Protesters and police have clashed briefly in the city of Lagos, as Nigerians held a national strike over soaring fuel prices in Africa's largest oil producer.
Security forces, already under pressure over spiralling violence blamed on a radical Islamist group, were on high alert on Monday as several thousand people took to the streets of the economic capital.
The strike comes after the government's controversial move to end fuel subsidies on January 1, which caused petrol prices to more than double in the continent's most populous nation.
Transport costs have followed suit, sharply increasing the price of commuting in a country where most of the 160 million population lives on less than $2 per day despite its oil wealth.
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