Gunshots fired as contractors block Finance Ministry over trillions in unpaid debts Tension flared at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja on Monday after protesting contractors blocked access to the ministry over unpaid government contract debts, forcing security operatives to fire gunshots into the air to disperse the crowd. The protesters, under the umbrella of the All Indigenous Contractors Association of Nigeria (AICAN), barricaded the main entrance of the ministry, disrupting official activities and temporarily preventing the Minister of State for Finance from entering the premises. Eyewitnesses said the protest turned...