In Effort To Reduce Unemployment Rate Finland’s government is drawing up plans to pay every citizen a basic income of euros 800 ($1,165) each month, scrapping benefits altogether. Under proposals drafted by the Finnish Social Insurance Institution (Kela), the tax-free payments would replace all other benefit payments, and would be paid to all adults regardless of whether or not they receive any other income. While it may sound counterintuitive, the basic income is intended to encourage more people back to work in Finland, where unemployment is at record levels.
Monday, December 7, 2015
Finland To Pay Every Citizen $1,100 Per Month And Scrap All Other Benefits
In Effort To Reduce Unemployment Rate Finland’s government is drawing up plans to pay every citizen a basic income of euros 800 ($1,165) each month, scrapping benefits altogether. Under proposals drafted by the Finnish Social Insurance Institution (Kela), the tax-free payments would replace all other benefit payments, and would be paid to all adults regardless of whether or not they receive any other income. While it may sound counterintuitive, the basic income is intended to encourage more people back to work in Finland, where unemployment is at record levels.
Social Media Censorship Bill: Oppositions Have Opportunity To Contribute – Senate
ABUJA- THE senate said yesterday that those opposed to the social media censorship bill were free to make contributions to the red chambers.
A bill seeking a two-year jail term for any person who makes allegation or publishes any statement or petition in the newspaper,radio or medium of whatever description against another person,institutions of government or any public office holder, on Wednesday passed second reading in the Senate and controversies have continued to trail it.SO
Governance Can’t Be All About Fighting Corruption..But – Ezekwesili
Nigeria’s former Minister of Education, Obiagele Ezekwesili, has made a strong case for the government of Nigeria to develop and pursue sound policies that could drive economic growth in the country, saying Governance can’t be all about fighting Corruption.
Tweeting through her twitter handle, ?@obyezeks, on Monday, Ezekwesili, however, stated that there is no justification for corruption, be it petty or otherwise.
INEC Puts Result Collation On Hold Indefinitely #BayelsaDecides
The Chief Returning Officer of Bayelsa state gubernatorial election, Prof. Zana Akpagu, has put on hold indefinitely, the collation of the governorship election of Southern Ijaw local government area in the ongoing state governorship election.
Akpagu while making the announcement, said the results from the local government which is located deep down in the riverine community, is still being awaited.
He explained that he does not know when the Returning Officer from the local government area will come in with the result.
#BayelsaDecides: PDP Supporters Protest In Yenagoa
Despite police ban on processions and demonstrations in Bayelsa state, hundreds of PDP supporters , men, women and youths, took to the streets of Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa state in protest of what they called ‘military hijack’ of the electoral process.
The protesters who carried placards and sang war songs, attempted to storm election result collation centre.
Kachikwu: From 2016, Refineries Will Pay Directly To Federation Account.
Ibe Kachikwu, the group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says from 2016, state-owned refineries will make direct payments to the federation account.
The refineries are subsidiaries of the NNPC, which is the body expected to make the payments.
But Kachikwu said the NNPC was adopting a plan that would give the refineries some sort of autonomy, without privatising them.
In a statement by Ohi Alegbe, the corporation’s spokesperson, Kachikwu was quoted as saying high level discussions are underway with local and international investors to bridge the perennial JV cash call funding gap.
Jailing Diezani ^Would Send A Signal, Says Sanusi.
The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) also said Nigeria was losing about N200bn on a monthly basis, under the administration of former president Goodluck Jonathan.
Speaking on the operations of the NNPC under the leadership of the Alison-Madueke, Sanusi said corruption prevailed in the NNPC and allowed a small group of people siphon the treasure of the Nigerian people.
40 INEC Staff Held Hostage In Bayelsa As Militants Hijack Materials.
One of the victims told TheCable that the suspected militants attacked the electoral officials who were conveying materials to riverine communities through boats.
She said the suspects hijacked electoral materials in most parts of the area and abducted the party agents in all the boats they raided.
Four Syrian Soldiers Killed in US-Led Coalition Airstrike - Sources
Sources report that four Syrian army soldiers were killed and some 13 were wounded in a US-led coalition airstrike in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province.
Four Syrian army soldiers were killed and some 13 were wounded in a US-led coalition airstrike in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province, sources told Sputnik Monday.
According to the sources, two tanks and an ammunition depot in Deir ez-Zor that belonged to the Syrian army were also destroyed in the airstrike.
