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 BiafraNigerians said they were paying up to 10 times the official
rate to fill their vehicles with petrol as the country groaned under biting fuel shortages on Wednesday after an
eight-day general strike. "It's terrible, people are really suffering. They want to get fuel so they are
doing whatever they can to get it," said Deji Kuku, an estate surveyor, shortly after he was restrained from
punching a driver who nearly reversed into his car. (CNN)
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 Lagos yesterday erupted in early morning violence over the fuel price
hike as the NLC's strike action entered its second week. The violent protests which commenced as some private vehicle
owners and some other commercial vehicle operators got set to move to their destinations were said to be organised
reactions by some civil rights groups to government tardiness in resolving the fuel price crisis. Some sources
also believe that the violence was a response to the attempt to break the... (Guardian)
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