Nigeria's government is warning that a paralyzing national strike risks "anarchy" in the oil-rich nation, as demonstrations over spiraling fuel prices 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. In a statement, Adoke described the strike by major labor unions as illegal, and warned public workers that the government would implement a "no work, no pay" policy for those who join the strike. "Continuing disregard of that order is (dangerous) to the public interest as it constitutes an open invitation to anarchy," Adoke said in a statement issued late Tuesday and quoted by the Associated Press. The nationwide strike, which began Monday, came after President Goodluck Jonathan removed subsidies on Jan. 1 that had kept gasoline prices low.
