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Nigerian Protests Over Cost-of-Living Crisis Shut Down Businesses and Schools

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  • Nigerian banks and businesses closed, schools shut, as protests erupt over economic hardship
  • Demonstrations test President Bola Tinubu amid fuel subsidy cuts and naira devaluation

Abuja, Nigeria – Nigerian banks and businesses shuttered, and schools advised students to stay home, fearing violence as people took to the streets to protest a cost-of-living crisis in Africa’s most populous nation.

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