No fewer than six persons were feared dead in a fresh outbreak of fighting between the Tiv and Hausa/Kabawa communities at Gbajimba in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.

Could Blessing Okagbare have done six Jumps in a day and on the following day do two highly competitive 100m races and ended up well?

Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State and other road users, were, yesterday, trapped in Lagos as hundreds of protesters took to the streets in a peaceful protest to lament the deplorable state of the nation’s public education sector.

Former Super Eagles midfielder, Mutiu ‘Head Master’ Adepoju has confirmed hi readiness to contribute to development of football talents in the country through the establishment of “a world class football academy” that could compare with the best in other parts of the world.

THERE are strong indications that some academic and non-academic staff of Imo State University, IMSU, Owerri, may lose their jobs, following a directive from Governor Rochas Okorocha, that staff employed without appropriate waivers be disengaged immediately.

The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, yesterday, cleared the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, over the remittance of the sum of N4.423 billion to the Federation Account.

Members of Burutu community in Delta State have petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan and the Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, over the alleged sale of their land occupied by Nigeria Port Authority, NPA, in Burutu.

Nigeria’s coach Stephen Keshi has promised that the Super Eagles will play ‘good football’ against South Africa in the Nelson Mandela Challenge.

Nigeria pair of Chigozie Agbim and Godfrey Oboabona have made it clear that they are ready to face South Africa in Wednesday’s Nelson Mandela Challenge in Durban.

A mild drama unfolded at the Surulere Magistrate court, Lagos, after a woman alleged to have presented a dud cheque to her lawyer as payment for his legal services attempted to out smart him.

There ap-pears to be no end in sight to the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in the country as Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala declared, yesterday, that the nation’s economy cannot accommodate the demands of the lecturers for now.

Lagos State,practical-ly, stood still yesterday, as eminent Nigerians, foreign diplomats, politicians from various political parties, market women and men, well wishers, among others, thronged the Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, venue of the 8th Day Fidau prayers for the repose of late Pa Ibrahim Ademola Fashola, father of Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lags State.

The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has uploaded on its website a list of passports which it said it had cancelled, in a renewed bid to stem the use of false identities and travel documents of compromised fidelity.

Bashorun Olainukan, a 36-year-old bricklayer had always dreamt of one day owning one of the leading block industries in Lagos State. But it will appear that the envisaged day will not come any time soon as the self-acclaimed expert brick maker is presently in a battle for his life and he has in fact cried out to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police to come to his aid.

The Lagos State Police Command has smashed a syndicate which specialised in presenting forged Certificate of Occupancy, C of O, to bail suspects in courts, arresting its 64-year-old alleged ring leader.