allocation done the percentage of our budget that goes to allocation education Sorry needs to be improved on every single year And those are some of the things that should be more important than simply encouraging students to study education Because that may not really really be effective in the long run eventually is they're gonna have a lot of people, you know Emigrating to other countries to you know practice their work after learning here in Nigeria Those are top three stories on top trend in this morning, and thanks once again for joining us We'll take a short break when we come back Demo like King Bala will be joining us as a publisher of the podium and media to share his thoughts on the stories making headlines Across Nigeria this morning. Good morning once again