13 dead in Nigeria protests | BBC News
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Published 2024-08-02
Governments in the states of Kano, Jigawa, Yobe and Katsina have ordered locals not to leave their homes - and therefore not attend protests - on Friday.
There is a heavy security presence around the country with nine more "days of rage" scheduled by the movement's organisers.
The nationwide demonstrations were organised via social media using the hashtag #EndBadGovernance and according to rights group Amnesty International, 13 protesters across Nigeria were killed by security forces on the first day of the protests.
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All Comments (21)
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Kenyans🇰🇪 stands with our Nigerian brothers🙏
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As a Ghanaian I feel very sorry for what the Nigerian people have to endure. Were it not for corruption, y'all would be a superpower
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I left Nigeria to Germany after my Technical Education and gratuated 1973 in Mechanical Engineering, came immediatelly back to Nigeria with an Employment by an American Oil Tools Company here to PH and left 1975 to do my Master and came back to Nigeria to work for a German Structural Company which closed up 1988 due to several millitary take-over in Nigeria. Then I left also back to Germany. Since then I have decided not to come to Nigeria anymore. Today I am 80 and I have never seen any Thing better in Nigeria which someone can be proud of about the Government. People are getting poorer and hungry while some are birthing with money and riding 3-6 Cars or more. Let the young ones rule and the old leave the Seats for them. This is my Opinion. Engr Fagbuyi
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Tinubu must go.
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When you've a criminal in power the people's suffer.
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Leave the bank Blame the greedy politicians
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It's 20 persons and not 13
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Nigeria keep fighting for your rights ❤ from South Africa
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There's no revolution without fallen Heroes, kenyans we've also lost our loved ones, my condolences to you my brothers and sisters 🕊 We will forever remember them for their bravery and courage ❤ Viva Kenya 🇰🇪 Viva Nigeria 🇳🇬 Viva Africa ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
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AS KENYANS WE STAND WITH NIGERIANS PEOPLE🇰🇪🇰🇪🇳🇬🇳🇬
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Nigerian here residing in NZ. Sickening to take innocent Protester's lives. I bet the Murderers will go home n sleep good. May your Conscience NEVER allow u to REST until u depart this earth. Be ready on the judgement day n be answerable to your Evil act. U hv now denied parents opportunity for these youths to look after them at their twilight yrs. So, so heartwrenching, killing ppl like animals.
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Why did the British created Nigeria in the first place?? Country is so divided
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nigeria has 40 ministers shocking, can u imagine the cost of one minister, and all those allowances it needs to stop from kenya
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13 people dead already I'm sure by the time the demonstration is done in a week time Nigeria will be a lifeless country 😢
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Viva from Rio de kanairo
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BBC what is British government doing about what is going on in Nigeria
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This is very bad
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Thanks of the organizers of this endbad government protest. I heard you are saying that 13people are killed. In my state alone people that are killed are above 13. So, forget about the said figures. See, this protest has come at the rigt time. We are talking of N70,000 minimum wage, well, this amount can't do anything compared to the present inflation rate as a result of removal of fuel subsidy. However, the case in the northern Nigeria is quite different. People are dieing in silence in the north. Could you believe that the problems of the country are cause by some wicked governors especially in north who treats civil servants as slaves and nobody, in the since that either the N30,000 minimum wage nor the N18,000 minimum wage has been implemented. Some governors are still paying N5,000 minimum wage and if one dear complains or write on social media of the happenings, that person will be black listed, stopped the small salary for months or years and that create fears in others so no body dear fits to complains again. 10 years with 2 or 3 promotions without financial benefits. The so called labours are government agents who are their loyalist. This protest comes timely for civil servants in the north. May God exposed them the more. God has different ways of salvaging Nigerians from bad leaders. What is being said is the true picture of what is obtainable in the north. Please verified some people in local government in the north are still collecting N7,000 as monthly salary. Verified, in the north even the N18,000 or N5,000 minimum wage they government is paying. some are still receiving what they are receiving 10 or 12 year back despite 2 or 3 promotions. It's shameful, unfortunate. painful, inhumane treatment for civil servants in the north. So help us God.
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So sad
