NUT PROTEST : WIKE WARNS AGAINST POLITICISING INSECURITY. (PHOTO).

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 NUT Protest : Wike Warns Against Politicising Insecurity The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned against politicising insecurity amid protests by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, FCT wing, over the killing and abduction of school staff and children in Oyo State. Teachers stormed the FCTA Secretariat in Abuja to condemn the killing of Michael Oyedokun and to demand the release of abducted pupils and teachers from Community High School, Ahoro-Esinle in Oriire Local Government Area. The FCT minister addressed the protesters on Tuesday, saying the federal government is on its toes working to secure the rescue of the schoolchildren and their teachers. Wike urged protesters to avoid turning the tragedy into a political issue and to give security efforts time to produce results. Chairman of the union in the FCT, Mr Abdullahi Shafa, explained that the nationwide solidarity protest was to condemn the killing of the teacher and abduction of the school chil...

A MURDER CHARGE AGAINST A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL,WHO POISONED HER 35 YEAR OLD HUSBAND LAST YEAR,HAS BEEN DROPPED.

nigeria child bride                    Prosecutors in Nigeria have dropped a murder charge against a 15 year old who was accused of poisoning a 35 year old man she had been married to.The girl Wadila Tasi'u was faced with a case of culpable homicide.She was 14 years when she was married off to Umar Sani.Prosecutor Lamido Aba Soron Dinki asked the High Court in Gezawa,Kano state to ''Terminate the case of culpable homicideagainst Wasila Tadi'u.Whit a heavy heart,i apply that the accused be discharged''.However Judge Mohammed Yahaya who was preciding over the case,told the court he required either a written or oral,presentation from the office of Kano's Attorney General before formally dropping the charges and agreeing to Tasiu's release.He ordered that the presentation to be made on June 9 2015.In 2014,the girl admitted killing her husband by concealing rat poison in his food.Three other people also died and 10 were taken to the hospital apparently after eating the same food.The girls father had forced her to marry the 35 year old man.The murder charge dates back to April 5 2014,when her husband Sani hosted a small wedding celebration at his home in the small Kano village of Unguwar Yansoro.Prosecutors claimed that Tasi'u prepared the food and laced it with rat poison before serving it to her guests.Four people,including Sani her husband died within hours of eating the meal.Judicial sources said the Kano state government intended to offer financial compensation to the victims families.

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