Nigeria fuel price strike starts
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Astana - London. October 11. KAZINFORM refers to BBC News - Fuel price rises have hit many Nigerians very hard. A four-day general strike over rising fuel prices has begun in Nigeria, Africa&#39;s largest oil producer.
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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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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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LAGOS : Tens of millions of Nigerian workers began a four-day nationwide strike over rising fuel prices as labour leaders launched their latest challenge to President Olusegun Obasanjo&#39;s economic reforms.
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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 main trade union body has said it is planning a second general strike to protest at fuel price rises, warning it would target oil production.
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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.
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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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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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NORTH Sea Brent crude surged through $50-a-barrel for the first time yesterday, as a four-day general strike began in oil-rich Nigeria and the market fretted about out-of-action capacity in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Nigeria's umbrella union body said on  Tuesday it would give the government until Sunday to reverse a  20 per cent hike in domestic fuel prices in the world's eighth  largest oil producer or it would call a general strike.
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Tens of millions of Nigerian workers began a four-day nationwide strike over rising fuel prices as labour leaders launched their latest challenge to President Olusegun Obasanjo's economic reforms.
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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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Business & money: Nigerian strike and Iran worries add to pressure as cost of crude oil rises to its highest level this year.
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NEW YORK -- Oil futures prices headed to a new high Monday as a strike began in Africa&#39;s largest exporter of crude oil. Crude for November delivery rose 33 cents to $53.
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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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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.