Nigeria’s president urges end to street protests as gunfire heard in Lagos after protest crackdown
FELIX ONUAH and LIBBY GEORGE NIGERIAN President Muhammadu Buhari has called for an end to street protests in the country,
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NIGERIAN SHOOTINGS: Denials of fatalities, an appeal for calm and a 24-hour curfew
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER NIGERIA’S Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has denied that there were fatalities after the army opened fire
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Nigerian calls on anti-police protesters to enter into a dialogue
PAUL CARSTEN NIGERIANS protesting against what they condemn as police brutality must end their daily demonstrations and enter into dialogue
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Nigeria’s police to stop using force against protesters – presidency
TIFE OWOLABI and FELIX ONUAH NIGERIA’S police have agreed to stop using force against protesters, the presidency has announced, a
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Nigeria’s Buhari promises police reform; one protester killed
FELIX ONUAH and ANGELA UKOMADU NIGERIAN President Muhammadu Buhari promised that the government would bring police officers responsible for misconduct
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President Buhari orders the police to address claims of police brutality
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER STUNG by protests against police brutality, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the country’s police leadership to
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Nigeria says Mali transition govt yet to satisfy regional demands
WEST African states are not ready to lift sanctions on Mali because the leaders of an August 18 coup have not
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Auschwitz memorial director offers to share Nigerian boy’s blasphemy jail term
THE head of Poland’s Auschwitz Memorial has written to Nigeria’s president offering to serve part of a 10-year jail term
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Nigeria’s Buhari calls electricity price rise, petrol deregulation crucial decisions
NIGERIA’S increase in electricity prices and the deregulation of petroleum sector were crucial decisions taken at the start of the
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Nigerian official collapses during televised Niger Delta corruption hearing
CAMILLUS EBOH A Nigerian official collapsed during a televised parliamentary hearing held as part of an investigation into allegations of
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