•As Nta vows to sanitise education sector
Four of 20 illegal degree-awarding institutions shut down in May by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) will be re-opened, ICPC chairman, Barr. Ekpo Nta has said.

Social media was awash last weekend with news that the Senate had signed a ‘child marriage act’ into law, legalizing marriage for girls under the age of 18. Although lawmakers have corrected this notion, saying that the section stated above only relevant to “renunciation of citizenship” alone, the ruckus has created ample opportunity for well meaning Nigerians to campaign for education for the girl-child instead of under-aged marriage.

Eminent educationist and Managing Director of Westminster College (WC), Lagos, Chief Johnson Barovbe, has berated the over emphasis on theoretical education in basic and tertiary teaching across schools in the country.

Parents have been advised to invest in their children’s education as by so doing, they are laying solid foundation for a brighter future for them.

No fewer than a hundred students who graduated from different secondary schools in Nigeria are ready to depart the country to attend various universities in the USA.