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At least 45 people were killed and more than 100 injured in central Nigeria when a petrol tanker crashed off the road and exploded as people gathered fuel, qccording to emergency services. IMAGES
A Nigerian union has defied a court ban to launch a general strike in protest at a planned hefty increase in fuel prices, though many businesses and government offices opened as normal. Laura Frykberg reports
Nigerians feel the effects of fuel prices rises of up to 67 percent introduced by a government trying to cope with a fall in global oil prices. Sharon Atseyinku reports.
Motorists, business owners and traders in Nigeria are in despair over ongoing fuel shortages. As Amy Pollock reports there are calls for the newly elected president to intervene.