Nigeria Arrests Union Leader Before General Strike
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Nigerian security forces arrested the country&#39;s top union official at gunpoint on Saturday, his union said, ahead of a general strike called for Monday which the government has declared illegal.
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The leader of Zimbabwe's political opposition was arrested in an overnight police raid on his home ahead of a mass march Wednesday that had been banned by authorities, his group said.
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Militants in Nigeria's troubled Niger Delta seize the three-year-old son of a local chief, police say.
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There is no news of Adams Oshiomhole, the head of Nigeria's main union body, after his arrest on Saturday.
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Nigerian police arrest the leader of a Muslim Shia sect and 100 of his followers after clashes in the northern city of Sokoto.
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Adams Oshiomhole, the president of Nigeria&#39;s main union body, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), is missing. He was picked up by secret police at the airport of the capital, Abuja, early on Saturday.
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ABUJA, Nigeria - Security forces released the head of Nigeria&#39;s main labor organization on Sunday after a brief detention, but a nationwide strike will go ahead as planned, a spokesman for the labor group said.
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The crisis caused by the truckersâ strike deepened today after the Delhi Police arrested OP Agarwal, the chairman of the All India Transportersâ Welfare Association (AITWA).
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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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Nigeria&#39;s crippling general strike entered its third day Friday after overnight talks between labour unions and government officials ended in deadlock.
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Delhi Police today arrested OP Agrawal, the chairman of All India Motor Transport Welfare Association, which is one of the organisations spearheading a nation-wide truckers strike over a new service tax.
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Adams Oshiomhole, the head of Nigeria's main union body, is said to have been freed after his arrest on Saturday.
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The dissident leader of fuel price protests in Burma a week ago has been arrested, following a police operation.
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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.
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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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A union leader threatened Tuesday to extend a four-day nationwide strike in Nigeria that has helped push world oil prices to record highs.
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Lagos - Nigeria&#39;s main umbrella union would go ahead with a general strike today amid confusion over the whereabouts of its leader following his detention by security agents, the blue-collar Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said yesterday.