Nigeria&#39;s oil strike shuts down most of Lagos
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LAGOS, Nigeria - With world oil prices surging to new highs, union leaders in Nigeria imposed a four-day strike yesterday across this volatile West African nation to protest the rising cost of fuel at home, shutting down huge swathes of the commercial
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Oil prices fell from record peaks today, even as workers in major crude producer Nigeria launched a four-day general strike that risks disrupting supplies, dealers said.
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Labor unions on Saturday called off a strike aimed at overturning a government hike of automobile fuel prices, ending a four-day work stoppage that shut down most major economic activity in Africa's biggest oil producer, officials said.
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Most businesses, schools and offices remain closed in Nigeria's main cities on the second day of a general strike.
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The Nigerian high court today banned a planned general strike that would target oil plants in the worldâs seventh largest exporter.
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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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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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Nigeria&#39;s main labor union on Monday lifted its threat of a nationwide strike that would have shut down the oil industry in the world&#39;s No.
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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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Nigerian unions called off a general strike which had jeopardized oil supplies from the world's seventh-largest exporter for four days, but threatened more action within weeks unless the government cut fuel prices.
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Nigerian cities are quiet as trade unions stage a general strike over fuel prices and VAT, despite concessions.
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A general strike in Nigeria, which has raised fears over oil supply from the world&#39;s seventh-largest exporter, will likely end its first phase on Thursday &quot;all going well&quot;, union leaders said.
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Oil fell over a dollar on Monday after Nigerian oil unions at the weekend suspended a two-day strike that had threatened to halt oil shipments from the world's eighth-largest oil exporter.
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A general strike in Africa&#39;s top oil  producer began on Wednesday after unions rejected government  concessions on fuel prices as too little too late.
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Crude oil futures fell after a cease- fire held in Nigeria, lessening concerns that rebel fighting may disrupt US imports from Africa&#39;s biggest oil-producing state.
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Nigeria&#39;s main oil workers union threatened to shut down the country&#39;s oil industry as a nationwide general strike entered its third day Wednesday, increasing concerns about supply from Africa&#39;s biggest crude producer.
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Nigeria's main umbrella union said Sunday it would go ahead with a general strike in Africa's top oil producer Monday to protest against rising domestic fuel prices.