Protesters in Nigeria met with tear gas clampdown
THOUSANDS of protesters were met with tear gas as they poured onto the streets across Nigeria today in protest against the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.
In the capital Abuja, where a court granted an order late Wednesday to restrict the rally to a stadium, Nigerian police officers were seen firing tear gas to disperse a protesters who had gathered a few miles from the presidential villa.
The police also fired tear gas at protesters in Bauchi and Borno states in the conflict-battered north-east. It was not immediately clear whether security forces made any arrests.
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