Nigeria Imposes Curfew in 8 More States to Contain Rising Violence

21 October 2020

Nigerian authorities have imposed a curfew in eight more federal states as troops are deployed to curtail further violence in which scores of people have been killed.

The new move followed a 24-hour curfew imposed on residents in the commercial capital Lagos as officials tried to curtail rising violence that marked the protests against Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria police.

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