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...

2 JOURNALIST WERE ARRESTED TODAY BY ZAMBIAN POLICE,FOR PUBLISHING A FALSE STORY ABOUT THEIR PRESIDENT.

                     According to sources,today tuesday,the Zambian police briefly detained two journalists over a story quoting an opposition leaders saying President Edgar Lungu used public funds to pay for a holiday.According to Police spokeswoman Charity Munganga-Chanda,who said that the ''Two journalists from a privately owned newspaper were released after paying a bond.The two have been jointly charged with Erick Chanda.They will appear in court on 18th April''.The offence carries a maximum  penalty of 5 years in prison.On March 21,Erick Chanda,leader of the Fourth Revolution Party,was charged with defamation of the president following a May 9,2015 newspaper report in which he accused Lungu of having spent taxpayers money at a holiday resort last year.Critics say that with the series of arrests,Lungu is trying to intimidate opponents ahead of the elections.Lungi,who is standing for re-election,has been in power for just over year after winning a closely fought presidential race triggered by the death of predecessor Michael Sata in October 2014.He and United Party for National Development leader Hakainde Hichilema are seen as front runners in the vote for president on August 11 when parliamentary and local government elections will also be held.One more photo below.                                                                                                                                                           

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