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Feb
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigeria issues warning on planned protest

Nigeria issues warning on planned protest

NEWS
NIGERIA’S information minister called on activists to drop plans for a protest in the commercial capital Lagos over the reopening of the site where demonstrators against police brutality were shot last year, saying it risked being "hijacked by hoodlums". Protesters were shot on October 20 by people witnesses said were soldiers at the toll gate in the affluent Lekki district of Lagos. Rights group Amnesty International said soldiers and police killed at least 12 protesters in Lekki and another district. The military and police have denied involvement. Nationwide protests against police brutality were largely peaceful until the October 20 shooting, which…
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Oct
25
2020
By The African Mirror
Nigeria’s police chief mobilises to quell worst unrest in two decades

Nigeria’s police chief mobilises to quell worst unrest in two decades

NEWS
ANGELA UKOMADU NIGERIA'S police chief ordered the immediate mobilisation of all force resources to try to control the worst street violence in Africa's most populous country in two decades stemming from protests against police brutality. The unrest, unprecedented since the 1999 return to civilian rule, is the most serious political crisis confronting President Muhammadu Buhari, a former military ruler elected in 2015. Curfews have been imposed on millions of people in recent days in response to violence and looting in parts of the country. Violence, particularly in the commercial capital Lagos, escalated after demonstrators were shot on Tuesday night in…
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Oct
24
2020
By The African Mirror
Burned-out buildings and armed gangs in Lagos despite president’s plea

Burned-out buildings and armed gangs in Lagos despite president’s plea

NEWS
ANGELA UKOMADU  GANGS armed with knives and sticks have blocked major roads in Lagos, with many angered by a speech by Nigeria's president in which he appealed for calm but failed to condemn the killing of protesters demanding an end to alleged police brutality. The unrest is the worst street violence since Nigeria's return to civilian rule in 1999 and the most serious political crisis confronting President Muhammadu Buhari, a former military leader who came to power at the ballot box in 2015. A highway leading to the international airport was obstructed by blockades manned by groups of young men…
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Oct
23
2020
By The African Mirror
Nigeria’s president urges end to street protests as gunfire heard in Lagos after protest crackdown

Nigeria’s president urges end to street protests as gunfire heard in Lagos after protest crackdown

NEWS
FELIX ONUAH and LIBBY GEORGE  NIGERIAN President Muhammadu Buhari has called for an end to street protests in the country, as authorities in the commercial capital Lagos struggled to enforce a curfew imposed to contain anger over a crackdown on anti-police protesters. Gunshots rang out and smoke rose from at least two fires in the commercial capital's affluent Ikoyi neighbourhood, witnesses said. A fire broke out in the district's prison, the state government said. Video footage showed a blaze in a shopping mall in another part of Lagos. Violence in Lagos, Africa's biggest city - where witnesses on Thursday reported…
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