The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole Wednesday assured a gathering of Nigerian children that the House would follow through to the end about eight petitions filed before its Committee on Public Petitions against Senator Yerima Ahmed Sani for marrying a 13-year-old girl in breach of the Child Rights Act of 2003.

After operating the controversial University of Education,lkere Ekiti [TUNEDIK] outside the campus for about two years, a fresh move by the management of the university to return back to Ikere on Monday was met with a stiff opposition by the host institution.

As standard of education keeps deteriorating with widespread examination malpractice linked to the rot, the police cannot be blamed for this sordid situation.

SIX suspected kidnappers who allegedly abducted a third-year medical student of the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, UNEC, Miss Ifeoma Uzoma Azubuike from New Haven area of Enugu last Friday, were Wednesday arrested by the police.

THE Senate Wednesday affirmed that it will investigate the allocation of N5.8 billion in the 2010 budget to the Maritime Security Agency which at the moment is not in existence.