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...

LASSA FEVER: ONE VICTIM DIES IN ANAMBRA,WHILE 65 ON SURVEILLANCE.

Image may contain: one or more people                 The Anambra State Government,on monday confirmed that a nursing student was killed by Lassa Fever,while 65 others were being monitored.Director of Public Health,State Ministry of Health,Dr Emmanuel Okafor,told newsmen in Awka that the deceased {name withheld] was a student in one private nursing school in Nkpor,Idemili North.Okafor said that the lady was admitted at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital,Awka,on June 11.According to him,she was immediately transferred to the General Hospital,Irua,in Edo for diagnosis where she died on June 17.''She was initially admitted at Amaku in Awka before she was transferred to Irua and was placed on admission there.She was bleeding from the gums,nostril and vagina and was confirmed Lassa Fever victim in Irua.The moment it was confirmed that she had Lassa fever,we started contacts tracing.As of now,we have about 65 we are following up,two of them have developed fever and their samples have been taken to Irua.We are still tracking others and we have advised them on what to do to ensure they do not transfer it to their loved ones,'' he said.Okafor urged residents to keep their surroundings clean and keep their foods free from rats.
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