Food poisoning kills 10 Nigerian teachers

KATSINA, Nigeria, June 1 (UPI) -- Food poisoning has killed 10 secondary school teachers and hospitalized several others in the northern Nigeria town of Katsina, officials said.

The teachers became ill shortly after eating lunch during a weekend workshop for some 650 teachers organized by the state Ministry of Education, the Nigerian Tribune reported Wednesday.

Officials said a popular corporate caterer had supplied the lunch.

There was no word on exactly what the teachers ate or the exact nature of the food poisoning.