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KADUNA
In the wake of recent nationwide hunger protests, prices of cooking gas and food items have surged dramatically in Kaduna.
Nigerian states have collectively spent about N139.92 billion on servicing external debt in the first half of 2024.
The Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani, has approved a 24-hour curfew on Kaduna, Zaria metropolises, and surrounding areas following "looting of shops."
There have been reports of alleged looting of government property in Kaduna and Kano as Nigerians protest against hunger and bad governance in the country.
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has announced the sustained deployment of helicopters to provide aerial support for trains travelling the Abuja-Kaduna route.
The Federal High Court has permitted Jaiz Bank to possess a rice paddy wire belonging to Chancellors Farms Nigeria Limited.
More than 200 schoolchildren were kidnapped from the Local Government Education Authority School in Kuriga, a northern town, marking the most significant mass abduction since 2021.
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has apprehended Captain Nuhu Haruna for an alleged criminal breach of trust, involving a substantial sum of N1,020,000,000 (One Billion, Twenty Million Naira only).
China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) the contractor in charge of laying tracks on the Eastern Narrow Railway project, has announced that it has completed tracks laying on the Port Harcourt to Aba section of the corridor.
The Federal Government has paid fines and compensation totaling N52 million for 399 inmates in various centers across Kaduna State as part of its effort to decongest the correctional facilities across the country.
The Federal Government has disclosed its intention to assist the vulnerable population of the country to own houses.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID, with its recently concluded “Feed the Future Nigeria Agribusiness Investment activity" mobilized $244 million in agricultural investments in Micro, Small, and Medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria.