Nigerian Workers Start Strike That May Disrupt Oil Exports
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Nigerian workers began a national strike after fuel costs more than doubled, threatening to shut ports and disrupt output from Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Chevron Corp. in Africa’s largest crude producer.
Banks, businesses, schools and most offices were closed and streets deserted except for protesters today in Lagos, the West African nation’s economic center, and Abuja, the capital. At least 14 people were injured in the northern city of Kano, seven of them by gunshots, after protesters clashed with police, Musa Abdullahi, chairman of the Red Cross in the state, said.