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The right to vote is central to any movement for social change. In the 1960's, voter registration drives were a central strategy to the civil rights movement and today voting continues to play a pivotal role in our democracy. As someone who cares deeply about education, I felt compelled to make this video increase voter participation and raise awareness of the need to stop the growing school-to-prison pipeline. In the last three decades, prison spending has grown exponentially faster than spending on education. In fact, in California alone, we have built 22 prisons and only 1 UC University since 1980.

Jay Sean has left Cash Money records after 6 years with the label. In an interview with Billboard, Jay Sean said his heart wasn’t into chasing pop success anymore, and that he was on good terms with the Cash Money hierarchy. “I had and still maintain a great relationship with Slim and Baby [CEOs of Cash Money],” Jay Sean said. “They believed in me and my talent and our partnership obviously garnered a lot of pop success.”

Boko Haram has reportedly submitted ‘a specific list’ of detained commanders the sect would want swapped for the Chibok girls to the Federal Government. Part of the cease fire agreement was that the Federal Government would release Boko Haram commanders in its prisons in an exchange for the Chibok girls. However, Punch reports that indications emerged yesterday, 27 October, 2014, that the representatives of the Boko Haram involved in the on-going negotiation have submitted ‘a specific list’ of detained commanders the sect would want swapped for the Chibok girls to the Federal Government team.

Dr Frank Seinmeier, who is the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, has urged Nigerian Government to increase its efforts on ending Boko Haram insurgency before the 2015 elections. This information was obtained when Seinmeier and French Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Laurent Fabius led a European Union (EU) delegation to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, in Abuja yesterday. He said: “You know that the elections you are preparing for are taking place under difficult conditions, fighting two enemies at a time. First of all, it was even last week we were commenting on your effort and success fighting Ebola.

Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates number one goalkeeper and team captain, Senzo Meyiwa was shot dead on October 26th at his girlfriend’s house. According to reports, Meyiwa, 27, who played a match for Orlando Pirates on Saturday night, was at his girlfriend’s house, SA pop star Kelly Khumalo, when three men entered the home in Vosloorus, Johannesburg to rob them. Meyiwa ended up getting shot in the chest. He was rushed to the hospital where he was declared dead. No one else in the house was hurt.

A serving Youth Corps Member (NYSC) identified as Chinyere, landed in trouble when a love potion meant to charm her ex-lover backfired. The event which took place around Redeemed Junction along Okpanam community road, Asaba, followed a long relationship between the suspect and the young man, who hails from Ibusa community near Asaba. Report has it that they started dating while they were both in Lagos, until she graduated and was posted to Asaba for her youth service.

The child star has grown up and changed a lot in the process, but he has laughed off the world's shock Shocker Haley Joel Osment has laughed off shocked reaction to his changing appearance, saying it was "kind of funny". The actor - who starred in The Sixth Sense - was best known for playing the cute and troubled child in the film, so it came as a bit of a shock when we saw him grown up and dressed as a much heavier Nazi recently. It was all part of a film, but he's still unregonisable without the uniform. Now, after countless fans questioned the change, Haley has admitted he found it all funny.

The singer might have been feeling down, but she reminisced about this summer in a very hot photo 249332   likes 5569   comments Jennifer Lopez might be missing summer like the rest of us, but she's gone to great lengths to grasp hold of it while she can. The singer raised the heat everywhere when she posed in a tiny bikini to celebrate all things hot today. How very kind of her.

The pair have been dating for the past few months, but it seems things have cooled down, after Chris was spotted having dinner with ex Gwyneth Paltrow Getty Over already? Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Martin have split up after just a few months of dating, according to reports. Despite the pair keeping their relationship under wraps, (they were never spotted being couple-y in public), they have called time on their romance, E! News reports. Hunger Games actress Jen reportedly introduced her new man to her mum recently - so we thought it was all on.

After having successfully expelled the Ebola virus, Nigeria now faces another health challenge as an outbreak of Lassa fever has been reported in Oyo state, South West Nigeria. The announcement was reportedly made by the state’s commissioner of health, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, who said that as many as 10 cases had been reported. “We are already working to bring it under control. We are doing the best to curtail it. We have what it takes to manage it very well. I only want to appeal to our people to be very hygienic and when they feel that something is wrong with our system, we should go to the hospital for proper diagnosis of their sickness and treatment,” Gbadegesin said.

Football’s world governing body FIFA has released the shortlists for the 2014 Ballon D’Or and Coach of the Year awards. Voting will by the captains and head coaches of the men’s national teams as well as by international media representatives selected by France Football. The winners of all of the awards will be revealed at the FIFA Ballon d’Or as part of a televised show at the Zurich Kongresshaus on 12 January 2015, during which the FIFA FIFPro World XI, the FIFA Puskás Award – for the most beautiful goal of the year – the FIFA Presidential Award and the FIFA Fair Play Award will also be presented.

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state has reacted to yesterday's statement from the presidency where he was advised to stop political rascality and blackmail. Speaking through the state's Commissioner for Information, Ibim Semenitari, Governor Amaechi said there was never a time he discussed First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan. He also described Presidential Spokesman, Reuben Abati as the rascality within the Presidency "I would want to say that the Presidential Spokesman should be careful for the kind of threats he issues to an elected Governor. He should remember that the President is not a prefect of the governor. He was elected as President just as the Governor was elected as a governor, and Nigeria is a federation. And please, Abati should know his limits and need not attempt to cross his boundaries.