Lagos State Government has commenced the disbursement of N81 million relief fund to the 233 victims of the 2008 Ijegun fire disaster in Ikotun-Igando Local Council Development Area, LCDA.

The leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in Osun State has been called upon to intervene and appeal to striking lecturers of tertiary institutions in the state to call off their strike in the interest of education and the students.

BY SUZAN EDEH BAUCHI — Six people have been killed while four others sustained injuries in a fatal auto crash that occurred at Badaromo village in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State along the Bauchi-Maiduguri road. Vanguard gathered that the accident involved a Hilux van belonging to the Nigerian Army and a Golf car. […]

IT has been the worst of times in Nigeria; this past month. The harvest of deaths has troubled Nigerians in ways that hack back to the frightening days of the civil war. There are very few places in Nigeria today that do not have the re-inforced presence of security forces.

Nigeria yesterday began its quest to gain promotion to the Davis Cup Euro-Africa Zone Group II, with a 2-1 victory over Botswana in Cairo, Egypt.