Tear gas used on Nigerian protestors

Police have arrested dozens of protesters, including Nobel laureate author Wole Soyinka, after firing tear gas during an anti-government protest today in Nigeria’s commercial capital.

Soyinka, an outspoken opponent of previous military regimes, is also a vocal critic of President Olusegun Obasanjo’s civilian government, describing Nigeria as an anarchic state in which normal government functions have been upended.