The #EndbadGovernanceinNigeria movement won support with an online campaign and thousands of people began taking to the streets across the country on August 1.
A former Miss South Africa contestant hounded over a nationality row was crowned Miss Universe Nigeria on Saturday, capping a difficult few weeks for the beauty queen.
Twenty medical students on their way to an annual convention have been kidnapped in eastern Nigeria, police and university sources said Saturday.
At least 20 people died in a boat accident in southern Nigeria earlier this week, the country’s emergency agency and police said on Saturday.
Amnesty International has accused Nigerian security forces of killing at least 21 protesters during a week of rallies against economic hardship.
Nigerian government said it will not tolerate calls for coups after some protesters in northwest Kano and Kaduna states waved Russian flags while marching in the streets Monday.