Police reinforcements have been deployed to parts of Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, in response to unrest thought to be linked a continuing cash shortage.

Gunfire has been heard and a number of main roads have been blocked, some by burning tyres.

Police said order had been restored in one district, Mile Twelve.

They blamed the trouble on hoodlums.

A local newsppaer has shared a video of the Friday morning protests.

Protest In Agege, Lagos Over Naira ScarcitySome residents in the Oke-koto area of Agege, Lagos state took to the streets in protest of naira scarcity in the country on Friday.In the video, the protesters barricaded the road with bonfires. Credit: Twitter | usman__haruna pic.twitter.com/4dSx9YENsw— Punch Newspapers (@MobilePunch) February 17, 2023

Frustration over a shortage of newly-designed banknotes caused violent protests earlier this week in other parts of southern Nigeria including Warri, Benin City and Ibadan.

On Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari, again extended the deadline for the old notes to be handed in.

Source: BBC