Protesters hold Nigeria oil plant
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Hundreds of people invade an oil installation operated by Chevron Texaco in Nigeria's Delta region.
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Nigeria's main umbrella union said Sunday it would go ahead with a general strike in Africa's top oil producer Monday to protest against rising domestic fuel prices.
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Nigerian oil workers' unions are staging a three-day strike to protest at the lack of security in the Niger Delta.
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Nigerian security forces are reported to have detained the country&#39;s top union leader two days before a scheduled nationwide strike to protest fuel price increases.
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afrol News, 11 October - Nigeria&#39;s trade unions today again lashed out against the hike in prices of petroleum products, organising a nation-wide strike.
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Nigerian militants and troops engaged in a major firefight near an oil pumping station operated by Royal Dutch Shell in the eastern part of the Niger Delta on Wednesday, militants said.
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Farmers and lorry drivers are taking part in protests across the UK against the rising cost of fuel.
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Protesters besieged oil platforms run by Royal Dutch/Shell Group Cos. and ChevronTexaco Corp. for a second day Monday, shutting down 90,000 barrels a day in production from Africa&#39;s leading oil exporter, company officials said.
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Lagos, Nigeria, Sep. 30 (FIDES/CWNews.com) - Lagos (Fides Service)- The leader of a Nigerian rebel group which has threatened to sabotage oil production in the Niger River delta is in Abuja, the capital of
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Gunmen invaded an oilfield control station operated by Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria's Bayelsa state in the Niger Delta and are holding several people hostage, a company spokesman said on Friday.
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Demonstrators seized control of a  natural gas facility in Bolivia on Friday in protest over the  government's nationalization of the energy industry, which they  say has not gone far enough, local radio reported.
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The Nigerian government sought a court  injunction on Wednesday to stop a three-day-old general strike  which has raised fears about oil supplies from the world's  seventh largest exporter.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo attempted to calm labor discontent Friday ahead of a planned general strike, saying he would order the reduction of kerosene prices.
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Port Harcourt, Nigeria - Multinational oil companies began talks with hundreds of Nigerian villagers occupying three oil platforms yesterday in a dispute over jobs that shut at least 90 000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil production.
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A four-day strike against fuel price rises in Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer, begins.
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LAGOS - Nigerian unions began a four-day general strike yesterday to protest against rising fuel prices, issuing their latest challenge to President Olusegun Obasanjo and his programme of economic reforms.
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Grassroots campaigners have seized two oil-pumping stations in southern Nigeria , trapping 75 workers in their quarters, the Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell has revealed.