A MOB torched an Islamic school in southern Nigeria as the second day of a national strike over fuel prices locked down the country, fanned religious tensions and unnerved the global oil market.

THREE top Nigerian militant leaders in the volatile oil hub of the Niger Delta gave up their weapons along with thousands of fighters on Saturday under a government amnesty.

Police have arrested dozens of protesters, including Nobel laureate author Wole Soyinka, after firing tear gas during an anti-government protest today in Nigeria’s commercial capital.