UGHELLI— AT least six persons were, Monday, killed in a motor accident along the Ohoror‑Bomadi road, Patani Local Government Area, Delta State.

LAGOS—GOVERNOR Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, called on residents to be conscious of their eating and drinking habits in their own interest, as he flagged off the state’s free surgical treatment for 53 goitre patients in the state.

Among the seven insurance companies that have submitted their 2013 financial accounts complaint to the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) to the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), four of them are currently undergoing review.

He also enjoined South-South, South-East and South-West people to be vigilant, adding “these Fulani herdsmen terrorising communities in the middle belt are not just cattle herdsmen, but terrorists group that unleash mayhem.”

MINISTER of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Senator Bala Mohammed, disclosed yesterday that the FCT administration would install special mechanisms to detect metal or explosive devices on FCT high capacity buses.

Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mohammad Sani Sidi disclosed, yesterday that one of those injured by the Nyanya bomb blast had died in the hospital, bringing the total number of those who died to 72, while 133 others are still receiving treatment.

NATIONAL President of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, yesterday, expressed disgust over the unabating orgy of violent terrorist attacks across the country.

The Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF has fined the Police Batons Basketball Club and slammed a five-match suspension on one of its coaches and players for their conduct in a Week 5 game in Ilorin between them and the Kwara Falcons.

FOR the umpteenth time yesterday, Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi said that he was not afraid of his Super Eagles confronting a-Lion-loaded team of Argentina at the World Cup in Brazil.

President of Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Evang. Solomon Ogba will lead the Nigerian track and field team to Mt.Sac Relays in Walnut, California, USA.

Primary school teachers in Kogi State, yesterday, protested the non payment of February and March salaries as well as leave allowances in the last three years.

In Nigeria and across Africa, neglected tropical diseases, NTDs, are a daily reality for many children, families and communities. Despite efforts to control and eliminate them, trachoma, human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), lymphatic filariasis, leprosy, onchocerciasis (river blindness), soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis continue to threaten Nigeria’s citizens. NTDs disable and disfigure more than one billion people around the world. Beyond the lives impacted, NTDs also limit economic productivity and development, helping to perpetuate a vicious cycle of poverty.

PEAK, the official milk of the senior national team has launched a campaign to galvanize support for the team tagged ‘World Class Nutrition, World Class Team’ to ensure that the Super Eagles do not lack the much required nutrient to execute their 2014 FIFA World Cup campaign in Brazil in June.

With strong partnerships from both public and private sectors as well as collaboration from all sectors of the Nigerian society, the General Manager, Microsoft Nigeria, Kabelo Makwane, at the weekend said that technology innovation was essential requisites for the country to realize vision 20:2020.

Tears, tears and tears have continued to flow ceaselessly following the bomb blast at Nyanyan, Abuja. Indeed, it was an unsettling experience for Vanguard Features Levinus Nwabughiogu and Victoria Ojeme as they compiled this report from the scene of the tragedy.