Nigerian unions suspend fuel strike but warn of re-match
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ABUJA : Nigeria&#39;s unions suspended their general strike and gave President Olusegun Obasanjo&#39;s government two weeks to find a way to cut rising fuel prices, the country&#39;s top labour leader said.
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LAGOS, Nigeria  - Nigeria's main labour union on Monday indefinitely suspended a looming countrywide strike that had threatened to shut down the oil industry in the world's No. 7 exporter.
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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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Trade unions have joined a government team to find ways of easing the impact of a 25% rise, but refused to end the protest. Nigeria is Africa&#39;s biggest oil producer and is seeking to cut heavily subsidised fuel prices.
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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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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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Nigeria's trade unions call off a four-day general strike over a rise in petrol prices, after talks with the government.
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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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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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A Nigerian high court on Thursday blocked an upcoming general strike meant to shut down oil exports in the world's seventh largest exporter.
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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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LAGOS, 15 November (IRIN) - Nigeria&#39;s powerful trade unions on Monday called off a general strike planned for the next day after the government, in an eleventh-hour move, offered an almost 10-percent cut in the price of domestic fuels.
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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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Nigerian cities are quiet as trade unions strike saying concessions on fuel price rises are "too little, too late".
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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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Trade unions in Nigeria threaten to call a general strike in protest at recent fuel price hikes.
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Oil fell 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.