Nigeria, June 15 -- Nigerians took to the street last Saturday in peaceful rallies to protest against bad governance and insecurity across the country.

The protest, organised by some Nigerian youth and civil society organisations, was billed to hold simultaneously in various states across the federation.

The protest held in many parts of the country including Abuja, Lagos, Oyo, Ondo Osun and Ogun, to mention but a few. The protest, however, did not hold in most parts of the North.

The June 12 protest, deliberately planned by civic groups and activists to coincide with Nigeria's Democracy Day, aimed at pressuring the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to address the worsening state of governance and the alarming rate of insec...