Violence erupts as Nigerians protest hunger across the nation
WEBAug 1, 2024 · Protests erupted in multiple cities across Nigeria Thursday as frustrated citizens took to the streets, voicing their anger over increasing hunger and “bad governance.”
Nigeria protests: President Tinubu demands end to deadly unrest - BBC
WEBAug 4, 2024 · Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has appealed for protests to end after “bloodshed” during three days of demonstrations over a deepening cost of living crisis. At least seven people have died ...
Police fire gunshots and tear gas to quell mass protests over Nigeria…
WEBAug 2, 2024 · ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Security forces fired gunshots and tear gas to quell mass protests across Nigeria on Thursday as thousands, mostly young people, poured onto the streets to rally against the country’s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. At least two people were reported killed.
Nigeria protests: President Buhari says 69 killed in unrest - BBC
WEBOct 23, 2020 · Reuters. Protests started in Nigeria more than two weeks ago. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says 69 people have been killed in protests against police brutality that have rocked...
Rights group says security forces have killed 9 as Nigeria protests ...
WEBAug 2, 2024 · At least nine people were killed by security forces as protesters clashed with police during mass demonstrations over the country’s economic crisis, a rights group said Friday, while authorities said a police officer was killed and several others injured.
At least 40 villagers shot dead in latest violence in Nigeria’s ...
WEBMay 21, 2024 · ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Armed men attacked remote villages in northcentral Nigeria, killing at least a dozen villagers during a late-night raid, authorities said Tuesday.
Nigeria’s #EndSars protests: What happened next - BBC
WEBOct 6, 2021 · Tens of thousands of young Nigerians took to the streets to protest against police brutality after a video went viral of a man allegedly being killed by the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad...
Army shot live rounds at protesters in Lagos 'massacre' -leaked ...
WEBLAGOS, Nov 16 (Reuters) - The Nigerian Army fired live rounds at peaceful protesters at a toll gate in Lagos in October 2020, according to a leaked report into the incident seen by Reuters...
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: February 18-24
WEBFeb 27, 2023 · This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from February 18 to February 24, 2023. The map depicts deaths by state.
Armed groups kill 113 people in series of attacks across central Nigeria
WEBDec 25, 2023 · Armed groups have killed more than 100 people in a string of attacks targeting towns across central Nigeria, another deadly episode in a region with persistent religious and ethnic tensions.