 The People's Democratic Party is considering working with other political parties to defeat the all-progressive Congress, the Nigeria's forthcoming general elections. What are the possibilities of this? And the president, a professor rather, King Seymour Halu, has resigned from the African Democratic Congress for his defeat at the party's presidential primary, who analyzes reasons on how this affects the party. Plus, we have in-depth analysis of today's newspaper headlines. Very good morning to you. Welcome to The Breakfast on Plus TV. I've got today's beautiful Tuesday morning. We'll be reaching you live. Welcome to you to this in Victoria Island, Lagos. My name is Kofi Bertels. It promises to be a bumper package as we have interesting conversations as earlier advertised on the program. But let's start off with a look at what's trending around the country and indeed internationally today. We start off with the Nigerian National Information Technology Development Agency issuing a code of practice. And, of course, this has elicited quite a number of reactions from Nigerians across the spectrum of the political and social divide, some in support and some in opposition as well. Now, what is the National Information Technology Development Agency? Well, this is the organization of the arm of the federal government, with administering and regulating the information technology space in the country. If you check your profile, they say that they are the official government body that develops and regulates information technology in Nigeria. And, of course, this has become a very, very important aspect of national life, indeed international global practices as it were with the use of technology for different endeavors of life. Well, what is the press release of the Information Technology Development Agency saying? It was titled, it was released yesterday, Monday, 13th June, entitled National Information Technology Development Agency issues code of practice for interactive computer service platforms slash internet intermediaries and conditions for operating in Nigeria. We'll read a few, you know, lines from that, but it says the National Information Technology Development Agency is mandated by section six of the NIDDA Act of 2007 to standardize, coordinate, and develop regulatory frameworks for all information technology practices in Nigeria in accordance with its mandate, President Mohamed Buhari, GCFR, the release continues by saying, director of the agency to develop what it calls a code of conduct, a code of practice rather for interactive computer service platforms and internet intermediaries in bracket to put the online platforms or in parentheses online platforms in collaboration with the relevant regulatory agencies and stakeholders. Now, it went on to say in a second paragraph, in line with the directive, NIDDA wishes to present to the public a code of practice for interactive computer service platforms and internet intermediaries for further review and inputs, what it's saying, presenting this to the public for further review and input. It went on to say that the code of practice is aimed at protecting fundamental human rights of Nigerians and non-Nigerians living in the country as well as define the guidelines for interacting in the digital ecosystem. It says this is in line with international best practices, blah, blah, blah. But let's go to the, I mean it said all these things, you know, when they went on to say the code of practice was developed in collaboration with the NCC, there's a Nigerian Communications Commission and the NBC, the National Broadcasting Commission of Nigeria, as well as input from interactive computer service platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Google, and TikTok, amongst others. And you can imagine that immediately people are going to be defensive like, what's going on? Indeed, that was what we aggregated as a response from a lot of Nigerians. They said there are also other relevant stakeholders with peculiar knowledge in this area where consultants, such as civil society, organizations, and expert groups, but the important part, the condition. So let's look at what it says very quickly. It says similarly, to ensure compliance with the code of practice, NIDA also wishes to notify all interactive computer service platforms and internet intermediaries operating in Nigeria that the federal government of Nigeria has set out conditions for operating in the country, conditions for operating in the country. These conditions address issues around legal registration operations, taxation, managing prohibited publication in line with Nigerian laws, blah, blah, blah. The conditions are as full as one. It says establish a legal entity, i.e., register with a corporate affairs commission. Two, appoint a designated country representative to interface with Nigerian authorities. Three, it says abide by all regulatory demands after establishing a legal presence. Four, comply with all applicable tax obligations on its operations under Nigerian law. Five, provide a comprehensive compliance mechanism to avoid the publication of prohibited content and unethical behavior on the platform after probably read that again so you understand it. It says provide a comprehensive compliance mechanism to avoid publication of prohibited content and unethical behavior on the platform. That should be ordinarily straightforward, right? Okay, let's go on. Six, provide information to authorities on harmful accounts suspected botnets as robots, you know, who are robots on the internet. Troll groups that are the coordinated disinformation networks and deleting any information that violates Nigerian law within an agreed time. So everything there seems to be straightforward. I mean normal, but if you look at some of them, it has to do with access to information that ordinarily may not be readily available to government. This might include information on people, all right? And this is where, as usual, some civil society groups have been up in arms, same civil society governments that they consulted. And the people, the users of the internet have also been asking questions, you know, but you've had arguments for and arguments against. Some are saying there's nothing wrong with this. This is pretty straightforward and there are other countries that are coming out. I've come up with regulations like this before. Some are saying, hey, see people, there's nothing to worry about. The only place that we should be looking at is section five. And, you know, other laws are actually other provisions or conditions are, you know, tailored towards eradicating fake news and reading the cyberspace of trolls and social bullies. Now, this is a problem. You know, it's an issue, somewhat argue, in a use of social media. It's an issue, you know, where people just have bots, especially on Twitter. These are accounts that are created that run on their own. Nobody's there just create a profile and it's called, you know, bot stands for Robert, basically, you know. So these accounts run on their own and they attack people, they spread fake news, they're not real human beings. So these are problems. You have certain groups or certain agendas that are being, you know, spread on the