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Dozens died in anti-government protests in Sierra Leone, police and other sources said on Thursday, sharply raising the death toll from the previous day's clashes as shocked citizens stayed mostly behind closed doors in the capital Freetown.

Six police officers and at least 21 civilians were killed, the sources said, as hundreds took to the streets in frustration at economic hardship and a perceived failure by the government to cushion the impact of rising prices.

The unrest is highly unusual for Sierra Leone, especially in the West African country's capital Freetown. A few people have been killed in isolated protests in other cities in recent years.

One verified video from Freetown showed a police officer firing a gun into a crowd.

Other verified images from Freetown showed clouds of smoke and teargas as large crowds threw rocks and burned tyres and armed officers patrolled the streets.

The protests were concentrated in the opposition's northern heartland and the capital.

Long held in check, citizens' frustrations have been exacerbated by rising prices for basic goods in a country where, according to the World Bank, more than half the population of around 8 million live below the poverty line.

Wednesday's death toll included two police officers killed in Freetown, three in the northern town of Kamakwie and one in the northern city of Makeni, police inspector general William Fayia Sellu told Reuters.

At least 13 civilians were shot dead in Freetown, said staff at the city's main mortuary. Hospital sources said that four civilians were killed in Kamakwie and another four in Makeni.

An eerie calm had returned to Freetown on Thursday, residents said, as stores were closed and people stayed in out of fear of unrest.

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FreeSpirited:
APC looting galore.
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And some motherfuckers want us to vote APC so the looting of gas and crude oil can continue
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Racoon:
A convicted criminal coming out to contest a Senatorial seat immediately after being given an undeserved state pardons? Only in Nigeria. So sad! Too bad.

God1000:
This breaks my heart, is there any hope for this country?

EtinosaDLaw:
All they know how to do is insult people, but when Obi's people retaliate now they will start crying blue murder. You can't campaign for agbado because you have nothing positive to campaign with other than wishful-thinking, all you can do is come on TV to insult Obi and Atiku every time you're behind the camera. Keyamo is a disgrace to the Legal Profession.

Nigerians will reply you with their votes

kozmokaz:


We all for the gram

Massive cash out season loading

Emmanuel bia ka anyi ga ndi APC n’eme meeting

They will cook rice and share money

From the look on there faces , they be like

Can we just skip to the FOOD and money already?

A London museum has agreed to return 72 objects looted from Benin City in 1897 to the Nigerian government.

The Horniman Museum and Gardens, located in south London, announced the transfer in a news release Sunday. All of the objects were taken from the Kingdom of Benin, in what is now the capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria, during a British military operation in February 1897, the museum said.

The artifacts include 12 brass plaques that are part of a genre known as the "Benin bronzes." These bronze sculptures were created from at least the 16th century to decorate the royal court in Benin, according to the British Museum.

In 1897, British forces launched a "bloody and devastating" military occupation of the Benin Kingdom and thousands of artworks were stolen and taken to the United Kingdom as "spoils of war," the museum said.

Britain can't decide whether it should send its looted treasures back to their rightful owners
The Horniman's Benin collection also includes other brass objects looted during the occupation, such as an altar piece, bells, fans and baskets.

"We very much welcome this decision by the Trustees of the Horniman Museum and Gardens," said Abba Tijani, director general of Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments, in the release.

"Following the endorsement by the Charity Commission, we look forward to a productive discussion on loan agreements and collaborations between the National Commission for Museums and Monuments and the Horniman," Tijani said.
The decision comes as a victory for Nigeria and other African countries that have fought to recover cultural artifacts seized during military occupation and held in museums, mostly in Europe, but also in the United States and Australia.

Nigeria's national commission requested the return of the items in January, the Horniman said. Some of the objects may still be lent to the Horniman for display and research, according to the release.
Eve Salomon, chair of the museum's trustees, called the transfer "moral and appropriate."

Smithsonian Museum of African Art removes Benin bronzes from display and plans to repatriate them
"The evidence is very clear that these objects were acquired through force, and external consultation supported our view that it is both moral and appropriate to return their ownership to Nigeria," Salomon said in the release. "The Horniman is pleased to be able to take this step and we look forward to working with the NCMM to secure longer term care for these precious artefacts."

The Horniman follows in the footsteps of several other museums that have returned their looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria.

In February, the University of Aberdeen and Cambridge University's Jesus College returned two Benin bronzes. Last year, the French government returned 26 artworks seized from Benin in 1892.

And in November of 2021, the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC, removed all of its Benin bronzes from display and announced plans to repatriate them.

inoki247:
If wu ever dey are supporting makes mistakes or dole out lies and fake statistics dey will blame Tinubu or blame the media for reporting that still look for a way to defend....


Maybe Biafra war was caused by Tinubu sef wu knows....

ThrownBack:
Exactly, northern terrorists just like in Ondo state.

inoki247:
Lol so no be DSS and Fulani herdsmen again dey cause insecurity for ur region na Tinubu....


It seems everybody in that region are just too holy...

I’m not surprised at Zack Orji at all. Someone who after getting poisoned by Liz Benson for many years in the nollywood can only boast of a 1998 Jeep, a self Con apartment in Ago palace Lagos and an unending supply of bleaching cream. This man is after his stomach. Too bad


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descarado:
The guy hates igbo with passion.
From his time on nairaland, nobody except omenka and simply Leo can match his avid hatred.
It's still igbos that will go on his feed to bring his tweets here everyday. Do they worship him?
The same with reno. Reno never liked igbo. Ffk the same. Anybody that want social media fame will align and start defending igbo before they strike and these mumu will be hailing them.
Tell these boys to grow up.

Shevchenkko:
You have already wished your family calamities by supporting an ancestor like Tinubu. The gods will decend on you idiots soon

MetaPhysical:
Obi has recruited ipob statisticians, they churn out numbers from their @'$$.

There is never a time Nigerians has ever constituted or will ever constitute 75% of NBA players. NEVER!

NBA recruits from college athletes and scouting agents. Nigerians on athletic scholarship in US Universities are not up to 10% of campus population. Nigerians on street basketball highlights are zero.

So where did Obi get 75%? This lie is minted from autonomous village in Onitsha.

candidtalk:
Abi. They are delusional jokers. They were the one who conned Kanu to believe he is super human and a god by kissing his feet and bowing to him everywhere .

They even began calling him Ohamadike or some sh1t like that. Today they have abandoned him and the Biafra agitation for Obi and a delusional Presidency project.

Kanu that was pleading for guns to fight Nigeria is openly preaching peace in detention after it became clear to him he will die in jail.

Obi is now the new messiah they have replaced Kanu with. They don't want anyone to criticise him or point out his flaws and deception yet they want to remain attacking Tinubu every seconds with lies, propaganda and deceit.

Jokers.