Nigerian police fired tear gas on Thursday to break up several hundred protesters rallying in Lagos and in the capital Abuja against the high
cost of living, AFP correspondents at the scene said. In Lagos, protesters tried to light bonfires outside the governor's office and police responded with tear gas, driving many of the protesters… cost of living, AFP correspondents at the scene said.
Angry youths in Rivers State, including traders and women among others, have shunned the pleas by the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and the stakeholders from the Niger Delta region and embarked on the national hunger protest in the state. The protesters, who gathered at about 8 am, took off from the popular pleasure park in… cost of living, AFP correspondents at the scene said.
25 Non-Governmental Organisations and Civil Society Organisations have cancelled their participation in the protest scheduled for Aug.1-10 after a town hall meeting hosted by Speaker, House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas. Dr Matthew Nabut, Executive Director, Centre for Change and Democracy Studies, said this on behalf of the group in a statement in Abuja…
Kenyan prosecutors said Wednesday they have secured a court order to extradite a man accused of murdering his girlfriend in the United States in a case that made headlines after he escaped police custody in Nairobi. Kevin Kang'ethe was the subject of a three-month international manhunt after he fled the United States for his native…
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