Nigeria fuel price strike starts
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A four-day general strike begins against fuel price rises in Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer.
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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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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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Trade Unions and civil rights groups in Nigeria, Africa&#39;s largest oil exporter, have called off a national strike over fuel prices.
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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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A four-day national strike has begun in Nigeria in protest at a 25% increase in the cost of oil. Oil executives in Nigeria said they were confident there would be no immediate disruption to exports.
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LAGOS, 11 Oct 2004 (IRIN) - Several of Nigeria&#39;s biggest cities were paralysed on Monday as labour unions began a four-day general strike to protest at the latest fuel price increases under President Olusegun Obasanjoâs deregulation programme.
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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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A general strike in Nigeria which has raised fears over oil supply from the world's seventh largest exporter, will likely end its first phase on Thursday, union leaders said.
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A general strike over a rise in fuel prices brought much of Nigeria to a standstill on Wednesday but oil supplies from Africa's top producer were initially unaffected.
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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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A FOUR-DAY general strike over rising fuel prices has begun in Nigeria, Africaâs largest oil producer. More strikes will follow if a 25 per cent price increase is not reversed, the largest trade union in
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Soaring fuel prices have prompted Nigeria&#39;s main union to plan a Nov. 16 strike against the Royal Dutch-Shell group, the BBC reported Monday.
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LAGOS, NIGERIA - Streets in the Nigerian capital of Lagos are deserted Tuesday as the country enters the second day of a general strike to protest a 25 per cent hike in oil prices.
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A general strike gripped Nigeria on Wednesday, posing the first significant test for the country&#39;s new president and putting oil markets on edge over supplies from one of the world&#39;s top crude exporters.
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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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A general strike in Nigeria which has helped push world oil prices to record highs entered its second day Tuesday, as labor unions continued protest over the rising cost of fuel at home.