internet using fake news and fake, you know, arguments and all that and just basically attacking people, you know. And it cannot continue forever. Something needs to be done. But some are saying, hey, elections are around the corner and this is why the government has decided to deploy this now. We're all aware that Twitter was suspended or access to Twitter was restricted for Nigerians for some months. So this was expected after that. And now we're seeing it. Some are saying, before you condemn or praise, please read the provisions. I think it's pretty straightforward. But it remains to be seen what the outcome will be. Ordinarily, these are conditions that should be for the benefit of internet users in the country. I mean, nobody wants to be a victim of troll accounts or, you know, misinformation or fake news or bots. Nobody wants to be the victim of that. Troll groups, the conditions talk about troll groups, coordinated disinformation that works. These are dangers to our society. These are dangers to our society and they need to be checked. But the motive for checking them and the extent to which the government goes will be, with the powers and the rights of individual Nigerians who have nothing to do with coordinated disinformation networks or troll groups, will they be restricted or restrained? That is a question people are asking. Some are going on to say, oh, the government can't use NIN to track people. That's what they want to, that came to shoot innocent Nigerians. They can't use the NIN to track terrorists in Bush. But they want to guard the citizens. These are some of the responses, you know, but the truth somewhat argues that everything needs to be regulated, including social media. It needs to be regulated. It's a free for all right now. I mean, things are going on. Is it about the loss of moral values and standards in our society? You can find it on social media and it cannot continue unabated. Something needs to be done about what's going on on social media and drastically. But the extent to which it will go and the sincerity of the intent and purpose is what could be could be argued about and whether this would restrain the freedoms, could tell the freedoms of Nigerians. Let's move on to a supporting trending story. This one has the word Nigeria's Supergirls scoring 10 goals and defeating the nation of South Tome in the African Nations Cup qualifiers by 10 goals to nail. 10 goals to nail. And of course, this match took place at the stadium known as Adraar Stadium. So this is Nigeria against South Tome and Prince Sipe. I mean, some Nigerians are being reminiscent or, you know, talking about the days when they had stories of Nigeria defeating India, you know, when we were kids, we all had those stories that the football turned into a lion and India scored 10 goals or something like that. But this time around, it was quite interesting to see the Supergirls playing very nice fluid football. They could have actually scored 15 goals, but they scored 10 goals. Four goals coming from Victor Simen. And some of the new names in the team also grabbed some goals as well. Quite interesting. It was a free kick as well. Organic Harrow at Table scoring a fantastic free kick. And so it's been a quite a good one. A number of people saying this is good. It helps to douse attention in the country. It helps to give Nigerians something to celebrate. The midst of bleak happenings in the country, killings, insecurity, economic downturn is something that has given Nigerians something to share about. It was quite interesting. Victor Simen opening the scoring on the day after Cross coming from the left by Moses Simon, who was captain in the team at the beginning of the match. Ahmed Musa came on to also do a very good job, very good job. He took on the captain's hand and Moses Simon went to sit out on the bench. Musa played well. And one of the, I noticed comments by Nigerians on this match was that Ahmed Musa, who has been seen as one of the members of the team who is on his way out and will be spending more times on the bench actually played very well, very, very well. And showed that he understood what the coach wanted him to do. And he showed that his time is not up. Now, some say, hey, don't be too quick. This is not Senegal. This is not Egypt. This is not Ghana. This is not La Cote d'Ivoire. This is not Morocco. This is South Tome and Prince Sipé. And that's why he played so well. Let him display what he displayed against the big teams then we'll believe him. But I think it's clear that Ahmed Musa's time with the Supergirls is not yet quite done. And he indicated that with a superb fantastic display. The defense was solid as well, not considering any goal to go Kippa did well. Overall, a good day for Nigerian Supergirls. But can they replicate this against a bigger opponent? That's the question to be answered. This is a second win in these qualifiers. Following their 2-1 defeat of Sierra Leone at the Biala Stadium on Thursday, its regulars have six points in that group as they are looking for to wrap up their qualification for the Nation's Cup and finish the business without wasting any time. All right. I think we should have ended the trending segment with that story. That is a cheerful one because we're going to not so cheerful trending one. And of course Nigerians are complaining about the national grid collapsing for the umpteenth time in 2020. Now we've lost track of how many times the national electricity grid has collapsed this year. Some are saying it's a fifth time in 2022. Some are saying it's a sixth time in 2022. And some are saying it's the 17th national grid collapse in 2022. That's a large number. But most of the reports I've seen are saying six. But whether it's fifth, sixth or 17th, it is the umpteenth time. And it's quite sad. It is a report that said that the national electricity output fell to as low as nine megawatts with this latest national grid collapse. It's described as a wobbly national electricity grid collapsing yet again. So several cities thrown into darkness, including the federal capital territory, Abuja. Electricity companies announced late on Sunday that the collapse had occurred just before 7 p.m. And of course the government blamed poor management and low gas supply as the major causes of repeated breakdowns in the country. There's been the alibi all along. Poor management and low gas supplies. Don't forget the national electricity architecture was collapsed right. And from the power holding company of Nigeria you had the generating company of Nigeria, the transmission company. You had the generating companies rather, the transmission company of Nigeria and the distribution companies. Well it seems that since the unbundling of the collapse, collapsing of PHED, PHC, PHCN, the national grid cannot stay together. It cannot stay together. So we hope that everything is sorted out. Some are saying this is a reason why we need a change in 2023 as far as the governance of this country is concerned. It remains to be seen if the national grid can stand up on its feet again. That's as much you can take on the trending segment right here on the breakfast super ride. Back with more and ahead we look at what the papers have to say. Stay with us.