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Nigeria's capital city Abuja suffered severe fuel shortages on Wednesday, as a trade union halted deliveries and threatened to cut supplies to the rest of the country by Friday unless the government resumes some subsidy payments it has withheld.

Fuel stations were closed throughout Abuja and black market traders toured the city with jerry cans selling gasoline for 50 percent more than the official price of 95 naira ($0.61) a liter.

Nigeria's finance ministry said on Friday it will not pay fuel subsidies to importers currently being investigated for fraud by a presidential committee.