Complex sentence: On the following day he announced that he was scrapping fuel subsidies, quickly causing prices to double, leading to widespread strikes and protests which were quelled nearly a fortnight later with police firing live ammunition and teargas and army checkpoints throughout the commercial capital Lagos.
Split into simpler sentences: On the following day he announced that he was scrapping fuel subsidies. Fuel price quickly doubled, leading to widespread strikes and protests which were quelled a fortnight later with police firing live ammunition and teargas and army checkpoints throughout the commercial capital Lagos.