President Muhammadu Buhari has reduced the cost of forms for some terminal examinations like the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, organised by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, the Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Examination Council, as well as the Basic Education Certificate Examination. This was revealed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, after the Federal Executive Council meeting in State House, Abuja. According to Tolu Ogunlesi, the Head of Digital Communications for President Buhari, on his Twitter handle, @toluogunlesi, who shared the news, the reduction will take effect from January 2019. He tweeted, “President Buhari has approved the reduction in the cost of Forms for JAMB UTME, NECO SSCE and the Basic Education Certificate Examination. With effect from January 2019, the cost of JAMB UTME Form will drop from N5,000 to N3,500. NECO will drop from N11,350 to N9,850. “Minister of Education Adamu Adamu announced this just now at today’s #FECBrief. He said President Buhari directed the Ministry to look into the reduction following the significant improvement in revenues being remitted to the Treasury by the Education Agencies. “The Exam Agencies are not meant to be revenue generating bodies, they’re only supposed to cover costs/operating expenses. The sharp increase in remittances by JAMB(from less than N60m in 2010–2016 to >N15 BILLION in 2017/18) have shown that the fees being charged could be reduced.”

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved Enhanced Salary Structure for the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports President Buhari made the approval on Monday after meeting with Board of Police Service Commission at the State House, Abuja. The Board of Police Service Commission was led by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. Details shortly

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen reportedly kidnapped 15 girls overnight in a village near Toumour, southeastern Niger, the local mayor said on Saturday, November 24, Daily Trust is reporting. The newspaper reports that Boukar Mani Orthe,
the mayor of the town in Niger’s Diffa region near
the border with Nigeria, said about 50 unidentified
armed men seized the girls in a village about nine
kilometres from the town centre. On Thursday, November 22, suspected Boko
Haram terrorists allegedly killed eight people
working at French drilling company Foraco’s water
well site in Toumour. Boko Haram has been waging an insurrection
since 2009. It has launched repeated attacks into
neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon. The violence has killed thousands of civilians and
forced millions to flee their homes in the large Lake
Chad basin region. Kidnapping of schoolgirls has been a Boko Haram
horror mark, since its fighters in 2014 kidnapped
more than 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno state,
in Nigeria. It also staged this year, 2018, another major
kidnap of schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe state. In Mali, French forces said they “put out of action”
some 30 Islamist militants, possibly including
veteran Malian jihadist leader Amadou Koufa,
during a raid in the central Mali region of Mopti. The French army, which has about 4,500 troops in
West Africa battling Islamist militants, did not
specify whether the jihadists had all been killed or
taken prisoner. The operation took place with air
support on Thursday night, it said. “At this stage of the evaluation of the operation, it
appears that about 30 terrorists were put out of
action,” the army said in its statement on Friday,
November 23, adding that Koufa and other
prominent militants were probably among them. Koufa, a radical preacher, inspired the Massina
Liberation Front (MLF), a group blamed for a wave
of attacks that has shifted Mali’s six-year-old
Islamist insurgency from the remote desert north
ever closer to its populous south.

Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has
summoned Service Chiefs to an emergency
security meeting over the reported killing of
some Nigerian soldiers by Boko Haram sect along
the Nigeria-Chad border on Sunday. It was gathered that the urgent meeting was
necessitated by the latest security developments
across the battle fields in the North East region of
the country. A reliable source, who preferred not to be
named, confirmed this development to NAN in
Abuja on Friday. Federal Government pronouncement on the
latest victims of Boko Haram insurgency was
being delayed because families of the victims
were being identified and contacted. “The President has called an urgent meeting with
the Service Chiefs.
“And the families of the latest victims of the Boko
Haram are being identified and contacts made
before a government pronouncement on the
tragic attacks. “This, it is understood is the reason for the silence
of the government over the incident,’’ the source
added. It would be recalled that President Buhari had
earlier dispatched the Minister of Defence, retired
Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, to Chad for an
emergency meeting with the Chadian President,
Idris Deby, on the deterioration of security at the
Nigeria-Chad border. Dan-Ali had on Thursday briefed President
Buhari on security development across the
country including the recent killings of some
Nigerian soldiers by the Islamic West Africa
Province, a breakaway Boko Haram sect,
operating along Nigeria-Chad border. AFP had quoted security sources on Nov. 21,
saying no less than 44 soldiers were killed
during the attacks, which occurred at Metele, a
remote village bordering Nigeria and Chad. Diplomatic sources, however, told NAN that the
Minister of Defence would also be meeting his
Chadian counterpart during his mission to Chad,
to identify what had led to the recent increase in
Boko Haram terrorism in the area. The sources, who preferred not to be named,
said: “Nigeria has a Chad problem in the Multi-
National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), which was put
together to secure the Lake Chad Basin area and
repeal the Boko Haram terrorism attacks against
all the countries neighbouring the lake.’’ According to the sources, Chad is believed to
have its own internal security challenges and this
has reportedly led to their pulling away the
troops manning their own border around Lake
Chad. “That lacuna is being exploited by the Boko
Haram terrorists, who go in and out of Nigeria,
Niger and Cameroon to launch terrorist acts. “This is a clear illustration of the fact that
terrorism is beyond national borders,” the
sources added. When contacted, the Senior Special Assistant to
the President on Media and Publicity, Malam
Garba Shehu, said he was aware that the Defence
Minister would be going to Chad, adding “I’m
unaware of his mission there.’’(NAN)

Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has
dispatched the Minister of Defence, retired Brig-
Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, to Chad for an emergency
meeting with the Chadian President, Idris Deby,
on the deterioration of security at the Nigeria –
Chad border. Dan-Ali had on Thursday briefed President
Buhari on security development across the
country. He also briefed him about the recent killings of
some Nigerian soldiers by the Islamic West Africa
Province, a breakaway Boko Haram sect,
operating along Nigeria – Chad border. AFP had quoted security sources on Nov. 21,
saying no less than 44 soldiers were killed
during the attacks, which occurred at Metele, a
remote village bordering Nigeria and Chad. Diplomatic sources, however, told NAN that the
Minister of Defence would also be meeting his
Chadian counterpart during his mission to Chad,
to identify what had led to the recent increase in
Boko Haram terrorism in the area. The sources, who preferred not to be named,
said: “Nigeria has a Chad problem in the Multi-
National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) put together to
secure the Lake Chad Basin area and repeal the
Boko Haram terrorism attacks against all the
countries neighbouring the lake.’’ According to the sources, Chad is believed to
have its own internal security challenges and this
has reportedly led to their pulling away their
troops manning their own border around Lake
Chad. “That lacuna is being exploited by the Boko
Haram terrorists, who go in and out of Nigeria,
Niger and Cameroon to launch terrorist acts. ‘as Long As Necessary’ “This is a clear illustration of the fact that
terrorism is beyond national borders,” the
sources added. When contacted, the Senior Special Assistant to
the President on Media and Publicity, Malam
Garba Shehu, said he was aware that the Defence
Minister would be going to Chad, but said: “I’m
unaware of his mission there.’’ (NAN).

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in
Abuja hailed his predecessor, Dr Goodluck
Jonathan, for voluntarily conceding defeat at the
2015 general elections, describing him as a true
democrat. Buhari poured the encomium at the launching of
a book titled “My Transition Hours” by Jonathan
amidst hundreds of guests from outside and
across the country. Represented by the Secretary to the Government
of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, the president
said Jonathan’s act of courage had made him a
patriotic leader and earned popularity among
Africans and other leaders. “You are a leader of the past, of now and of the
future; you will rise again; I wish you the best
you wish yourself, ” Buhari said. He called on Nigerians to see elections as contests
and should be done in free, fair and peaceful
environment. He said Nigerians should eschew bitterness,
bigotry, hate speech and “promote Nigeria for us
and generation yet unborn. Jonathan, however, condemned any act of
inducement of voters and vote buying during
elections in the country, adding that the act was
contrary to democratic norms and therefore,
wrong. The event was graced by hundreds of prominent
Nigerians, including former Heads of state
Abdulsalam Abubakar, Yakubu Gowon, ex-
President Olusegun Obasanjo and the PDP
Presidential Candidate Atiku Abubakar. The APC National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole,
former Vice President Namadi Sambo, Senate
President Bukola Saraki, ex-PDP governors and
many members of the political class, traditional
rulers and members of the diplomatic corps also
graced the event.

