NUT PROTEST : WIKE WARNS AGAINST POLITICISING INSECURITY. (PHOTO).
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...
The trial of a former governor of Nasarawa State,Aliyu Akwe Doma,and two others,continued on June 23,2016,with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,presenting its ninth witness,as it closed its case against the accused persons.Akwe Doma,alongside Timothy Anthony Anjide,a former Secretary to the State Government,and Dauda Egwa,a former Accountant-General,are being prosecuted by the EFCC on a 10-count charge bordering on money laundering and financial crimes.The accused persons between January 2007 and December 2009 allegedly conspired and fraudulently laundered state funds to the tune of N8bn,an offence contrary to Section 14 {1} {a} of the Money Laundering {Prohibition } Act 2004 and punishablee under section 14 {1} of the same Act.At yesterday's hearing,PW 9,Abdulrazaq Salawu,an operative with the EFCC,told the court how he met the defendants,following different petitions and intelligence report received by the Commission.Led in evidence by Kemi Pinheiro,SAN,Salawu told the court that the investigation was carried out to establish the veracity of the allegations against the defendants.More photos below. 
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