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Good morning! Here are things you need to know this morning:According to dailypostng

-Presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday said the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan ordered the invasion of the All Progressive Congress data centre in Lagos.

He warned that the clampdown on the centre was a tip of what Nigerians should expect in 2015, and an indication that the government would not conduct free and fair elections.A statement issued in Abuja through his aide, Sabi’u Tunde, advised the Presidency to stop “defending the indefensible.”

-The Senate yesterday in a closed-door meeting, questioned service chiefs for about eight hours over the insurgency situation in the north-eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. Those who appeared before the Senate were Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Adesola Amosu; Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah; and the Director of the Department of State Service, Mr. Ekpeyong Ita.

-The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has cautioned the opposition-APC to stop attacking President Goodluck Jonathan and his office, else the party will be forced to take a drastic action against it. PDP Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh handed down the warning in a statement yesterday.

- Report says over 60 people were killed yesterday in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital when two suicide bombers believed to be Boko Haram member detonated some explosives in the city market. Report says 97 people were equally injured in the explosion.

- In an effort to confront the falling oil prices at the International market, the Central Bank of Nigeria has further devalued the naira by 13 naira. Naira now exchanges for 168 per 1 dollar. CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele disclosed this while briefing journalists shortly after the MPC meeting at the bank’s headquarters in Abuja.

- An ex Police Commissioner of Lagos State, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, on Tuesday ‘blasted’ both the police and the Department of State Security over their disagreement on the prosecution of the Nyanya blast suspect, Sodiq Aminu Ogwuche, leading to the striking out of the case for lack of prosecution. He said the disagreement between the two agengies raises fundamental questions.

- Report says salaries of the missing 30 mobile policemen in Borno State would be stopped by April next year, if the men did not show up at their squadron units before then.

´ The Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers has asked Governor Ayodele Fayose and the embattled Speaker of the House of Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin, to stop the ‘cat and dog’ fight for the interest of peace in the state. The Council lamenting that a domestic matter had been taken outside the state, warning that both parties in the state be called to order.

- A final year student of Rivers State University of Science and Technology, RSUST, was yesterday arrested by the Police during a cult initiation ceremony at the back of the university. Police Spokeman in the state, DSP Ahmad Muhammad, said a graduate of Cross River State University was also arrested during the ceremony. Items recovered from the cultists include a Beretta pistol and three rounds of 9mm ammunitionam

´ Members of the House of Representatives have listed at least 50 impeachable offences against president Goodluck Jonathan, insisting that Jonathan must be removed as President.
Report says impeachment proceeding will commence against the president as soon as the lawmakers reconvene next week.

- Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu Tuesday said Nigeria was been drawn backward by insurgents activities, saying the situation was only temporary as very soon, the country would overcome its travails.

- The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has commended the Nigerian Students, who walked out of a gathering conveyed by Governor Rotimi Amaechi for unjustifiably castigating President Goodluck Jonathan and for threatening them to support his personal political ambition.PDP said the incident occurred at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, on Monday.

- Respected cleric and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Kumuyi, has countered the predictions that Nigeria would split in 2015.The former university don assured that regardless of the ongoing political tension, insecurity and predictions that Nigeria would break up in 2015, the country remains indivisible.

Ebola: Stop importing frozen chicken – FG warns Nigerians

The Federal Government on Tuesday warned Nigerians involved in smuggling of frozen chicken to desist from it as it could resurface Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country.

A statement issued by the Federal Department of Animal Production and Husbandry Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Abuja, lamented that despite the ban on the importation of poultry and poultry products, frozen chicken had continued to find its way into local market through land border.

It quoted the United States Academic Decathlon Agricultural Information Network to have said 90 per cent of frozen chicken in Nigeria come in through the Republic of Benin and other West African Countries.

It blamed the decline in consumption of local chicken, jobs provided by the poultry industry and decrease of national income generated from the poultry sub-sector on the illegal trade.

The statement, which acknowledged that the sale of frozen chicken had become a means of livelihood for some Nigerians, stated that its continuous consumption posed great health risk.

It noted that some factors put forward by nutritionists for its health risk to include the length of storage of frozen chicken before reaching Nigeria.

The statement added that the quality was usually very low due to the break in cold chain during several hours of land journey in Nigeria through illegal route and absence of quality certification or standard of instruments used.

It said that besides the above factors, the recent outbreak of EVD in some West African countries had shown that the handling of these products could transmit the disease.

According to the statement, people handling these frozen chickens were not known and there are no checks on the storage facility and the mode of transportation used.