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Protesters gather against the scrapping of oil subsidies at Gani Fawehinmi Park in Lagos, on Jan. 11. Thousands of protesters gathered at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in the third day of on-going mass strike by labour and civil society to protest the scrapping of oil subsidy by the government.
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A man carries placard reading "Jonathan And His Government Must Go!" at Gani Fawehinmi Park in Lagos protesting against President Jonathan's government for scrapping oil subsidy on Jan. 11 in the third day of on-going mass strike by labor and civil society to protest the scrapping of oil subsidy by the government. A Nigerian oil workers union on Wednesday threatened to shut down crude production in Africa's largest oil producer as a nationwide strike over soaring fuel prices pushed on for a third day.
AP reports:
Nigeria's government is warning that a paralyzing national strike risks "anarchy" in the oil-rich nation, as demonstrations over spiraling fuel prices and government corruption entered their third day Wednesday.
Attorney General Mohammed Bello Adoke's comments come as at least nine people have been killed in violence during the strikes over the government removing subsidies that had kept gasoline prices low in Africa's most populous nation.
In Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital of 15 million, several hundred protesters took over a major highway leading to the islands where the wealthy live. One protester carried a signed that read: "We are ready for the civil war."
Afolabi Sotunde / Reuters
Demonstrators gather during a protest against the elimination of a popular fuel subsidy that has doubled the price of petrol, in Nigeria's capital Abuja, on Jan. 11. Nigerian oil workers threatened on Wednesday to shut down output in Africa's top crude producer, deepening a national strike over a more than doubling of petrol prices.
Aminu Abubakar / AFP - Getty Images
A protester carries a placard deploring poor social services in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, on Jan. 11. Hundreds of thousands of protesters poured into the streets for the second time in three days to protest ending of fuel subsidy in Africa's largest oil producer that saw fuel price more than doubled.
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Unreal! I'm not getting @!$%# for free or at a subsidized price and now I gonna start a riot. Screw these chumps. Let them burn the place down and kill each other. The less of them the better.
continuation... "Let them burn the place down and kill each other. The less of them the better." But I will ask who are you referring to as us. Must be you and your other ignorant and clearly racist good ole pals. Buddy, you need serious help. What is wrong with them protesting against a corrupt government. The US has been protesting with the occupy movement, did you say that they should burn the place down and kill each other?? Or are you saying that it's okay for one place to protest against a corrupt government and not okay for another?? Learn a little more before commenting so that you don't seem so uneducated and plain stupid. Also, I'm sure there will be no burning down of that beautiful country. God please forgive you for you know not what you say...
Nigeria, I stand in support of you 100%. GOD BLESS NIGERIA
Not sure what happened to my first comment... D-2832979, I basically stated that you are the one who is unreal! Are you serious is the question!! Your comment was beyond ignorant! I suggest you read and learn a little more about the facts before making such an uneducated and disgusting comment! Of course the US media is only going to provide a vague story, especially when it comes to Africa, which helps to feed ignorance like your comment. Your comment was so unreal that it's not even worth commenting on, but I had to. I just couldn't believe what I was reading. You seem like such a racist pig! I'm not even going to comment on your statement of...
I am deeply disturb about the current events in Nigeria. I have many Nigerian friends and I pray God for them and their family members. That being said, where is the Nigerian population in the US? Why aren't we hearing their voices in support of what is going over in their homeland. They need to bring the eyes of the world on what's going on. They need to lift they voices in support of their people. The news in the US is obviously not going to cover the events...which I find somewhat offensive seeing that the US gets a large part of its oil from Nigeria...but that might be the exact reason why we are not really hearing about it in the news. Corruption is at its fullest here. Nigeria is an oil rich state. So why is it importing oil? The goverment is only concern about filing their pockets. They care nothing about their people. Nigerian people living in the US need to help bring attention to what's going on in their country. Let your voices be heard so the eyes of the entire world will be turned on Nigeria. It is time for things to change.