We always have to Borrow N600 Billion Monthly To Augment Salaries – FG

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, David Babachir Lawal, says the Federal government borrows an average of N600 billion every month to augment payment of salaries of workers. Lawal said this while speaking at the opening ceremony of the 63rd General Church Council (GCC) of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) held at ECWA headquarters in Jos yesterday April 12th.

“The federal government borrows an average of N600 billion monthly and Federal Government gets N130 billion, and sometimes if it is lucky, it gets N200 billion from Federation allocation, and we have an expenditure profile of roughly N800 billion to N900 billion. Naturally, you need to augment sources from everywhere and from wherever you can find it. I’m talking about local borrowings, not international.

There are ways and means to raise the money, because the monies coming from the Federal allocation is not enough and the figures is not fixed; it varies from month to month, depending on what enters into the treasury and our own share of it federation account, just like the states. You remember Osun state got N55million in a month from the federal allocation and the state has a salary bill of over N4 billion in a month”he said

The reason Why Teenage Girls Become Suicide Bombers – Escapee explain

A 16-year-old girl identified as Fati, who regained freedom after spending two years in Boko Haram’s captivity, has explained how teenage girls volunteer to go on suicide missions in order to escape molestation and other forms of hardship under the sect.

Fati, whose name was changed to protect her identity, said young girls fight to strap on a bomb, not because they were brainwashed by their captors but because the relentless hunger and sexual abuse became too much to bear. “They came to us to pick us. They would ask, ‘Who wants to be a suicide bomber?’ The girls would shout, ‘me, me, me.’

They were fighting to do the suicide bombings,” Fati told CNN. “It was just because they want to run away from Boko Haram. If they give them a suicide bomb, then maybe they would meet soldiers, tell them, ‘I have a bomb on me’ and they could remove the bomb. They can run away.” The teenager who was kidnapped from her village by the insurgents shared her experience with CNN at a refugee camp in Cameroon.

Hehehe! Have You Seen The Buhari Merlin Photo? You Need To See This

Baba is far away China trying to Fix Nigeria’s problem and you all are here creating a funny meme of the President.. E no good oooo. 🙂 – I like it though!

Hehe! 60-Year-Old Woman Caned Publicly For Selling Alcohol...

A 60-year-old woman was caned in public in the North-West of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island today after a local district court declared her guilty for selling alcoholic beverages.

The local shariah court in Takengon in Aceh province ordered 30 strokes of public caning for Remita Sinaga. However, the sentence was reduced to 28 strokes due to time she served in detention for 47 days before the court verdict. “The convict will receive 28 strokes,’’ the verdict read, which was read out by the court prior to the public caning. Sinaga was among five offenders of Aceh’s strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law who were caned in front of a crowd.

The other four convicts were two couples declared who were guilty for committing adultery. The first couple, a 19-year-old man and 26-year-old woman, received three strokes each. The second couple, a former village chief in his 40s and a 30-year-old woman, received 100 strokes each. Report says Aceh is the only province in Indonesia that implements strict sharia law due to its special autonomy status, and public caning is a common punishment for offenders of its sharia bylaws.

Again??? Fulani-Herdsmen Raid Taraba Community, Kills 44 Villagers

About 44 persons were killed in series of attacks by suspected herdsmen in Gassaka and Bali local government areas of Taraba state, The state government said on Tuesday in a statement issued by Sylvanus Giwa, senior special assistant to the governor on media and publicity.

According to the statement said 20 persons were killed in Angai village; nine in Maisuma; eight in Dorei and seven in Fali. Giwa explained that the problem started after armed herdsmen were prevented from raping a lady in a community. He said the herdsmen, who were angered by the community’s resistance, unleashed terror on the people.

He said“The government is concerned that the current killings will be a major setback to Gov. Darius Ishaku’s efforts to resettle the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state,” the statement read. “Gov Ishaku has therefore, vowed to eliminate any form of insurgency by evil agents under any guise across the state.” The statement said the displaced women and children were taking refuge in Mayo-Selbe, Kungana and Garbabi communities.

Confirmed!!! No Student Was Killed During UNIPORT Protest – Police clears the air

Contrary to the new making rounds that a student of the University of port-harcourt was shot dead during the protest that erupted yesterday in the institution, the Rivers Police Command has stated that there were no casualties during the protest staged by the students of the university over new tuition fee policy.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmad Muhammad, disclosed during an interview with news men. “No student or policeman lost their lives during the UNIPORT protest. “The policeman reported dead had nothing to do with UNIPORT, because the deceased policeman was shot dead by armed robbers in an isolated case. “Similarly, no university student was killed to the best of my knowledge. “All roads earlier blocked by the protesting students have been reopened by the police,” he said.

Sad news!!! A female Gospel singer dies in hotel room after meeting a pastor she met on Facebook

Popular Edo female gospel singer, Mrs. Yvonne Omoarebokhae who met a pastor, Pastor Psalm Okpe of Fresh Oil Ministry on Facebook has been confirmed dead by the Police in Benin City, Edo State. Mrs Yvonne Omoarebokhae, was found dead in a hotel in Benoni, GRA in Benin after she met with the pastor.

According to her husband, Odion, his wife met Pastor Okpe on Facebook and after several months of chatting, the man of God invited his wife to perform at his programme which was to be held in Benin, Warri and Asaba. He confirmed that he knew about his wife chatting with the Pastor and the arrangements to meet at the said hotel. He said his wife left for Warri on Thursday to perform at the program, and on Friday morning at about 10 am, she called to let him know that she would be home soon. He said that at about 9:30p.m. on Friday, the police called him using his late wife's phone and asked him to report at Airport Road police station in Benin.

He said: "I did not hear from her again until at about 9:30 pm, when the police used my wife’s phone to call and invited me to report at the Airport Road police station, where I waited for more than two hours at the police station until the police asked me to go home, but I insisted on knowing the whereabouts of my wife. “The DPO later told me that my wife was picked at a hotel in the GRA and rushed to the Benin Central Hospital where she was confirmed dead. “I am yet to see the corpse of my wife to know want happen and who is responsible for her death. We have a son that will be three-year old by June 25,”The Edo State police commissioner, Chris Ezike, confirmed the death of the woman, adding that the pastor has been arrested and that the death is under investigation.

He said: "The man is married and the woman is married. Not until a post mortem is conducted, we cannot conclude what happened. I have asked the matter to be transferred to the State CID.” Source: Nigerian Tribune