Protest Emerge In Nigeria / Protests Test Nigeria's Democracy and its Leadership in ... - Ariyo atoye and ahmadu bello exchange views on the above issues.. U.s embassy issues alert to citizens in nigeria. The nigerian army shot dead at least 12 peaceful protesters in lagos, rights group says. Nigeria's civil society organizations, the nigerian bar association, and senior advocates of nigeria, joined the nigerian government in expressing outrage at cnn's allegations on thursday and advised the government to be cautious in its dealing with the news network, according to vanguard. Curfew has been declared in nigeria's biggest city lagos where access to the international airport has been blocked by protesting crowds. As darkness fell, nigerian flags were handed out among the thousands of people gathered there.
Nigerian protesters are also calling for economic reforms in their country. Protest at this moment would definitely be hijacked by the actors that are causing problems in the state, killing and maiming people. unlike what was going on in some other parts of nigeria, including abuja, there was no protest in uyo, akwa ibom state, on june 12, as businesses opened shops and. The police were deployed in large numbers here in lagos and in other parts of nigeria in anticipation of trouble on this day, he added. .zealand nicaragua niger nigeria north korea north macedonia norway o oman p pakistan palau panama papua new guinea paraguay peru philippines poland portugal q qatar r republic of the congo. The democracy day demonstrations came as president muhammadu buhari has been struggling to control terrorism, criminal abductions and separatist.
