Nigeria, Dec. 2 -- The police have dropped their charges against Aminu Adamu, an undergraduate at the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, who was remanded in prison on Tuesday over allegations of defaming Aisha Buhari, Nigeria's first lady.

The discontinuance of the suit according to the student's lawyer, Festus Agu, comes a day after the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) threatened a nationwide protest to demand Mr Adamu's unconditional release.

In a statement on Thursday to its members, the association's president, Usman Barambu, said the protest would take place next Monday.

"We have consulted and consolidated and neither yielded desirable results in seeking the freedom of Aminu Adamu Muhammed, student of the Fed...