Protestors hold Nigeria oil plant
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Nigerian villagers end their three-day occupation of three multinational oil installations in the Niger Delta.
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Major oil companies operating in Nigeria&#39;s oil-rich southern region say they will not give in to threats of attacks on their facilities and employees by militias.
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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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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.
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PORT HARCOURT - Hundreds of unarmed Nigerian villagers, including women and children, seized three oil platforms operated by multinational oil companies yesterday, shutting 90,000 barrels per day of production in a dispute over jobs.
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Nigeria oil militants take control of an oil installation operated by Shell in the oil-rich southern Nigeria.
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Nigerian employees of oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell embarked on a two-day "warning strike" Thursday to protest looming job cuts under a company plan to reduce costs and boost profits, company and union officials said.
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Protesting villagers have forced the Nigerian subsidiary of Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Cos. to cut oil output in the volatile Niger Delta, hampering efforts by the Anglo-Dutch oil company to recover from earlier protests last month, a company spokesman said Thursday.
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Nigerian unions have decided to hold an indefinite general strike on November 16 to protest against rising fuel prices in the world&#39;s eighth largest oil exporter.
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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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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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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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Shell's Nigerian subsidiary has restarted oil production at five platforms shut down last month by protests in the troubled Niger Delta, but a pipeline leak has cut output elsewhere, a company spokesman said Monday.
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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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LAGOS, NIGERIA - Hundreds of Nigerian villagers are blocking access to two oil platforms in the country&#39;s southern region, shutting down production of 90,000 barrels of oil a day, said oil company officials.
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LAGOS  - The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and a coalition of civil society groups on Monday stepped up efforts to whip up support for a planned general strike, called to protest rising fuel prices in the oil-rich west African country.
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Multinational oil giant, Royal Dutch/Shell has disclosed that its out put remains unchanged despite its evacuation of non-essential staff from two oil production plants in its eastern operations area in the Niger- Delta where Nigerian troops are engaged