Syrian military has so far refused to confirm or deny this information
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Social Media Bill: 30,000 Signatures Collected For The Recall Of Senator Bala Na’Allah
Bala Ibn Na’Allah, the sponsor of the unpopular Social
Media Bill, now faces a last ditch battle to survive a recall
process put in motion by his constituents.
Idris Ahmed of Citizens United For Peace and Stability (CUPS)
, who is spearheading his recall said that it has so far
collected over 30,000 signatures for his recall from the
National Assembly.
Onu To Use Only Made In Nigeria Vehicles
ABUJA – In apparent an move to live to his promise and the
change agenda of the present administration, the new
Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu
says he will use only made in Nigerian vehicles as long as he
serve under the present administration of Change.
This was gathered from a reliable source in the Ministry,
who said that the Minister had already listed Innoson Motos
and PAN Nigeria as the only companies to supply his
preferred vehicles.
Rivers Government Names Stadium, Road After Ex-Head Of State Gowon
Rivers State government has renamed the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt, as Yakubu Gowon Stadium in honour of the former Head of State who created the state in 1967. In the same vein, the Governor Nyesom Wike administration also renamed the Old Aba Road in the state capital as the Yakubu Gowon Road.
Kogi Poll: We Have Been Vindicated – Faleke’s Group
LOKOJA – The Audu/Faleke Campaign Organisation has said that the final result declared by the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, has vindicated its early claims that the election of November 21, 2015 was already won by the AUDU/FALEKE joint ticket and should have been declared as such. The group who expressed disappointment in the handling of the election by INEC described the supplementary election as a complete waste of tax payers money.
Kalu Urges Nigerians To Be Patient With President Buhari’s Government
A former Abia governor, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, has urged
Nigerians to be patient with the President Muhammadu
Buhari–led administration in its quest to bring the desired
socio-economic change to the country.
Kalu also the presidential candidate of the Progressive
Peoples Alliance (PPA) in the April 2007 general elections
gave the advice on Sunday at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport,(MMIA), Lagos, on arrival from the
United Kingdom.
Kalun speaking with aviation correspondents said Nigerians
should give Buhari enough time to deliver on his promises
as he tries to find solutions to the nation’s multifaceted
challenges.
He said:”I feel strongly that it will take the president the next
two to three years to sort out these problems.
Ribadu Opens Up On $60b Looted Funds, $15m Bribe From Ibori
A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, at the weekend
said about $60billion looted funds left Africa yearly.
He said ex-Delta State Governor James Ibori attempted to
bribe him with $15million in two big bags, but he resisted.
Ribadu said the bribe was, however, deposited in the Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to serve as evidence against him.
The ex-EFCC boss, who spoke at the TEDx Talk in Berlin,
Germany, said although “anti-corruption war is the most
dangerous work, this is one war worth fighting.”
In the video clip, released on You Tube by Ribadu Media
Office and transcribed by our correspondent, Ribadu said:
“Do you know that every year, $60billion leaves Africa
illegally? This figure is from the Economic Commission for
Africa (ECA).
My Frustration With Halliburton, Other Corruption Cases — Ribadu
ABUJA— A former chairman of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday,
expressed frustration with the inability of Nigeria to
investigate and punish all who were implicated in the
Halliburton bribery case.
Ribadu
Ribadu, who bared his mind in Abuja, regretted that none of
the top Nigerian culprits implicated in the $1.5 billion
bribery scandal had been questioned and jailed in Nigeria
while others from other countries were already serving
various jail terms.
Of the amount involved, top Nigerians got a total of $184
million within 10 years from an Italian firm that got a $6
billion gas project job in Nigeria.
$2b Arms: EFCC Weighs Its Options On Jonathan
Dokpesi ‘to account for N10b publicity vote’
Commission probes Abacha loot diversion Will the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) invite ex-President Goodluck Jonathan to say all he knows about the controversial $2 billion arms deals? Will the anti-graft agency take evidence from the ex- President in camera? Will the EFCC allow its comprehensive investigations to be sufficient enough to try the suspects involved in the arms deals? These are the options being weighed as the agency continues investigations into the armsgate. It was learnt that more suspects have named Dr. Jonathan in the approvals and withdrawals of huge cash from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), and the Emeritus Chairman of Daar Communication, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, claimed that they got approvals for all projects they were accused of running.
