Civil servants likely to forfeit salary arrears

Dayo Oketola, Jude Owuamanam, Olufemi Atoyebi,  Sam Awoyinfa, Kamarudeen Ogundele,  Ifeanyi Onuba,  Success Nwogu, Simon Utebor, Femi Makinde, Jesusegun Alagbe, Armstrong Bakam, Peter Dada and Aviashima Toom

There are strong indications that civil servants are likely to forfeit part of their salary arrears as the financial situations in the states worsen, Saturday PUNCH can report.

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403,528 applied for teachers’ job in 36 hours – Presidency

Minister of Education

The Presidency on Monday said 403,528 persons had so far successfully applied for jobs on the Federal Government’s newly-launched job portal since it opened for applicants on Sunday.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice-President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Monday.

People making money out of our grief – Chibok parents

Some parents of the missing Chibok girls have alleged that  some people have been making money out of them.

This disclosure is coming against the backdrop of complaints by parents that their advocates were not being accountable to those of them still living in Chibok and its surrounding villages.

Man Beats Wife & Daughter With Cutlass In Uganda, Chase Them Around In Pants (Photos)

This horrific incident happened in Uganda. An angry middle aged man was filmed viciously beating his wife and daughter in a village in the East African country.

He started by beating his wife but turned to his daughter when she used a stone to hit him to get him to stop beating her mum.

Every other person, including able-bodied men just stood there and watched as he attacked two women with a cutlass. How sad! See more photos below…

Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26 billion

In one of the biggest tech mergers of all time, Microsoft said Monday that it's buying LinkedIn in a deal valued at $26.2 billion.

It's not coming cheap.

Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30) is paying $196 per share. That's 50% more than LinkedIn stock's closing price at the end of the day on Friday.

Forget the 2016 budget; it’s no longer realistic

The news report then went on to mention various individuals making the suggestion. It is the sort of report which makes one to wonder if it is intended to be taken seriously or as a joke.

But then, one is reminded of the Hubert Humphrey, 1911-1978, late Vice President of the United States, who in Madison, Wisconsin, on August 23, 1965, left the world with the gem: “The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.”