This is the concluding part of this discourse which was first published in our edition of Tuesday.

IN February 2014, the incumbentRector of the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa State, Dr. Pius Otaru Salami, will take a bow, for another person to continue the good work at the school. To this end, three persons have been shortlisted for the post of rector, expected to be vacant in the month under review.

1. Nigeria, with a 2013 estimated population of 174,507,539 is the most populous Black nation and the 7th most populated nation in the entire world, trailing after—from least to most—Pakistan, Brazil, Indonesia, USA, India and China (1.3bn).

2. Nigerians are 1/5th the total population of Black Africa.

3. Nigeria, with 521 languages has the fourth most in the world. This includes 510 living languages, two second languages without native speakers and 9 extinct languages.

AS the year 2013 wound up, an argument gained considerable grounds. A supposed ‘Treaty of Amalgamation 1914’ was in focus. According to the proponents, the 1914 amalgamation of Nigeria would expire by 12.00 am on December 31, 2013, when it would have lasted for 100 years. The burgle was apparently sounded by a notable lawyer and amplified by an ethnic nationality coalition.

THE nation’s political landscape is becoming more and more interesting with the dumping by the ‘rebel’ governors of the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress, a move seen as the climax of months of unending political intrigues in the ongoing political realignment ahead of 2015.