Buhari urges 'peace' as Nigeria struggles with unrest

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Nigerian authorities struggled to halt looting across the country on Sunday as crowds defied curfew orders to ransack government warehouses in the ...

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Peaceful demonstrations against police brutality erupted in Nigeria on Oct 8 and quickly snowballed into one of the biggest challenges to the ruling elite in decades. LAGOS: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday appealed for"peace" as authorities struggled to halt looting across the country, the latest in a wave of unrest sweeping Africa's most populous nation.

Chaos spiralled after security forces on Tuesday opened fire on peaceful demonstrators in the centre of Lagos, sparking international outrage and days of rioting in Africa's biggest city. But authorities over the weekend struggled to halt a wave of looting in a number of regions as crowds defied curfew orders to ransack government warehouses.

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