Nigeria Fuel Price Protests Turn Violent
- Author:
- Al Jazeera English
- Publisher:
- Al Jazeera English
- Publication Date:
- 4 January 2012
- Tags:
- Nigeria, Petroleum
At least one person has been killed in protests over rising fuel prices. The cost of petrol more than doubled on Sunday night after the government cancelled fuel subsidies.
But, hundreds of angry demonstrators responded to the government move in the commercial capital, Lagos, on Tuesday. Protesters shut down petrol stations, formed human barriers along motorways and hijacked buses as police used riot control tactics to control them.
Widespread Fuel Protests Sweep Nigeria
- Hundreds Protest Fuel Subsidy Removal in Lagos
- Protesters Shut Down Lagos, Ibadan Over Fuel Subsidy
- Police Join Protests Against Fuel Subsidy Scrapping
- Thousands Protest Fuel Subsidy Scrapping
- Labour Unions Threaten Strikes and Protests Over Oil Subsidy Removal
- Police Fire Tear Gas to Break Up Fuel Protest
- Unions Threaten Mass Protests Over Fuel Price
- Fuel Subsidy Removal - Prepare for a Showdown, NLC, TUC Tell Nigerians
Police Disperse 'Occupy Kano' Protesters
- Police Clash With Protesters
- Subsidy - Lawyers to Boycott Courts
- Lagos Govt Expects Subsidy Removal to Be Positive
- Subsidy Protests - Depots Close Shop for Fear of Mob Attack
- Only Haters of Economic Recovery Oppose Subsidy Removal - Jang
- Muslim, Christian Protesters in Bid to Occupy City Centre
- Protesters Occupy Kano City Centre
- Protesters Vow to Continue Protest
- Kano Govt Backs FG On Fuel Subsidy Removal
- Subsidy Protests - More Protests Staged in Kano
