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December 27, 2023 BREAKING: Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu Dies at 67

BREAKING: Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu Dies at 67

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has died at the age of 67 after a prolonged illness. The Sad event occured in Lagos in the early hours of Wednesday December 27. It was learnt that he was managed by State House doctors up to his death because they could not fly him abroad. Recall that the governor returned to Nigeria in September following a three-month medical leave in Germany. Recently, he went on another medical leave after being directed by President Bola Tinubu to hand over power to his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, who has since then been  acting governor. Following his return to Nigeria in September, Akeredolu stayed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital and tried to govern his state from there, leading to public outrage. Akeredolu’s wife, Betty announced the suspension of activities lined up to celebrate her 70th birthday.
December 20, 2023 All Unlinked SIM Cards to Be Totally Disconnected by Feb. 28, 2024

All Unlinked SIM Cards to Be Totally Disconnected by Feb. 28, 2024

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed telecommunications operators to implement full blockage of all subscribers identification module (SIM) cards not linked to national identification numbers (NINs) by February 28, 2024. The operators, including MTN, Airtel, Globacom, 9mobile, among others have been lettered to carry out the exercise as directed. Telecoms operators in Nigeria have about 220 million subscriptions, of which MTN has 85 million; Glo, 61 million; Airtel, 60 million and 9mobile, 13 million. The mandatory NIN-SIM Linkage exercise began in December 2020 as directed by the Federal Government. The telecoms operators have already lost over 20 million subscriptions as some subscribers abandoned their lines. However, operators, with several promo packages, including free airtime incentives, recovered some lines as more Nigerians registered for NIN. However, findings showed that about 10 million are yet to be recovered. The new directive might cost operators more subscriptions. In a letter sent to its shareholders, and made available to journalists, yesterday, MTN disclosed that it received a formal directive from the NCC to implement full network barring on all phone lines for which the subscribers have not submitted their NINs as well as those whose NINs are unverified. MTN said this was part of an industry-wide directive that requires phone lines for which the subscribers have not submitted their NINs to be barred on or before February 28, 2024. The firm explained that about NINs that have been submitted but not verified, such lines are to be barred on or before March 29, 2024, where five or more lines are linked to an unverified NIN. Similarly, it disclosed that where less than five lines are linked to an unverified NIN, such lines are to be barred on or before April 15, 2024. “All affected subscribers must be verified (biometrics and biodata) before their lines are unbarred,” MTN stated. The telecommunications firm explained that this is a follow-up to the NCC’s directive on April 4, 2022, requiring operators to restrict outgoing calls (one-way barring) for subscribers whose lines are not associated with NINs.
December 20, 2023 Rivers State House of Assembly Withdraws Impeachment Notice Against Governor Fubara

Rivers State House of Assembly Withdraws Impeachment Notice Against Governor Fubara

Following the 8 point truce signed by Political stakeholders of Rivers state, members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have withdrawn the impeachment notice that was previously sent to Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The lawmakers sat at a session in the Rivers state capital of Port Harcourt on Wednesday. The solely purpose of the well attended seating was to speak on the withdrawal of the impeachment notice against Fubara during their deliberations. This follows a meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the warring parties in the Aso Villa in Abuja on Monday, where a truce was mediated. The lawmakers announced their decision to withdraw in a notice read on the house floor, citing respect for the President as the reason behind their move. The conflict between Fubara and Nyesom Wike, his predecessor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, had split lawmakers in the House, with 27 of them decamping from the Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress, but all members of the house were present at the Plenary session.
December 19, 2023 Wike Fubara Reach 8 Point Truce for Peace in Rivers State

Wike Fubara Reach 8 Point Truce for Peace in Rivers State

The political crisis in Rivers State may have received a breather as warring parties reached a truce on Monday night at a meeting called by President Bola Tinubu in Abuja. This over three hours of the talks at the Aso Rock Villa, was held between President Bola Tinubu, Rivers Governor, Mr Siminalayi Fubara; his Deputy, Mrs Ngozi Odu; a former governor of the State, Peter Odili and the immediate past governor now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesome Wike, and other stakeholders in the state. Also present at the meeting was the Vice President, Kashim Shettima; the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila.
According to an eight-point resolution signed at the end of the meeting on Monday night, the President directed that all lawsuits instituted in the courts by Fubara and his team regarding the political crisis in Rivers State be withdrawn immediately. The resolution was signed by  Fubara; his deputy, Ordu; Wike;  Ribadu; factional Speaker of the Rivers State Assembly, Martin Amaewhule;  Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, Aaron Chukwuemeka, and his All Progressives Congress Chairman, Tony Okocha. According to the directive, Fubara was mandated to re-present the 2024 appropriation bill he had earlier presented to the four-member state House of Assembly to the full House.     Also, the directive read that all impeachment proceedings initiated by the Rivers Assembly against Fubara should be dropped immediately. The eight-point resolutions read: 1. “All matters instituted in the courts by the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Fubara, and his team, in respect of the political crisis in Rivers State, shall be withdrawn immediately. 2. “All impeachment proceedings initiated against the Governor of Rivers State by the Rivers State House of Assembly should be dropped immediately 3. “The leadership of the Rivers State House of Assembly as led by the Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule shall be recognised alongside the 27 members who resigned from the PDP. 4. “The remunerations and benefits of all members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and their staff must be reinstated immediately and the Governor of Rivers State shall henceforth not interfere with the full funding of the Rivers State House of Assembly. 5. “The Rivers State House of Assembly shall choose where they want to sit and conduct their legislative business without interference and/or hindrance from the executive arm of government. 6. “The Governor of Rivers State, Sir Fubara, shall re-present the state budget to a properly constituted Rivers State House of Assembly. 7. “The names of all commissioners in the Rivers State Executive Council who resigned their appointments because of the political crisis in the State should be resubmitted to the House of Assembly for approval 8. “There should not be a caretaker committee for the local governments in Rivers State. The dissolution of the Local Government administration is null and void and shall not be recognised.” The entire country waits to see if the terms of this agreement will be upheld.

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