I can’t continue to pay salary with bank loans – Dickson tells Bayelsa workers

Bayelsa State Government has asked its workforce to brace up for the global economic challenge, as the practice of augmenting monthly salary with bank loans is not sustainable.

With a monthly wage bill of N4 billion for workers coupled with the shortfall in the monthly allocation from the Federation Account of between N3 to N4 billion, the State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, said it would be difficult for government to meet its financial obligation.

Speaking with journalists on Thursday in Yenagoa, Dickson said his administration would meet with stakeholders towards devising a policy aimed at solving the problem of salary payment in the state.

According to him, steps are already being taken to sanitize the civil service with the aim of blocking wastages and loopholes to ensure greater productivity and effective service delivery.

Dickson said, “There have to be some discussions with workers and stakeholders. We cannot be borrowing to pay salaries as we have been doing. Our workforce minus political appointees, we need about N4 billion to pay salaries; the situation is not sustainable and realistic because of our development agenda. Read more after the court

Buhari appoints 24-year-old Bashir Ahmad Personal Assistant on New Media

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Bashir Ahmad as his Personal Assistant on New Media.

The 24-year-old is an indigene of Kano state. Until his appointment, he was the Online Editor (Hausa) for Leadership Newspaper.
He graduated from Bayero University Kano in 2013, with Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication. Read more after the cut.

Senate urges military to beef up security in IDPs camps

Senate President Bukola Saraki, on Thursday urged the Military to beef up security in the Internally displaced Persons(IDPs) camps in order to protect them from insurgents’ attacks.
Saraki, in a statement issued in Abuja by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu, condemned the recent attacks in IDPs’ camps by the Boko Haram insurgents.
The statement was in reaction to the suicide bombing in an IDPs camp in Dikwa, Borno, where scores of persons including women and children were reportedly killed.
While sympathising with victims of the attack, the Senate President in the statement advised security forces to step up intelligence gathering activities in order to prevent future attacks on defenceless citizens.

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Supreme Court throws out Mama Taraba’s appeal against Governor Ishaku’s election

The Supreme Court has thrown out an appeal filed against the election of Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State by Hajia Aisha Al-Hassan, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in last year’s election in the State.While dismissing the appeal for lack of merit, the apex court on Thursday afternoon affirmed the election of Arch. Ishaku as Governor.
Meanwhile, the court has fixed February 22, 2016 as date when it would adduce reasons that informed the judgment.

Music Diva Victoria Kimani regrets turning Futre down.

Chocolate City first lady, Victoria Kimani, has revealed how she felt after she turned down an American artist, popularly known as Future, who at a time asked her out for a date when he was barely a known face.The Kenyan artiste in an interview with The Best Life TV, said she had since been living in regrets.
Kimani said, “He asked me out and I never gave him attention. Read more after the cut.

President Buhari debunk claims that Boko Haram is holding some LGA in Borno state

President Muhammadu Buhari has debunked claims that some Local Governments in the country are still under the control of the Boko Haram insurgents.Recalls that Baba Kaka Garbai, the Senator representing Borno Central, had recently claimed that more than 50 percent of Borno State was under the control of Boko Haram.
But reacting earlier, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State and the Nigerian Army also disagreed with the senator’s position. Read more after the cut.

PDP appoints Sen. Jibrin as acting BoT chairman

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the appointment of Senator Walid Jibrin as its acting Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT).

The PDP made the decision on Wednesday rising from the 51st meeting of the board in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

The acting BoT Chairman, in a communique appealed to members of the party to renew their loyalty to the PDP.

Senator Jibrin also urged them to support the re-building efforts of leaders of the party in order treposition the PDP ahead of the next general elections.

The Board of Trustees also appealed to the Federal Government to respect the rule of law in its fight against corruption.

Wild Elephant on rampage in India

It's been one of those weeks in India when it comes to wild animals rampaging through populated areas and inflicting damage.

On Sunday, it was a 6-year-old leopard that mauled three people. On Wednesday, a large elephant rumbled through a neighborhood in a town in West Bengal state.

The elephant knocked over walls of small shacks and trampled motorbikes while it lumbered through the streets of Siliguri as hundreds of residents followed.

"We are assessing the damage. (The elephant) caused a lot of commotion. But now it has been contained," said local administrator Anurag Srivastava. There were no reports of any human deaths.

It took four tranquilizer darts but eventually the elephant was knocked out.

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Officials lifted the beast with a crane and a harness and returned it to the forest.

It was unclear if the animal was male or female.

While leopard attacks seem to get more media attention, wild elephants kill many more people in India than big cats, according to a government website. There were about 27,000 elephants in India when the most recent estimation was done in 2008. The World Wide Fund For Nature says between 100 and 300 people are killed each year by elephants in India. See more pix after the cut.

IDP camp in Borno attached by Boko Haram

More than 70 people have been killed in a double suicide attack at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northeast Nigeria.
The twin suicide bombings in Borno state on Tuesday morning - reportedly committed by women - also left 78 people injured, officials added.
Information about the attacks was first reported by officials on Wednesday night. see more after the cut.

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President Buhari returns back to the country

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday evening returned to the country from the United Kingdom.
The President returned at the expiration of his six-day vacation which he started on Friday.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been performing the roles of the President in acting capacity in his absence. See more after the cut.

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