House of Representative respond to Jumbo pay Allegation

The House of Representatives said on Wednesday that complaints about the jumbo pay of Senators and members of the House should be referred to the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, which fixed the salaries and allowances of lawmakers.

The House noted that the lawmakers’ wage was computed by RMAFC after it considered several factors and  took a decision on what should be the pay package, based on the powers conferred on it by law.

These are responses from the members of the house:

Mr. Leo Ogor, Deputy House Majority Leader:  “We are tired of responding to the same issue every time; our explanations seem to be falling on deaf ears.

“We didn’t fix our salaries and allowances; that is the role of RMAFC. If you think that our salaries and allowances are too much, ask the agency to slash what they recommended,” 

His response to call for a part-time legislature in Nigeria as a way of cutting cost:  "attacking the legislature “all the time” was an attempt to cripple democracy, a part-time legislature would not work

Bradley Manning changes gender.

A day after Bradley Edward Manning, a united States army Private, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking hundreds of thousands of U.S. military and diplomatic documents, he made an announcement to live the rest of his life has a woman.

According to him, he wants to be referred to as Chelsea -- not Bradley.

The WikiLeaks source intends to begin hormone therapy for gender reassignment and live the rest of his life as a woman, according to a statement from him read on NBC's "Today" show Thursday.

Manning was convicted in July of stealing 750,000 pages of classified documents and videos and disseminating them to WikiLeaks, the online anti-secrecy group. 

His rank in the military was also reduced from private first class to private, and was ordered to forfeit pay and benefits and be dishonourably discharged.

OBJ's twitter account impersonated.

Not less than 19 fake twitter accounts of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who has yet to register his presence on Twitter, have been flying on the social network.

The account was launched on January 4, 2012, with this tweet, “GEJ (President Jonathan), I want you to get the real sponsors of Boko Haram.’’

One of the fake Twitter handles, @Olu_Obasanjo, gives users no indication that it is a fake account. Its bio reads, “The official Twitter page for his excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo; the ex-chairman, PDP Board of Trustees, former President Federal Republic of Nigeria’’ and its location is “Ota-farms, Ogun State.’’

A Twitter user, Jide Dare, who described himself as an unemployed Higher National Diploma holder, reached out to one of the fake profiles, @Chief_Obasanjo, on May 28.

 Dare said,

Ezekwesili challenged National Assembly to a public hearing on extravagant cost of governance.

Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili, former minister for Education in Nigeria, in a statement on Wednesday, defended her submissions at the Civil Society Roundtable hosted by Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, on Monday, where she gave details on the budgetary allocations to the National Assembly in the last eight years.
She still stands on the fact that the National Assembly gulped approximately N1tn in the last eight years.The figures, according to Ezekwesili, are as follows:

Auto crashes claimed the lives of eight PDP members and five others

An auto-crash which occurred in the late hours of Tuesday on Akwa-Enugu express way has claimed the lives of eight Peoples Democratic Party (Abia State chapter) members. This incidence occurred on their return from a ward congress for the party in Anambra State. 

It was gathered that five of them on board of a bus conveying 16 members of the party died on the spot while three others died later. Eight others were seriously injured and are in critical condition.

Mr Sunday Ireogbu, one of the passengers and survivor, claimed that the driver of the bus was over speeding and slipped..

Ngozi Ezeonu Replies Critics; "I am Not Sick, I only Changed My Diet"

A renowned Nollywood actress, Ngozi Ezeonu, has responded to some of her critics' rumour about her new slim look.

Many of her fans have been amazed about her new figure just within a short period of time. Some even rumoured that she may have contracted Sexually Transmitted Infection (S.T.I).

In her response on a phone chat with Stella Dimorkus she said she has been battling with her weight over these years and that she has finally achieved what she wants.  That it is her choice to lose some weights.

She said she has stopped eating junks and carbohydrates and now eat more proteins and vegetables.
"Stella I am not sick....." She said.

Check Your Spelling

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Laugh Out Loud:The English Language

Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?

Let's face it

English is a stupid language.

There is no egg in the eggplant

No ham in the hamburger

And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.

English muffins were not invented in England

French fries were not invented in France.

We sometimes take English for granted

But if we examine its paradoxes we find that

Quicksand takes you down slowly

Boxing rings are square

And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. 

If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.

If the plural of tooth is teeth

"Jonathan not afraid of Lamido"; Special adviser said.

The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, said in an interview with Punch correspondent that President Goodluck Jonathan was not afraid to contest the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential ticket with Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State in 2015.

In his response to a group called National Forum for Lamido 2015,  which urged the governor to contest.

The group stated, “We have gone to Jigawa State. We have seen what he has done. Go to Jigawa State, you will see it yourself.

“Jigawa State is the only state you

Guunman invaded a Georgia Elementary School with AK-47

A 20 years old  Michael Brandon Hill was said to have opened  fire at a Georgia elementary school, the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy, which is about seven miles east of downtown Atlanta. on Tuesday. He was armed with an AK-47 and a number of other weapons. He is currently facing charges including aggravated assault on a police officer, terroristic threats and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said.
The shooter fired approximately six shots from inside the school toward officers as they approached outside, Alexander said, and police returned fire.
It was confirmed by the authorities of the school that no one was injured.Teachers and administrators had guided the students out to a lawn outside the school's gym, where they remained while investigators combed the school to make sure no other threat remained.