Amalgamation: Fears As Nigeria May Expire Today

Controversy ruled the polity, yesterday, over whether or not Nigeria will cease to exist as a legal entity after 12 midnight today.

A conglomeration of ethnic nationality groups said going by the Amalgamation Treaty of January 1, 1914, which joined Northern and Southern protectorates to create Nigeria with a life span of 100 years, the country will expire at 12 a.m. today.

Professor Akin Oyebode, a lawyer, said Nigeria will not expire because the amalgamation was not put in place by a treaty, but by an order in council by the British Parliament.

Oyebode has a soul mate in legal icon, Professor Itse Sagay (SAN), who argued that there was no law that automatically gives a treaty 100 years life span.

In 2014, We Will Kill and Mutilate Because Allah Said So - Boko Haram

The leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, has appeared in a new video, promising to“decapitate and mutilate” more people in the name of Allah and ridiculing the United States for putting a bounty on his head, saying, “You can’t in any way harm me.”

Shekau, who has been dubbed a “global terrorist” by the U.S and twice been declared killed by the

REVEALED: Link Between Madness And Creativity Established!

Do you know any genius in your neighborhood who is self destructive or a ‘mad man’ in your street who sometmes makes insightful statements? Worry no more…in them may lie the wisdom of the gods, at least, according to study.

A theory known as ‘Biosocial Theory of Creativity,’ maintained that creativity is a modified form of madness which is benign.

According to Kay Redfield Jamison, a clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry at John Hopkins University School of Medicine, “There is a link between creative genius and madness - with both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder frequent in highly

Christians Staff Accuse Dangote of Persecution

Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, is a well-known personality in Nigeria and even across the shores of Africa. The business mogul of repute has several thousand staff working under his conglomerate. The Christian work force within the richest man in Africa’s business empire, Dangote Groups Head office are said to be crying out against religious marginalization this much we gathered.

Princess' Marriage Crashes

The seven-month union between ace female humour merchant, Oluwadamilola Adekoya, popularly known as Princess, and Adeshola Jeremiah has crashed as the chubby comedienne said they split due to “irreconcilable differences”.

It was learnt that the marriage had not been a bed of roses as both parties had been having incessant fights, which necessitated family and friends intervening on several occasions.

CBN Governor Sanusi To Be 'Sacked' In March 2014

CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, will be forced to leave his post in March, 2014, two months before the formal expiration of his tenure. Two sources at the Presidency and a source at the Central Bank revealed that Mr. Sanusi has been ordered to proceed on a post-retirement leave in March. 

Man detained for criticising Bayelsa governor on Facebook

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa

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A businessman, Tonye Okio, spent his Christmas and will start the New Year at a Bayelsa prison for allegedly criticizing the Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson, on his Facebook account.

Mr. Okio, who was also a former Abuja Liaison officer for Bayelsa State, was arrested on October 26 at his Abuja residence.

He was subsequently blindfolded and driven to Bayelsa by the Special Investigation Bureau, SIB.  The police also stripped Mr. Okio of his mobile gadgets and all postings on his Facebook account, ‘Tonye Okio’, about Mr. Dickson was deleted.

Europe kick-starts brain cancer vaccine

A trial has begun of a vaccine to treat an aggressive form of brain cancer.

The first patient in Europe has received the treatment at King’s College Hospital in London. Robert Demeger, 62, was diagnosed with the condition earlier this year.

The personalised vaccine is designed to teach his body’s immune system to fight the tumour cells.

King’s is one of more than 50 hospitals – the rest are in the US – which are testing the treatment.

MTN-TV Anchorman, Frank Edoho's Wife Heavily Pregnant

Who wants to be a Millionaire host Frank Edoho is about to become a father for the fourth time...his new wife Sandra is heavily Pregnant. Sandra's friends organised a baby shower for her on December 23,2013 

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End Time? Pope Francis Invites Atheists For World Peace

Pope Francis used the first Christmas address of his papacy on Wednesday to make a broad call for global peace and an end to violence in Syria and parts of Africa, urging atheists and followers of other religions to join together in this common cause.

Pope Francis waved from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after his Christmas blessing. 

“True peace is not a balance of opposing forces,” Francis said. “It is not a lovely facade which conceals conflicts and divisions. Peace calls for daily commitment.”

Francis has generated global excitement among Catholics, and others, with his humble

OBJ's Letter: Al-Mustapha challenges Obasanjo to public debate

Hamza Al-Mustapha leaving Kirikiri prison

Mr. Al-Mustapha said he has forgiven everyone involved in his incarceration.

The former Chief Security Officer to late Head of State, Sani Abacha, Hamza Al-Mustapha, has reacted to postulations by former president Olusegun Obasanjo in his famous letter to President Goodluck Jonathan that he (Al-Mustapha) was released from prison to help the president train assassins to eliminate opposition politicians.

Speaking to the Hausa Service of the Voice of America, VOA, monitored in Abuja on Wednesday, Mr. Al-Mustapha challenged the ex-president to a public debate on the allegations he raised.

My ordeal in the hands of kidnappers — Ex-CAN President, Peter Akinola

Archbishop Peter Jasper Akinola

A former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria(CAN), Peter Akinola, who was kidnapped by gunmen on Tuesday, and freed later that day by a search party led by the Ogun state Governor, Ibikunle Amosun,  has narrated his ordeal in the hands of his abductors.

Speaking at his Abeokuta residence on Wednesday morning, shortly before he headed out to church for Christmas service, the retired primate of the Anglican Church said the gunmen pounced on him and his driver as he was leaving this foundation’s office along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

Bishop Lanre Obembe Dragged to Court Over Fraud ...alleged to be excessively greedy

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There is a popular saying that the love of money is the root of all evil and this has over the time led to the fall of many pastors who could not resist the urge.

One of such pastors is the general overseer and the presiding bishop of the El-Shadai Bible Church,  Bishop Joseph Olanrewaju Obembe, who is the former chairman of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Lagos State Chapter.

Recently, the supposed man of God was dragged to court in Lagos by his business partners for fraud in a crude oil deal. The bishop’s partners alleged that the cleric cheated them out of a huge amount of cash after some prospective investors offered $9 million for an oil deal. Sources revealed that the former PFN leader declared to his partners that the deal was for $1 million instead of $10 million that was the actual offer by the investors after which he was said to have mandated them to pay 10 per cent of the money to his church as tithe.

Xmas: NEMA impounds 18 seater bus for carrying 48 passengers

The National Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday impounded an 18-seater commercial bus for carrying 48 passengers.

The NEMA spokesperson, South West Zone, Ibrahim Farinloye, said the vehicle with number plate Lagos IKJ 483 SD, was coming from Ibadan, Oyo State when it was stopped at Berger, Lagos State.

He said, “It was during our routine checks and monitoring that we stopped the Lagos-bound commercial bus.

“It was an 18-seater vehicle, but we saw there were 48 passengers on board. We had to discharge the passengers at Berger, while we towed the bus to the Federal Road Safety Corps headquarters at Ojodu Berger.”

Farinloye warned drivers against risking the lives of people during the Yuletide because of their impatience and greed.

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N25 Billion Fraud: EFCC arrests Kano Assembly Speaker, 10 lawmakers

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Rabiu Kwankwaso, Governor of Kano State

EFCC says it was responding to petition against the Assembly and the state governor

The Speaker of Kano State House of Assembly, Gambo Sallau, the clerk and nine lawmakers who were earlier arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in Kano, have been moved to Abuja for further investigation.

A source within the commission told PREMIUM TIMES that the lawmakers were arrested over allegations of aiding the abuse of Kano State Government funds.