Merry Christmas In Advance! Petrol Hits N200 Per Liter In Calabar

As the Christmas season gradually takes full swing, long queues have returned to filling stations in Cross River State as fuel scarcity bites hard especially in Calabar, the state capital.
A liter of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) which was sold at N120 by independent marketers and the approved pump price of N97 in stations owned by major marketers two weeks ago now sells between N160 and N200 by independent marketers, while black market sells at N300 per litre.
And, no one needs to be told it is always easier to buy the product at black market. As at weekend, apart from North West Petroleum at the Parliamentary extension that had the product and sold at the approved price of N97 with a very long queue, other major marketers in the state capital did not have the product while the independent marketers sold at N200.

3 Million Condoms For Calabar Festival

Cross River State Agency for the Control of HIV and AIDS has acquired more than three million condoms for distribution at the Christmas Carnival village in Calabar.
The Director-General of the agency, Dr. Irene Aniyom, told the News Agency of Nigeria at the village in Calabar on Sunday that the measure was to create more awareness on HIV and check the prevalence level.
She explained that the youths were targeted in the distribution of condom because they were the active participants at the annual carnival.
She added that SACA and her partners would also offer free counselling and test on the scourge during the 32-day event.
Aniyom advised youths against using the festival

ACN, ANPP, CPC To Form New Party In 2013

Three major opposition political parties - Action Congress of Nigeria, Congress for Progressive Change and the All Nigeria Peoples Party – may drop their identities by April 2013, when talks on their proposed merger are expected to be completed.

The merger of the parties  is  one of the strategies being canvassed by some  politicians to defeat the ruling Peoples Democratic Party which has dominated power since the advent of the present democracy in 1999.
Analysts are of the opinion that any genuine and honest cooperation among opposition parties for the 2015 general elections could make the election tough for the PDP.
The  Chairman of the ANPP National Rebuilding and Interparty Contact Committee, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, told journalists in Abuja on Sunday, that the merger talks between the three ACN, CPC  and ANPP had reached the last stage.
 Shekarau, a   former Governor of Kano State, added that the chieftains of the three  parties had decided to forget their individual ambitions to make the fusion a success.
He  said  that  the leaders had realised that an alliance between the three parties would not work and that it was better for them to merge.

End Time signs Church brands members with ’666′ tattoos

The older I get the more amazed I get. When you think you’ve seen it all then something else comes along to top it. We know these are the End Days, Last Days (We’ll dicker around on the differences some other time) and we need to be vigilant but some things can be so ludicrous as to really deserve head shaking prayer for those involved. Now we have a Messiah that embraces the World System

The Truth Finally Comes Out: Why the 4 Students Were Killed

Since this incident happened I've pondered and wondered what could have gone wrong that the four boys weren't bold enough to talk and challenge those who beat and paraded them in public, leading them to where they were eventually killed.

Now the whole issue is clearer; the boys "ignorantly" got themselves involved with a cultist who operates with a gun, all in a bid to get their money back from a debtor.

Below is what actually happened according to an insider....

An indigene of Aluu owed Ugo some money and had vowed not to pay back. Ugo who was popularly known as Tipsy had gone to meet with a fearless University guy (name withheld) to help them track the debtor who had been on the run.

Man "Walks" on Water with Bare Foot.

He may be a relatively unknown illusionist, but you could hardly describe Dynamo as being wet behind the ears.

And the magician, whose real name is Steve Frayne, certainly proved this was the case as he 'walked' across the River Thames.

The nifty footwork was a suitably jaw-dropping publicity stunt for his new TV series.


The Bradford-born illusionist, 28, made it half way across the stretch of the river in front of the Houses of Parliament in London before he was picked up by what appeared to be a River Police boat.But Mail Online understands that this was one more thing that was not as it seemed - and the boat crew all part of the act.