Jonathan's Officials Stole N197bn Monthly –Sanusi
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, says Nigeria lost about $1bn (N197bn) every month under former President Goodluck Jonathan. Sanusi, who is a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, said this during a programme titled ‘How a cancer of corruption steals Nigerian oil, weapons and lives’, which aired on The PBS NewsHour, an American daily evening television show. The former CBN governor said many shady deals took place under the immediate past Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is being investigated in the United Kingdom. The monarch said, “In Nigeria, there is no accountability at all and that is why I think Nigeria’s corruption is worse than corruption in most parts of the world. It is the worst type of corruption. It’s stealing.
Top 18 Updates: Russia Military Map - DEC. 4, 2015
Executive Summary
As 2015 is drawing to a close, it is clear that the Russian military is expecting 2016 to e at least as eventful as this and last year were, with the still-smouldering conflict on the Donbass and the still-escalating war in Syria, both of which could conceivably demand a Russian military commitment up to and including a sizable ground operation. Considering the combination of the recent developments such as the formation and/or reorganization of combat units, the intensification of combat training, and the emergence of growing number of units staffed solely or mainly by contract soldiers, it is evident that plans for ground operations are being developed, so far only as contingencies. However, 2014 and 2015 showed that Russian contingency plans can very quickly become a reality should the situation demand it, and 2016 is not likely to be different.
Strategic Forces
1. New command and control aircraft delivery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UlSh4kzhTc
Location: Chkalovskiy; Nizhniy Novgorod
The Il-86VKP is a “doomsday aircraft” intended to command Russia’s nuclear forces in wartime. It can also fulfill the role of a command aircraft for conventional military operations.
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2. Strategic Rocket Forces to undergo more surprise inspections in 2016
Location: Moscow
While RVSN units conducted about 100 alerts and battle drills, this number will increase in 2016.
Ground Forces and Airborne Forces
3. Russian units reported participating in ground fighting in Syria
Location: Latakia
Syrian journalists Russian Naval Infantry supported by T-90A MBTs and Su-25 attack aircraft conducted offensive operations against militant strongpoints at various sectors of the front. There were separate reports that Syrian mechanized units were using T-90A MBTs which, however, could have been crewed by Russian servicemen.
4. Two motorized rifle brigades to undergo battle drills
Location: Nizhniy Novgorod
The brigades will train at the brand-new Western Military District training area patterned after the US NTC. The training will entail live-fire exercises, maneuver training, as well as a brigade-level force-on-force exercise.
Location: Buryatiya
It appears this is a reactivation of cadred unit, as it is equipped with mostly self-propelled systems of older manufacture, including 122mm 2S1, 152mm 2S5, and 204mm 2S7 SP howitzers. More than 85% of the brigade’s soldiers are serving on multi-year contracts as opposed to one-year draft, suggesting the brigade is intended for deployments outside the country.
6. New training regimen for peacekeeping brigade
Location: Samara
The Central Military District motorized rifle brigade that is optimized for peacekeeping operations will implement a new training regimen for units that are fully staffed by contract soldiers. The combined individual and unit training cycle is scheduled to last 10 months.
7. Army aviation reorganization
Location: Krasnopol, Rostov, Stavropol
Army aviation bases at these locations are being transformed into army aviation regiments and brigades in order to improve their ability to plan and conduct combat operations.
8. First assault engineer battalion formed
Location: Murom, Vladimir Region
The newly formed battalion is part of the Supreme Command reserve, and there are plans to form a battalion of this type in each combined arms army. The battalions’ mission is to facilitate offensive operations by overcoming enemy fortified defensive positions.
9. Increase in contract soldier staffing
Location: Dagestan
The Dagestan-based motorized rifle brigades received 400 contract service soldiers this year, or 35% more than in the previous year. In general, contract-staffed units tend to be the more likely ones to be sent on missions abroad, and the increase in contract staffing in this case reflects the desire to improve readiness and deployability of affected units.
Air Forces
Location: Kapustin Yar
The missile systems were used to destroy maneuvering ballistic targets.
11. Eleventh S-400 regiment delivered
Location: Kapustin Yar
Almaz-Antey also delivered three Buk-M2 medium-range air defense battalions this year.
Location: Nizhniy Novgorod
Russia’s VKS currently have 72 of these modernized MiG-31s, with additional 50 to be upgraded by the end of 2018.