Abuja – Sen. Ali Ndume has said that the
presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, will be a walk-over
for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019
general elections. Sen. Ndume Ndume, Chairman, Senate Committee on
Establishment and Public Service in Abuja. He said the All Progressives Congress(APC)) was
not perturbed by Atiku’s emergence, adding that
he was not a threat to the party in any way. According to him, the records are there for
Nigerians to judge. “Next election is a walk-over with Atiku. “We were anxious when PDP was to organise
their primaries but when Atiku emerged, we
were glad for so many reasons. “Atiku was our Vice President for eight years and
he was one of the most powerful vice presidents
we ever had and we know what he did. “He was under former President Obasanjo and in
his book “Under My Watch”, he voluntarily
described who the Presidential candidate is. “We all know where we were and where we are
now. Had it been they are presenting a new
person, someone that Nigerians do not know,
that may have been a threat but with Atiku, no
way. “Let us analyse it. North West is where the
president comes from and we are banking on
our highest votes there and if you go to any part
of the North West, you will realise that his
popularity is unprecedented. “Then if you go to North East, Buhari is a moral
obligation,” he said. He expressed disappointment that Atiku, in spite
of coming from the North East, there was no
record of him sending relief materials to people
displaced by Boko Haram. “We have to vote for him (Buhari) because we
know where we were with the government of
PDP in my state, including my local government,
my town and even my house were taken over by
Boko Haram. “It was the government of President
Muhammadu Buhari that salvaged the situation
and now my people are back to our local
government. “Those that are trying to take over from him or
compete with him were there before. “Atiku was the vice president and one of the
richest Nigerians ever, but I cannot remember
Atiku taking even a bag of rice to our people that
are suffering in Borno and he wants to be our
president. “For me, this election is between Nigerians and
the Nigerian corrupt. “Atiku’s background is known. All the show of
money from him, Saraki and others is what they
got from politics, people’s money,” he said. On fears that election campaign might be marred
by violence, Ndume said APC would not be part
of such. He added that President Muhammadu Buhari as
well as the National Chairman of the party had
admonished party faithful to shun violence, name
calling but to focus on issues. “Yesterday (Sunday) when the `Next Level’ was
launched by our presidential candidate and the
president of the country, he specifically said we
should go on with the campaign decently. “That means no name calling, no insult, but
concentrate on issues and during our
convention, our chairman clearly stated that our
campaign is going to be different. “This is the first time APC government is
campaigning for the second tenure so we want
to campaign on issues and ideas. “We do not want to campaign on personalities
and we do not want to be involved in name
calling as PDP is desperately trying to do. “We will not join issues with them. They can only
fight themselves,” he said. The lawmaker warned Nigerians against voting
PDP, saying it had nothing to offer. He said “PDP is not new to Nigerians. They have a
product that is known to Nigerians, a product
that Nigerians rejected four years ago for
obvious reasons. “Now we have a candidate that the marketer of
that product had rejected. “We know what they did and as I said, we have
been cautioned not to campaign on persons but
then you have to speak the truth.” (NAN)

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President Muhammadu Buhari and some state governors are currently meeting in his office at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. According to report, the president and the governors are meeting to discuss the issue of the minimum wage, which has been generating controversy in recent times. More details soon...

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look at my noilers pls will they attain marketable size before xmas....

pls i need your help i want to know how effective growth enhancer are to broilers or noilers,someone recommmended biovit-fattener to me.
Any advice

Biingoo:
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wengerman:
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- Police command in Anambra said it has cordoned off the state assembly complex to prevent disturbance of public peace - The move, according to the police, was necessary following information it received that the two factions in the assembly might lock horns - The genesis of the crisis was as a result of impeachment of the speaker of the house, Rita Maduagwu, by 22 out of the state 30 lawmakers on allegation of graft Not less than 300 policemen cordoned off the
Anambra house of assembly following the battle of
recognition that trailed an alleged impeachment of
the speaker of the state, Rita Maduagwu, by 22 of
the 30 state lawmakers. Premium Times reports that the move to seal off
the complex was timely so as to prevent what
seems to be a foreseeable crisis between the two
warring factions of the house.

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