Defiant unions take Nigerian fuel strike into third day
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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 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 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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Abuja - Nigerian unions have threatened to extend their nationwide general strike, which entered its third day on Wednesday, continuing concerns about production in Africa&#39;s biggest oil-exporting nation.
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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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Nigeria's main oil unions said that their members will join next week's planned nationwide general strike and warned of disruptions in the country's exports of crude to the world market.
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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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Union leaders in Nigeria vow to press on with a general strike despite government efforts to promote talks.
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Nigerian unions Wednesday launched a general strike over a steep hike in fuel prices in one of the world&#39;s foremost oil exporters, in a first big test for the countryÃÂÃÂs new president, Umaru Yar-Adua.
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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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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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LAGOS - Nigerian unions began a four-day general strike yesterday to protest against rising fuel prices, issuing their latest challenge to President Olusegun Obasanjo and his programme of economic reforms.
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Nigerian unions threatened to extend their nationwide general strike, which entered its third day on Wednesday, increasing concerns about production in Africa's biggest oil-exporting nation.
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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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Trade union leaders in Nigeria vow to press on with a general strike despite government efforts to promote talks.
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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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Nigeria's government cuts the price of fuel in a bid to avert a planned general strike by the country's biggest unions.