General Strike in Nigeria Enters 2nd Day (The Columbian)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A general strike called by unions seeking to overturn government price hikes moved into its second day on Thursday, with streets increasingly deserted across Africa's most-populous nation....more...General Strike in Nigeria Enters 2nd Day (ABC News)
Nigerian Strike Seeking to Overturn Government, Price Hikes Moves Into Second Day...more... Nigeria general strike moves into second day (Pravda)
A nationwide general strike called by unions seeking to overturn government price hikes moved into its second day on Thursday, with streets increasingly deserted across Africa's most-populous nation....more... Nigerian government drives gunmen from oil installation, killing 12 (CP via Yahoo! Canada News)
YENAGOA, Nigeria (AP) - Troops attacked and overran a Nigerian oil facility Thursday where gunmen were holding two dozen workers and soldiers hostage, leaving a dozen of the gunmen dead, the military said....more... Nigerian troops retake oil installation (The Globe and Mail)
Surge of militant attacks have cut about a quarter of Nigeria's daily production, helping send oil prices soaring ...more... Gunmen driven from Nigerian oil facility (Sharewatch)
YENAGOA, Nigeria (AP) - Troops drove out gunmen holding some two dozen workers and soldiers hostage in a Nigerian oil installation Thursday, the military said. About a dozen gunmen were killed....more... Nigerian government, striking unions meet (International Herald Tribune)
The government met with labor union representatives Thursday as unionists behind a nationwide general strike tried to force new President Umaru Yar'Adua's administration to overturn a 15 percent fuel price hike....more... Fears for hostages as troops kill gunmen in rescue bid (Times Online)
Troops attacked and overran a Nigerian oil facility yesterday, killing twelve gunmen and freeing ten hostages, the military said. The fate of more than a dozen other hostages was unknown last night and some Nigerian troops were unaccounted for....more... Unions won't back down (Independent Online)
A general strike over a rise in fuel prices brought much of Nigeria to a standstill but oil supplies from Africa's top producer were initially unaffected....more... |