US EditionSecurity forces fire tear gas as anti-government protests break out across Nigeria
- Thousands in Nigeria protested against the country’s worst cost-of-living crisis, prompting security forces to fire tear gas to disperse demonstrators.
- Omoyele Sowore stated protesters won’t retreat until their demands are addressed, despite the demonstration's planned duration.
- Rights groups expressed concerns about potential violence and suppression of dissent during the protests.
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Hindustan TimesAt least 3 killed in Nigeria at protests over high cost of living
At least three protesters were killed in Nigeria's Kaduna state on Thursday, Reuters reporters and eyewitnesses said, as demonstrators rallied across the West African nation against rising cost of living and governance issues.
Demonstrators and police clash in Nigeria protests
Television reports showed footage of gendarmes firing tear gas grenades to disperse protesters gathered near the presidential villa in the capital. An Abuja court decided that the protest against the rising cost of living should be confined to a stadium in the capital but the demonstrators ignored the ruling. Similar clashes erupted in northeastern Bauchi and Borno, the continent’s most populous states with an estimated 182 million people …
On Thursday, at least three people were killed in pro-government protests in the Nigerian state of Kaduna. Nigerians are demanding the government abandon economic reforms that have led to uncontrolled inflation.
Critics of the Tinubu government have called for “days of anger” in Africa's most populous state. Thousands roamed the streets because they can barely afford to live anymore.
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