Nigerian general strike enters fourth day with no end in sight
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An indefinite strike by the main labour unions in Nigeria entered its fourth day Saturday with no immediate hope of an agreement with the government on the contentious issue of petrol prices.
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Negotiations between the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and the government over rising fuel prices collapsed on Friday, forcing the labor to begin its planned strikenext week with the first phase lasting four days.
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ABUJA - Nigeria was braced for a nationwide general strike on Monday in protest against rising fuel prices as trade unions launched their latest challenge to President Olusegun Obasanjo and his economic reforms.
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Lagos - Nigerian unions began a four-day general strike on Monday in protest at rising fuel prices, launching their latest challenge to President Olusegun Obasanjo and his programme of economic reforms.
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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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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&#39;s top producer were unaffected.
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Nigerian labor leaders say they will end a four-day old general strike called to protest rising fuel prices in Africa&#39;s largest oil-producing nation.
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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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Union leaders in Nigeria vow to press on with a general strike despite government efforts to promote talks.
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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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LAGOS, Nigeria - With world oil prices surging to new highs, union leaders in Nigeria imposed a four-day strike yesterday across this volatile West African nation to protest the rising cost of fuel at home, shutting down huge swathes of the commercial
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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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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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A nationwide strike went on Monday in Nigeria to protest against rising fuel prices, bringing much ofAfrica&#39;s top oil producer to a near standstill.
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Defiant Nigerian union leaders took their nationwide general strike into a third day and gave no sign of faltering over their demand that President Olusegun Obasanjo find a way to slash fuel prices.
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A four-day strike against fuel price rises in Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer, begins.
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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.