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...

PRESIDENT BUHARI,APPOINTS OBASANJO AS HIS SPECIAL ENVOY TO GUINEA BISSAU.

                     According to sources,President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern over the unfolding political situation in Guinea Bissau following the dismissal of the Prime Minister,Mr Domingos Pereira,and his cabinet by President Jose Mario Vaz.This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja today friday by the president's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,Mr Femi Adesina.It stated that Buhari had already sent former President Olusegun Obasanjo as his Special Envoy to mediate and help find a solution to the crisis brewing in that country.According to the statement,Buhari's peace mission is in demonstration of true African solidarity and brotherhood.The statement maintained that Obasanjo had embarked on the first leg of his mission by consulting with the current Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government,President Macky Sall of Senegal in Dakar yesterday thursday.''It is regrettable that while Chief Obasanjo was still consulting with President Sall,President Jose Mario Vaz of Guinea Bissau proceeded to appoint and swear in a new Prime Minister in the person of Mr Baciro Dja,a development that has worsened the political situation in his country''.President Buhari appealed for calm and called on the leadership in Guinea Bissau to exercise utmost restraint and ensure the maintenance of law and order as efforts continue to resolve the current crisis.He further urged the leadership in Guinea Bissau,including the military,to ensure respect for constitutional order,sanctity of life and safety of citizens''.

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