There was pandemonium in the early hours of yesterday in Ado Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State, where there was a free-for-all between members of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, and some traders said to be of northern extraction.

The Sayawa Community in Tafawa Balewa Local government Area of Bauchi State has handed over an anti-aircraft gun, allegedly recovered from terrorists by youths in the community on March 30, 2015 to the Special Task Force, STF, Command in Jos.

Eight prominent Africans including Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina are contesting for the Presidency of the African Development Bank. The other contenders are Sufian Ahmed of Ethiopia, Jaloul Ayed of Tunisia, Kordjé Bedoumra of Chad, Cristina Duarte of Cape Verde, M. W. Kamara of Sierra Leone, Thomas Z. Sakala of Zimbabwe, and Boubacar Sidibe of Mali.

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.

Three pupils from Founders International Academy, including 11-year-old Retji Cishak, a grade five pupil, came top in the 12th Annual National Mathematics competition organized by the Nigeria-Turkish International Colleges and the National Mathematics Centre, Abuja. Cishak beat over 8,500 others and emerged the overall best during the Northern Zone second stage competition where competitors were drawn from both public and private primary schools from the 19 states in the zone.

Senator Ahmad Lawan, is one of the longest surviving federal legislators in the country having been in the National Assembly since the advent of the Fourth Republic in 1999. A onetime lecturer, Lawan was first elected to the House of Representatives from Yobe State in 1999, and in 2007, was elected senator to represent Yobe North Senatorial District. Having recently won re-election for the second time, he is one of the favourites in the hot race for the President of the Senate. He spoke in an interview with newsmen on his plans, politics and pathway.

Kiddies Vision Magazine (KVM), organisers of the annual Young Ministers’ Competition (YMC) in collaboration with Seven Stars Paper & Allied Products Limited, sponsors of the event, held the Grand Finale Award of the second Young Ministers Competition last Thursday at Exhibition Hall 2, National Art Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos.

It is often said that the change you desire begins with you. If you need to change the world, start with the man in the mirror. We all have something the Creator deposited in us to deliver to the world and leave it better than we met it. This was not lost on Ms. Vicky Colbert who, against all odds, developed a model of education that has today transformed millions of lives around the world.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC yesterday announced the suspension of the three subsidiaries of BGL Group from the Nigerian capital market following complaints of financial impropriety by investors against the companies.

The University College Hospital, (UCH), Ibadan in Oyo State, says it has carried out a mass burial for many unclaimed corpses in its mortuary.

President Goodluck Jonathan has again called on the global community and Nigerians to support the incoming government of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari.

GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, said yesterday, that he had at no time contemplated scrapping Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, as being insinuated in some parts of the state.

Ogbueshi Sam Abumujor, an APC chieftain has condemned Anioma Congress, an umbrella organization for political and socio-economic development of Anioma, for pouring encomiums on Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan led administration.

Chief Godwin Obla, SAN, is one of the foremost prosecutors in the country. He has prosecuted some cases for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. In this interview, he spoke of the expectation of Nigerians, particularly litigants and lawyers from the in-coming administration of the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari in the area of justice sector reforms.
He also spoke on the need for the next National Assembly to consider and pass laws that will generally move the country forward and not be guided by personal considerations and gains which were the banes of previous Assemblies.

Trouble is currently brewing in Era area of Badagry, Lagos, following a battle between motor park touts and commercial motorcyclists from Kogi State, which left two motorcyclists dead.