Campaigners gathered outside the Nigerian Embassy in London today to call on the Nigerian government to work harder to combat the threat posed by terrorist group Boko Haram.
Scores of people lined the streets in Charing Cross as they urged world leaders to find ways to crack down on the violence in the West African country.
The protest came as dozens of people were killed and wounded in an attack by Islamic extremists on Maiduguri in the north-east of the country.
Amnesty International said hundreds of thousands of civilians were "now at grave risk" following the attack today.
Bwalya Newton, co-organiser of protest group Nigerian Lives Matter, told London Live that campaigners wanted to show "solidarity" with those suffering as a result of the terrorist violence.
She said: "It's important for Nigerians to care here. We're at a place of privilege where we're allowed to use our voices to shout loud and to highlight situations and issues which are important to us.
"As Nigerians we want to have that sense of unity and show solidarity that although we're no longer in Nigeria - the atrocities that are happening there, the terror that's ensuing on innocent lives - is important for us to share."
Video report for London Live by Funmi Olutoye
