Thousands take to the streets in Nigeria in the first day of planned “days of rage” protests over the soaring cost of living and fuel crisis in the West African country.
A woman protest against hardship on the street of Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Thousands of mostly young people poured onto the streets across Nigeria on Thursday as they protested against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. Security forces fired tear gas to disperse some of the protesters in the capital, Abuja.
On Thursday, police fired teargas at hundreds of protestors in the capital, Abuja, who gathered at Eagle Square a public space near the city-center. In several cities in northern Nigeria, demonstrations which are planned to continue for 10 days, have met a heavy police presence. In Kano, a populous city in northern Nigeria, anti-government protestors forced their way into government buildings.
For weeks Nigerian government ministers, lawmakers, governors and police and security chiefs have tried to prevent nationwide protests from taking place, warning against demonstrations similar to protests held inhas deepened over the last year since the government elected in May 2023, adopted a series of economic reforms. It removed a controversial fuel subsidy and loosened currency controls.
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