One of the major challenges rocking the northern part the country is the problem of out-of-school children. Even though the government of Nigeria has increasingly recognised the right of children to education and development, efforts by respective state governments in the north have not necessarily translated into equitable advantage for the out-of-school children in the region.

Universities and Polytechnics are clearly a key part of all tertiary systems, but the diverse and growing set of a public and private tertiary institutions in every country -nursing schools, research laboratories, distance learning centres and many more institutions that support production of high level capacity necessary for development.

Impressed by the judi-cious use of the funds approved over the last five years to it by its Visitor, Governor Olusegun Mimiko, the Ondo State House of Assembly Committee on Education, Science and Technology, last Wednesday, commended the management of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, assuring that it will not hesitate to facilitate the approval of more funds for completion of other projects in the school.

After being out of the classroom for 354 days, as a result of the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, polytechnic students are afraid that ASUP’s suspension of the strike last weekend will be short-lived.

A retired director in the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Eunice Oddiri nee Esiso and her siblings have alleged a threat to their lives, following battle with one of her elder brothers over ownership of their late father’s multi-billion Naira firm in Warri.