Scuffles at Nigeria protest against worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation
Amnesty International's Nigeria office said at least nine people were killed by security forces in Nigeria during mass protests against the economic crisis gripping the country.
Millions of residents in northern Nigeria have been placed under 24-hour curfews amid nationwide protests against the high cost of living. Governments in the states of Kano, Jigawa, Yobe and Katsina have ordered locals not to leave their homes - and therefore not attend protests - on Friday. The authorities say the curfew is necessary because "hoodlums" have hijacked the protests in order to loot and vandalise properties. There is a heavy security presence around the country with nine more "days of rage" scheduled by the movement's organisers.
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