Nigerians protest rising fuel costs
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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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afrol News, 11 October - Nigeria&#39;s trade unions today again lashed out against the hike in prices of petroleum products, organising a nation-wide strike.
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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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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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Brent crude futures on the London oil market reached USD50 a barrel today as Nigerian oil workers went on strike. Nigerian unions launched a four-day general strike to protest rising fuel prices, but oil shipments
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Oil prices pierced the $50-a-barrel mark again today amid concern over possible conflict in Nigeria's oil-producing delta region.
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Nigerian unions Wednesday launched a potentially crippling general strike over a steep hike in petroleum prices in one of the world&#39;s foremost oil exporters.
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LAGOS, Oct 31  - Nigeria&#39;s main trade union body and a coalition of civil society groups vowed Sunday to bring their country&#39;s workforce out on strike from November 16 as their latest protest against rising fuel prices.
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Nigeria&#39;s largest labor union is on strike to protest the rising prices of fuel in Africa&#39;s largest oil-producing country, defying a court order declaring the labor action illegal.
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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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Nigerian oil workers' unions are to stage a brief strike protest at the lack of security in the Niger Delta.
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The die is cast. Baring any last minute change of mind, organised labour and civil society groups will today commence a nationwide strike to protest the lastest hike in the prices of petroleum products.
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As soon as oil traders heard Wednesday that oil workers in Nigeria, a major petroleum exporter, threatened to join a national strike, their frenzied bidding drove up the price of crude oil by more than 90 cents, to more than $52 a barrel.
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Nigeria's government cuts the price of fuel in a bid to avert a planned general strike by the country's biggest unions.
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LAGOS, Nigeria: A union leader who called a nationwide strike to protest rising fuel prices in Nigeria warned that the strike could be extended if serious violence breaks out or the government refuses to consider its demands.
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By Rosie Murray-West, City Correspondent (Filed: 01/11/2004). Nigeria&#39;s union leaders yesterday declared embattled oil business Shell to be an &quot;enemy of the Nigerian people&quot; and called for protests against the company.
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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.