| 5,675,817 |
7.38778 |
3.89639 |
Nigeria |
|
During the show-election for military dictator General Sani Abacha a pro-democracy boycott (called by pro-democracy groups including UAD) leads to a riot in the streets of Ibadan |
| 5,675,822 |
7.38778 |
3.89639 |
Nigeria |
|
Police kill seven civilians and arrest twenty who were protesting against the military dictatorship of General Sani Abacha. UAD: United Action for Democracy called for the May Day demonstrations against the regime |
| 5,675,828 |
7.76667 |
4.9 |
Nigeria |
|
Five are feared dead in a clash between students and local villagers over a traffic dispute. |
| 5,675,833 |
6.45306 |
3.39583 |
Nigeria |
|
Abuse in custody of journalist Biodun Ogunleye, reports press advocacy group |
| 5,675,837 |
7.15 |
3.35 |
Nigeria |
|
Armed men raided the home of of jailed former Nigerian leader, Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, attacking guards and his family before robbing the house. |
| 5,675,841 |
6.45306 |
3.39583 |
Nigeria |
|
Olisa Agbokoba, leader of United Action for Democracy, begins a hunger strike to protest the conditions of his imprisonment. Agbokoba was one of several pro-democracy activists arrested after May Day protests against the military regime |
| 5,675,845 |
10.52224 |
7.43828 |
Nigeria |
|
Thirty are killed when an armed group attacks a bus traveling between Kaduna and Lagos. |
| 5,675,848 |
6.45306 |
3.39583 |
Nigeria |
|
Bus drivers in Lagos suspended a strike they had called earlier in the day after the state government agreed to look into their grievances |
| 5,675,851 |
7.76667 |
4.56667 |
Nigeria |
|
Violent protests broke out where pro-democracy activists blocked traffic with burning piles of car tires |
| 5,675,855 |
7.76667 |
4.56667 |
Nigeria |
|
Police arrest 19 students who were organizing a protest against the military dictatorship. |
