Nigeria: NSCDC Urges Residents to Obey Curfew in Kaduna State

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Nigeria: NSCDC Urges Residents to Obey Curfew in Kaduna State

[Vanguard] The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) Kaduna State Command has appealed to residents of the state to obey the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state to forestall any breakdown of law of order.

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