Naval Forces
13. Caspian Flotilla sortie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf2SZ_gjtA0
Location: Caspian Sea
Three Buyan-M missile corvettes sortied into the Caspian Sea on December 1 in order to perform an unspecified combat mission. Each of the three ships carries 8 UKSK launch cells for Kalibr cruise missiles, which have been launched at ISIS targets in Syria during earlier sorties, most recently on November 20. The latest cruise took place against the backdrop of growing tensions between Russia and Turkey over the Su-24M shoot-down over Syria.
14. Admiral Gorshkov cruise missile launch tests
Location: White Sea
It was not reported which missiles were used in the tests, however, since they were launched against both land and sea targets it’s fair to conclude that both the Oniks and Kalibr systems (with the ship having 16 dual-purpose launch cells that accommodate both of these weapons) were used.
15. Gepard SSN returns to service
Location: Severodvinsk
The torpedo- and cruise missile-armed Gepard returned to service after an overhaul at the Sevmash shipyard.
International
16. Russia’s presence in Syria to expand
Location: Shairat, Syria
The Russian government apparently secured Syrian government’s agreement to allow Russian forces to use another major airbase in Shairat in addition to the Hmeimim one. The reports suggest a significant increase in the number of Russian aircraft based there, indicates additional capabilities such as the A-50 airborne early warning aircraft being deployed, and hints at an increase in ground personnel as well.
17. S-300PMU-2 deliveries to Iran begin
Location: Tehran
The first systems reach Iran on December 3.
18. Indonesia confirms the Su-35 contract
Location: Komsomolsk-na-Amure
The 12-aircraft contract is worth $3.1 billion.
#Russia, #Syria, #War
Syria: No Escape From Retribution
Russian aviation is attacking concealed and disguised objects of terrorist infrastructure
Originally appeared at VPK, translated by Carpatho-Russian exclusively for SouthFront
What is the mechanism of applying aviation facilities to attack militants of ISIL? How reliable is the information about the arrangement of their bases, warehouses with ammunition, and command points? How, at last, shall we respond to the “stab in the back” on our Su-24M? These and other questions on the “military industrial sector” are answered by the First Deputy Chief of Operational Management of the General Staff of the Air Force (1997-2003), leading adviser of the Committee of the Federation Council for Defense and Security (2003-2013), Major General Igor Semenchenko.
Former Kano Pillars midfielder Abdul Haruna slumps & dies during match.
Ex-Kano Pillars player, Abdul Haruna (Chacha), died this evening after slumping during a football match in Kano. The 27-year-old forward was playing for Kano Professionals against a selected amateur team in a friendly when he slumped and died. He’ll be buried tomorrow morning in Kano according to Islam burial rights.
Nigerian Army Arrests Boko Haram Chief Cameraman, 2 Others [PHOTOS]
Military officers of 28 Task Force Brigade yesterday December 4th, arrested another Boko Haram terrorist suspect, Abdullahi Abubakar Sadiq, believed to be the terrorists Chief Cameraman and suspect number 58 on the list of 100 suspected Boko Haram terrorists wanted list. He was arrested at Uba town, Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. The troops also arrested two other suspected Boko Haram terrorists along with two other terrorists at at Rumirgo and Kilakasa.
This was revealed in a press statement released today, November 5, and signed by the Acting Director Army Public Relations,Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman. It reads:
The Middle East War SITREP December 5th, 2015 by John Rambo
A
quick note: I do apologize for how late this SitRep is. Unfortunately I
too must obey the great capitalistic system and submit to their demands
(holiday hours) and the CIA is not known for its Christmas bonuses.
It
seems great events unfold every 2 weeks in Syria. The downing of a
Russian Su-24 by a Turkish F-16 fighter has been the highlight. Russian
retaliation has been a complete exposure of Turkish connections within
the Islamic States oil trade, the near carpet bombings and artillery
barrages of the Islamist Turkmen frontline near the Turkish border
inside Syria, and the a more active role in interfering in Turkish
geostrategic opportunities. [Source] [Source] [Source]
The
Western media quickly rewrote the narrative to obfuscate the facts and
to reinforce falsehoods (such as the fabrication that the Su-24 was
inside Turkish space when it was shot down and that Turkey responded
appropriately). Turkey quickly ran to NATO to hold an emergency meeting.
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