CEO of Kennis Music, the label Goldie was signed on, Kenny Ogungbe has issued a statement detailing the final hours of the late singer.

A kiss lasting nearly two-and-a-half days propelled one determined Thai couple to a new record for the world’s longest smooch on Valentine’s Day, organisers said Friday.

Somalia’s Shebab insurgents claim to have executed a captured Kenyan soldier and repeated threats to kill five other hostages, the extremists said Friday.

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, said it would be difficult for governments at all level to achieve the desired economic and political growth if the challenges facing women in the country were not addressed.

The Presidency yesterday pushed the case for the dismissal of the Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Force, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, to the Head of Civil Service, saying it is the only constitutional body that could handle the case of discipline of civil servants.

A major crisis yesterday hit organized labour as the Nigeria Union of Teachers lambasted Comrade Abdulwaheed Omar, President of Nigerian Labour Congress, for betraying the union’s confidence and trust over his position on local government autonomy in Nig

The House of Representatives, yesterday, moved to ban the use of foreign currencies in local and domestic transactions in Nigeria. This was sequel to a motion brought to the floor of the House by Hon Nadu Karibe, representing Bayelsa State.

Karibe who led the debate had argued that “every country has its currency which serves as a means of exchange, a symbol of identity, a source of pride and a sign of independence and economic stability.”

Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Prof James Adelabu, yesterday alleged that saboteurs were responsible for the crisis in the institution.

THE Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday, in Ibadan, Oyo State, advised traditional rulers not to be involved in partisan politics, saying that keeping politics at arm’s length, would help sustain the dignity and respect of traditional institutions.

As Nigeria joined other parts of the world to celebrate Valentine’s Day, yesterday, inmates at the Kirikiri Female Prison, Lagos, were not left out, as they were hosted to a banquet of celebration by the Prisons authorities.

The Joint Task Force, JTF, operating in the Niger Delta, yesterday, released a vessel suspected to be involved in illegal oil bunkering in compliance with a Federal High Court ruling on its detention.

PORT HARCOURT – NATIONAL President of Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, Mr. Ibrahim Khaleel, has faulted the argument by Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State against the call for local government autonomy in the country.

AWKA—THE five local government areas of Awka North, Anambra East, Anambra West, Ayamelum and Oyi which make up Omambala area of Anambra State, Thursday, expressed fears that all the communities along the Ezzu River that empties into Anambra River may become victims of an epidemic.

Watching her perform on TV and chatting with her life are two most wonderful experiences you wouldn’t forget in a hurry. She is a superstar who knows her onion, yet so down to earth that you would think you are having an everyday chat with a teenager.

AWKA— AS the uncertainty over the future of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, continues, following the emergence of a mega party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, the youth wing of APGA has denied knowledge of any talks by the party with other political parties for the purpose of merger.