{"id":45870,"date":"2026-09-18T13:50:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=45870"},"modified":"2026-09-18T13:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:50:18","slug":"nigeria-forces-open-fire-at-protest-over-deaths-of-detainees","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/nigeria-forces-open-fire-at-protest-over-deaths-of-detainees\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria forces open fire at protest over deaths of detainees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Security forces opened \u200bfire as people \u200ctook to the streets of a \u200bcity in central \u200bNigeria on Friday.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The protest is against \u200bthe deaths of \u200b37 detainees in the custody of a paramilitary \u200bforce, witnesses \u200bsaid.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">A\u00a0<i>Reuters\u00a0<\/i>witness said some \u200cprotestors \u2060in Minna, the capital of Niger State, were \u200barmed with \u200bsticks, \u2060machetes and traditional hunting \u200brifles.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">At least \u200bone \u2060body lay on the streets.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":43942,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-45870","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Security forces opened \u200bfire as people \u200ctook to the streets in Nigeria","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45871,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45870\/revisions\/45871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=45870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}