{"id":1113,"date":"2024-08-02T08:08:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T08:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2024-08-02T08:08:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T08:08:30","slug":"jigawa-state-government-imposes-24-hour-curfew-amid-violent-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/2024\/08\/02\/jigawa-state-government-imposes-24-hour-curfew-amid-violent-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Jigawa State Government Imposes 24-Hour Curfew Amid Violent Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In response to the nationwide protests against hardship that have turned violent in Jigawa State, the state government has imposed a 24-hour curfew.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Governor Malam Umar Namadi announced the curfew in a media broadcast, describing the situation as very unfortunate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The peaceful demonstration turning violent, characterized by destruction and looting, is totally unacceptable and contrary to our culture. Therefore, we will not allow it to continue unabated,&#8221; Governor Namadi stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;To ensure the return of peace and stability, we are imposing a 24-hour curfew. However, for today, Friday, the curfew will be relaxed between 12:00 PM and 2:30 PM to allow people to attend Friday prayers at the mosque,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The governor assured that the state government, in collaboration with security agencies, will continue to monitor the situation and take appropriate<!--more--> action to safeguard the lives and properties of the people against miscreants and hoodlums across the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the nationwide protests against hardship that have turned violent in Jigawa State, the state government has imposed a 24-hour curfew. Governor Malam Umar Namadi announced the curfew in a media broadcast, describing the situation as very unfortunate. &ldquo;The peaceful demonstration turning violent, characterized by destruction and looting, is totally unacceptable and contrary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1114,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions\/1114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}