Police brutality is just tip of the iceberg for protesters in Nigeria

Police violence prompted latest protests but anger at the government is growing

The signs held up by protesters have been clear. We have no leaders," said one. The power of the youth is stronger than you that is in power," ran another. A third read: Nigeria bleeds."

This last statement has been all too true over the last 24 hours. At least seven people are thought to have been killed when soldiers opened fire on a protest site in an upscale part of Lagos, the commercial and cultural centre of Africa's most populous nation.