| 5,675,732 |
9.08333 |
7.53333 |
Nigeria |
|
Police in Abuja fire teargas on members of United Action for Democracy (UAD) in an effort to disperse them as they protested against the military rule of the county. Three were eventually arrested. A rally by regime loyalists went ahead unhindered |
| 5,675,736 |
6.45306 |
3.39583 |
Nigeria |
|
Police fired teargas on protesters at a banned rally against the military ruler Abacha |
| 5,675,739 |
8.5 |
4.55 |
Nigeria |
|
Students in Ilorin City in west Nigeria turned to rioting Tuesday after waiting for hours in vain for buses to take them to school due to an ongoing fuel scarcity problem |
| 5,675,743 |
8.5 |
4.55 |
Nigeria |
|
Abdul Rahma Maliki, a journalist with Kwara State Television, was beaten by a detachment of policemen while attempting to cover a student protest, reported an advocacy organiization for press freedom |
| 5,675,747 |
6.55 |
7.36667 |
Nigeria |
|
Armed men wearing military uniforms ambushed and killed 10 passengers riding a bus through rural Nigeria before looting the bodies |
| 5,675,752 |
4.83333 |
6 |
Nigeria |
|
The Oboro Communal Militia (Ijaw ethnic group) attack and kill 31 mourners (Urhubo ethnic group) on their way to bury a relative who became victim of previous area violence. |
| 5,675,756 |
6.45306 |
3.39583 |
Nigeria |
|
at least one person was shot dead when police intervened to break up a spontaneous demonstration in northern Lagos over fuel shortage |
| 5,675,760 |
6.49789 |
3.38292 |
Nigeria |
|
violence breaks out at fuel stations over a fuel shortage, with motorists attacking troops sent to quell the unrest |
| 5,675,764 |
5.51721 |
5.90572 |
Nigeria |
|
Four British oil workers taken hostage by the Ekakpamre community as a protest against the oil companies neglect of their area. They were released four days later unharmed |
| 5,675,768 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Military reports a build-up of Cameroonian troops in the opening of a new front along Borno border, following intensification of dispute around territory of Bakassi Peninsula in the south of the country. |
