The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday that a group of Polish students detained in Nigeria have been released. The students were arrested earlier this month in Kano, a northern state in Nigeria, after being accused of raising Russian flags during anti-government protests. The protests, which began on August 1, have drawn tens of thousands of Nigerians into …

The Russian Embassy in Nigeria on Monday said its officials are not involved and do not coordinate the activities of those waving Russian flags during #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests in parts of the country. In a statement made available to journalists in Abuja, the embassy said neither the Russian government nor any of its officials are involved in the activities of the …