Nigerian oil unions to meet president over unrest
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Nigeria's main oil workers unions will meet with President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abuja to try to end the unrest threatening oil companies in the Niger Delta, labour leaders said.
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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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NEW YORK, November 1  - World crude oil prices rose in Asia trading this morning, with the Nigerian oil unions beginning their protests in a build-up to a nationwide general strike planned for later this month.
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Olusegun Obasanjo, the Nigerian president, will meet Darfur rebels and Sudanese government representatives today to determine whether to end faltering African Union sponsored peace talks, a rebel spokesperson said.
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Nigerian workers will go on strike protesting recent 25 percent increase of petroleum products from Nov. 16, a leading trade unionist said here Sunday.
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Nigeria&#39;s main umbrella union has said it will go ahead with a general strike in Africa&#39;s top oil producer on Monday to protest against rising domestic fuel prices.
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Nigeria&#39;s umbrella trade union body Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) decided today to hold the next in a series of general strikes to protest against rising fuel prices on Nov. 16, Adams Oshiomhole, the NLC president, said.
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A rebel fighting for autonomy in Nigeria&#39;s oil-producing Niger Delta says will meet President Olusegun Obasanjo to discuss terms for ending the violence that has helped push crude prices to record highs.
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LAGOS - Nigerian unions began a four-day strike on Monday, helping drive world oil prices to record highs although shipments from Africa&#39;s top producer were unaffected.
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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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Lagos - Nigeria&#39;s President Olusegun Obasanjo will continue talks with rebels of the oil-rich Niger Delta in order to restore peace in the region, the presidential office said Sunday.
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The chief of Nigeria&#39;s main labor organization vowed that a four-day nationwide strike to protest fuel price hikes will go ahead yesterday as planned, and accused President Olusegun Obasanjo of shunning dialogue to resolve union grievances.
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ABUJA  - Nigeria braced for a nationwide strike as the country&#39;s top union leader emerged from secret police custody determined to pursue labour&#39;s opposition to President Olusegun Obasanjo&#39;s economic reforms.
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A rebel fighting for autonomy in  Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta arrived in the capital for  talks with President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday on terms to  end violence that helped to push crude prices to record highs.
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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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ABUJA - Nigeria was braced for a nationwide general strike on Monday in protest against rising fuel prices as trade unions launched their latest challenge to President Olusegun Obasanjo and his economic reforms.
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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.