First Phase of Nigeria Strike Due to End Thursday
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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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Abuja - Tens of millions of Nigerian workers began yesterday a four-day nationwide strike over rising fuel prices as labour leaders launched their latest challenge to President Olusegun Obasanjo&#39;s economic reforms.
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Nigeria's government offers to meet most union demands, ahead of Wednesday's general strike.
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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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Lagos, Nigeria, 10/11 - The four-day strike called by a coalition of Nigerian labour unions and civil society organisations to protest recent fuel price hike started Monday in the country.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo attempted to calm labor discontent Friday ahead of a planned general strike, saying he would order the reduction of kerosene prices.
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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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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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LAGOS: A four-day general strike over rising fuel prices has begun in Nigeria, Africa&#39;s largest oil producer. The largest trade union grouping in the country, the Nigerian Labour Congress, said more strikes
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A nationwide strike went on Monday in Nigeria to protest against rising fuel prices, bringing much ofAfrica&#39;s top oil producer to a near standstill.
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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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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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A general strike in Nigeria which has  raised fears over oil supplies was set to enter a fourth day  after a court rebuffed a government request to declare it  illegal on Wednesday.
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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&#39;s two main trade unions decided on Saturday to call off their four-day-old general strike over a rise in fuel prices after reaching an agreement with the government, a source told AFP.
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The head of Nigeria's main labor union said Tuesday the group would decide over the next 24 hours whether to restart a four-day strike that crippled business throughout Africa's most populous nation earlier this month.
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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.