The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba refused to recognize Mr. Aminu Tambuwal as speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Abba simply addressed Mr. Tambuwal as "Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal," a title that offended members of the House Committee on Police Affairs. 

Abba said that it would be 'subjudice' for him to address Tambuwal as speaker for as long as the matter was in court. 

Punch reports:
Chairman of the House committee, Mr. Usman Bello-Kurmo, asked him a direct question, “Is Aminu Waziri-Tambuwal the Speaker of the House of Representatives or not?”

The IG replied, “Mr. Chairman, you know that matters before the courts are subjudice.

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​Nigeria's Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has been elected first female president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC.)

She was elected on Thursday at the body's ongoing 166th General Meeting in Vienna Austria. 

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AC/DC finally joined iTunes in 2012 after years of refusing to do so, but make no mistake, the Australian rock band is still old school.
"I would like everybody to buy vinyl again," guitarist Angus Young said in an interview. "That's my favorite."
He continued with a loud laugh: "They ought to make them portable — iVinyl."
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The Nigerian Senate on Thursday dismissed a scathing attack by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying he merely sought to disrespect the National Assembly by accusing its members of extensive corruption, According to Premium Times.

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Beautiful Nigerian singer and brand ambassador, Tiwa Savage has posted a picture of herself looking like a very aged woman on her Instagram page and fans were excited to learn that the image formed part of the behind-the-scene shots from her latest musical video titled 'My Darling.'

The new musical video was directed by Kemi Adetiba and produced by Mavin boss, Don Jazzy.

As beautiful and picture-perfect as the image appeared, certain eagle-eyes fans still spotted something odd about this photo - Can you guess what that it? If you look real hard, you'll notice Tiwa Savage is still wearing her nose ring.
 

Candace Cameron Bure explained Christmas is about more than receiving gifts, it's about giving them.

"Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year and its so special, so meaningful," Bure told FOX & Friends. "With my family...we go to a homeless shelter in the morning when we wake up on Christmas...and serve 30-40 people, sit down eat with them, and share the gospel message.It's what we do."

The former "Full House" star has a full house of her own now; the actress has 3 children with her former professional hockey player husband Valeri Bure.

The couple of more than two decades brought their children up to appreciate the true meaning of Christmas, she said.

"[There's] nothing wrong with gift giving at all," explained Bure. "But we like to give the gift first and share the message of Jesus Christ and then give presents after."

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For the first time in more than a decade Barbie has been frozen out of the top spot on the holiday wish lists of girls.

The new reigning champion in the hearts of little girls is Team Elsa.

The megahit "Frozen" has earned Disney more than a billion at the box office worldwide and the gravitational pull of the animated film has now plucked Barbie from the throne she that she has occupied for 11 years, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation.

The NRF's Holiday Top Toys Survey found that one in five parents, or 20 percent, plans to buy "Frozen" merchandise for their girls. That beats the 16.8 percent that are looking to make a Barbie purchase.

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An actress was sentenced to 26 years in jail by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court for "malicious acts" of blasphemy, the U.K.s' Independent reports.

Veena Malik, along with her husband Asad Bashir Khan Khattak and Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, the owner of the network that aired the "blasphemous" television program, have been given 104 years combined in prison by the Pakistani court.

The offending program aired several months ago and features a couple reenacting their wedding vows based on the marriage of the Prophet Mohammed's daughter.

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