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Nigerian oil union threatens shutdown amid strike
Lagos :: Nigeria | over 1 year ago
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A union representing 20,000 oil and gas workers in Nigeria threatened Thursday it would shut down all production starting Sunday to take part in the crippling nationwide strike over spiraling fuel prices. The strike began Monday after the Nigerian
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Fallouts of day 2 mass protests in Lagos
Fallouts of day 2 mass protests in Lagos … Area boys shot divisional crime officer … Hoodlums extorts money from
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Nationwide strike begins in Nigeria over gas costs
Lagos :: Nigeria | over 1 year ago
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Nigeria (AP) — A national strike paralyzed much of Nigeria on Monday, with more than 10,000 demonstrators swarming its commercial capital to protest soaring fuel prices and decades of government corruption in the oil-rich country. <
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End of decades of cheap gas in Nigeria fuel unrest
Lagos :: Nigeria | over 1 year ago
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Nigeria (AP) — For decades, Nigerians have expected low gasoline prices, one of the few perks seen by residents of an oil-rich nation where corruption siphons billions. Now, that long-cherished benefit has ended, more than doubling prices and fueling
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Egypt's Street Kids Are Revolution's Smallest Soldiers
Cairo :: Egypt | over 1 year ago
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Activists say several have been killed or wounded in recent months by gunfire and tear gas. Plus, one out of every four protesters thrown in jail following clashes in December was a child. Their advocates say most, if not all, of these kids live on
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Egyptian Police Arrest Four over Beating of Women Protesters
Cairo :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Text Size A female protester is beaten and arrested by Egypt ian soldiers during clashes in Tahrir Square, Cairo (Reuters) Egypt ian police have arrested four activists for putting up posters criticising the ruling military council's heavy-handed
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Nigeria gas price protest turns violent in Lagos
Lagos :: Nigeria | over 1 year ago
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Nigeria (AP) — Protesters furious over spiraling gas prices set fires on an expressway Tuesday and at least one person was killed in the violent unrest after Nigeria's government did away with a subsidy program that had kept fuel costs down for more
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Activists shut down Lagos over fuel subsidy removal
Activists shut down Lagos over fuel subsidy removal By EMMANUEL UDOM Human rights activist have literarily shut down Lagos, southwest Nigeria in mass protests of the recent withdrawal of fuel subsidy by the Nigerian
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Nigeria: Labour Unions Vow to Protest
Lagos :: Nigeria | over 1 year ago
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The unions in separate statements said the federal government's action could lead to chaos and anarchy. According to the TUC President, the action of the federal government has ushered in an anti-people based price of N141 per litre.
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