On the side walks of life crowds of people are standing still in diverse groups from diverse cultures of diverse races blaming and complaining; if I had money…; if I had a good education…; if I had someone to help me…; if only the boss appreciated me…; if conditions around me were different…; if I hadn’t failed…; if I didn’t have a past…; if I could meet the right people…; if I could marry the right person…; if I could live my life over again…; if I only knew how…; and the voice trails off into silence.

President Goodluck Jonathan was last night being waited upon to sign the Constitution Alteration Bill after a last minute agreement brokered by lawyers to the President and the National Assembly saw both sides make concessions in their month-long stand-off.

Disturbed by the pathetic nature of our educational system, educationists in University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, have called on the incoming Government of Mohammadu Buhari to make policies that will bring about quality teachers into the system, adding that, he should also invest massively in education, in order to see improvement and upliftment in primary, secondary and tertiary levels of education in Nigeria

Nigerian Breweries Plc has launched Maltina Teacher-of-the-Year Award, the initiative worth N50 million annually to reward commitment and diligence to duty by teachers across the country. The award which is done on the platform of Maltina brand by the Nigerian Breweries-Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund is aimed at restoring the pride of teachers and the dignity of the teaching profession.

Robotel SmartClass, a leader in class room management solutions provider has unveiled its 21st century digital classroom, an initiative to deliver tools for teachers to orchestrate live activities in the classroom and offer students a platform to engage in self study. Speaking during the official launch of the SmartClass+products, Robotel’s Country Manager, Nigeria and West Africa, Mr. Olu Babatunde, said the idea behind the new innovation was as a result of search for new technology which can aid learning process.

Nigerian Sports Editors Guild, the umbrella body of the managers of sports of the country’s media outfits, has congratulated one of its members, Ben Memuletiwon, who was recently named Editor of the National Mirror.

Ekwulobia — Igbokaenyi, one of the seven Igala speaking communities in Anambra State that had been abandoned over the years by both the local and state governments. The seven Igala communities known as Olumbanasaa and located at Anambra West Local Government area of Anambra State include Ode, Igbedor, Odekpe, Alla, Onugwa, Odomagwu and Igbokaenyi.

The people of Ogbe-Ijoh clan, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, under the aegis of Concerned Citizens of Ogbe-Ijoh Clan, yesterday, said that the recent claim by the president of Aladja community, Udu Local Government Area of the state, that his people were not obstructing the movement of building materials to Ogbe-Ijoh through Aladja, was a blatant lie.

The Supreme Court, yesterday, affirmed Governor Rauf Aregbesola as the valid winner of the governorship election that held in Osun State on August 9, 2014.

The Governing Council of Osun State University, UNIOSUN, has terminated the appointments of three principal officers of the state institution including the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Bashir Okesina with immediate effect.

Bayelsa State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has expelled nine of its members, among them political associates and aides to President Goodluck Jonathan, from the party over alleged anti-party activities during the last general elections.

A Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, has struck out the suit filed before it by Ochiagha Reagan Ufomba against All Progressives Grand Alliance and others over the governorship ticket of the party in the last April elections, saying it lacked merit.

Despite the labour crises in Plateau State, children from schools in Jos, the state capital yesterday celebrated their Day with fanfare.

Outgoing Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has advised incoming governors to ensure that there was no crack in the Governors’ Forum, saying that it was the division in their midst that resulted in the alleged looting of public funds at the centre.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, refused an ex-parte application praying it to stop the Chief Judge of Bayelsa State, Justice Kate Abiru, from swearing in the Rivers State governor-elect, Chief Nyesom Wike, on May 29.