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Why Nigerian protesters want Beyoncé to be more like Rihanna

image copy­rightReuter­sRi­han­na, Kanye West and Nic­ki Minaj are among the many celebri­ties who have come out to sup­port protests against police bru­tal­i­ty in Nige­ria. But pro­test­ers hit out when Bey­on­cé spoke up. Why?Protesters against police bru­tal­i­ty say that on Tues­day night in Lagos men in army fatigues closed in on them and shot at them while they sang the nation­al anthem, some­thing the army denies as “fake news”.The irony a chord across the world. South African come­di­an Trevor Noah said: “Just like we’ve seen in the US, the