In a statement issued by the Director of Information and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Finance, Mohammed Manga, the loan is expected to finance the Reaching Out-of-School Children programme, a large-scale intervention targeting vulnerable populations, including girls, children with disabilities, and internally displaced persons.

According to the statement, “In a significant step towards improving access to quality education in Nigeria, the Federal Government and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development have partnered to support the Reaching Out-of-School Children programme in Kaduna State.

“This partnership is built on a $25.35m concessionary loan agreement signed today between the Federal Government of Nigeria, on behalf of Kaduna State and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development.

“The facility forms part of a wider $62.8m blended package with international partners that will expand access to quality, inclusive education and improve learning outcomes for some of Nigeria’s most vulnerable children.”

The programme is set to enrol over 100,000 children, construct or upgrade more than 200 schools, and improve both the learning environment and the capacity of teachers in underserved areas across the state.

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During the altercation, Hajara Bashir, the mother of the teenage boy, intervened but was allegedly grabbed by the neck by Faiza. She reportedly collapsed and was rushed to a nearby clinic, where she was pronounced dead by a doctor.

Faiza was subsequently arrested and detained by the police. The deceased’s body was released to her family for burial in accordance with Islamic rites, after they declined a post-mortem examination.

Police authorities say investigations into the circumstances surrounding the incident are ongoing.

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The General Manager of the Kaduna Region, Nasir Mansur Fada, “We are appealing to the public stay away from high-voltage lines. These structures are not just dangerous they’re critical to our nation’s electricity”.

He revealed that despite ongoing efforts to expand and upgrade transmission infrastructure, rampant vandalism and illegal encroachments are sabotaging progress.

The TCN urged continued cooperation from communities and security agencies to protect the nation’s power infrastructure from further damage and to ensure a reliable electricity supply across the country.

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The police had earlier charged Danladi, 30 years old, of Ungwan Pama in Kaduna, with theft.

Delivering the ruling, Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel who stated that the court considered the fact that Danladi was a first-time offender,  ordered the convict to report to the court for three weeks to sweep the premises after he pleaded guilty to the offence, with no option of a fine.

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Earlier, the Prosecutor, Chidi Leo, told the court that the defendant and two others at large, on November 9, stole a carton of 3×3 floor tiles from a house under renovation in Sabon Tasha, Kaduna.

Leo said the defendant and his accomplices also stole one bucket of paint and one carton of wall tiles, all valued at N130,000.

He added that the defendant was arrested and the items were recovered from him during the course of the investigation.

The offence, he said, contravened the Penal Code of Kaduna State, 2017.

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The military high command also stated that the strongholds of two notorious terrorist leaders — the Sadiku enclave at Tsora Hill in Safana Local Government Area, Katsina State; and the Yusuf Enclave in Yadi Forest, Giwa LG, Kaduna State, were destroyed.

In a statement by the Director of Media Operations, Edward Buba, the troops’ achievements were an indication that the military was steadily progressing towards the goal of destroying all criminal elements.

During the week, troops carried out surgical operations against two prominent terrorist commanders and decimated their strongholds. Namely, Sadiku enclave in Tsora Hill in Safana LGA of Katsina State and Alhaji Yusuf enclave in Yadi Forest in Giwa LGA of Kaduna State.”

He noted that during the operations against crude oil theft, products worth N795 million were recovered.

He said in the South-South, troops denied the oil theft of the estimated sum of N795,683,395.00 only. Furthermore, troops crippled crude oil theft activities at the following locations through air interdiction: Bugama, Idama, Cawtorne Channel and Krakrama, all in Rivers State. Troops also apprehended two female terrorist collaborators responsible for negotiations with relatives of victims for ransom, among others.

Buba, however, urged the citizens to support the troops to win the war against insecurity in the country.

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