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Human rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria Femi Falana has sued President Muhammadu Buhari over his administration’s failure to provide monitoring devices, close circuit televisions (CCTVs) and other instruments of restraint at correctional centres across the country. Also joined as defendants in the suit are the National Assembly and the Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service. The lawsuit relied on Section 28 (1) of the Nigerian Correctional Service Act.

Imo will overcome present challenges with prayers - UzodimmaBe mindful of fake news, NBC urges NigeriansFalana sues FG, NASS over absence of CCTV at Kuje

The suit comes on the heels of a terrorist attack at the Kuje Correctional Centre in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, in July.

The Central government’s fiscal deficit touched 20.5% of the annual target at the end of July 2022-23 against 21.3% a year ago, reflecting improvement in public finance, as per official data released on Wednesday.

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), FCT Command, says there is no protest in Kuje Custodial Centre over the death of an inmate.

India's fiscal deficit for the four months through July stood at Rs 3.41 lakh crore, data released by the Controller General of Accounts showed on Wednesday.

Indias gross domestic product (GDP) growth surged to 13.5 per cent in the first quarter of the current financial year as compared to 4.1 per cent in the previous quarter, according to the official data released on Wednesday.

Indias fiscal deficit narrowed to 20.5 per cent of the annual target in the April-July period of the current financial year as compared to 21.3 per cent recorded in the corresponding period of the last year, as per the official data released on Wednesday.

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Crude oil and natural gas production contracted 3.8 per cent and 0.3 per cent, respectively