Nation-wide Strike Underway in Nigeria
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A nation-wide strike is under way in Nigeria to protest fuel price increases in the oil-rich west African nation. Reports from Abuja, the Nigerian capital, and Lagos, the country&#39;s commercial cenbter, say
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By Chris Nwachuku, Hilda Esin in Lagos and Hammed Shittu in Osogbo. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its main allies, the civil society organisation yesterday resolved to embark on indefinite strike from
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Nigerian unions on Monday suspended a general strike due to start on Tuesday after the government agreed to reduce domestic fuel prices, a union leader said.
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Nigeria&#39;s crippling general strike entered its third day Friday after overnight talks between labour unions and government officials ended in deadlock.
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ABUJA, Nigeria  - The chief of Nigeria's main labour organization vowed that a four-day countrywide strike to protest fuel price hikes will go ahead Monday as planned, and accused President Olusegun Obasanjo of shunning dialogue to resolve union grievances.
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JOHANNESBURG, May 29 -- Nigeria's new president, Umaru Yar'Adua, pledged in his inaugural address Tuesday to work urgently to quell rising violence in the volatile Niger Delta, a major source of oil exports to the United States.
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Nigeria&#39;s main labor union on Monday lifted its threat of a nationwide strike that would have shut down the oil industry in the world&#39;s No.
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As world oil prices again hit new highs, Nigeria's biggest labor federation launched a four-day nationwide strike Monday to protest the rising cost of fuel at home, shutting down huge swathes of Lagos, the country's largest city and its commercial center.
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Unions began a four-day strike against  rising fuel prices in Nigeria on Monday, helping drive world  oil prices to record highs even though shipments from Africa's  top producer were unaffected.
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The chief of Nigeria's main labor organization vowed that a four-day nationwide strike to protest fuel price hikes will go ahead Monday, and workers in the country's crude oil industry said they would join the work stoppage.
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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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Nigeria&#39;s senior union leaders have called for an indefinite general strike to disrupt oil supplies in the Niger Delta. The strike is a protest against Anglo-Dutch giant Shell, which they said is an &quot;enemy of the Nigerian people&quot;.
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Nigeria ordered immediate cuts in domestic fuel prices today in a bid to avert a looming general strike that unions say will target oil exports.
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Nigeria&#39;s main oil workers union threatened to shut down the country&#39;s oil industry as a nationwide general strike entered its third day Wednesday, increasing concerns about supply from Africa&#39;s biggest crude producer.
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Trade unions in Nigeria yesterday threatened to extend a three-day general strike which has shut down much of the country and driven world oil prices to a record high.
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Nigerian unions Wednesday launched a general strike over a steep hike in fuel prices in one of the world&#39;s foremost oil exporters, in a first big test for the countryÃÂÃÂs new president, Umaru Yar-Adua.
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Nigerian unions began a four-day strike  on Monday, helping drive world oil prices to record highs  although shipments from Africa's top exporter were unaffected.