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Protesters shut down Nigeria's finance ministry

Staff at Nigeria's finance ministry staged a protest on Tuesday, shutting down the headquarters in the capital Abuja for a second day and vowing to halt work for the whole week over pay demands.

The protesters want extra allowances worth 1.2 billion naira ($4.21 million) to cope with rising inflation, demands rejected by the ministry as "unjustified".

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