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Nigerian oil workers go on strike | Nigerian oil workers go on strike |
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Oil workers in Nigeria's Niger Delta have gone on strike to protest at the lack of security in the restive oil-producing region. | Oil workers in Nigeria's Niger Delta have gone on strike to protest at the lack of security in the restive oil-producing region. |
Staff members from oil company Total went on strike even after their national union executive said it would delay industrial action. | Staff members from oil company Total went on strike even after their national union executive said it would delay industrial action. |
Last week the 11-year-old daughter of an oil worker was killed as she tried to prevent her brother being kidnapped. | Last week the 11-year-old daughter of an oil worker was killed as she tried to prevent her brother being kidnapped. |
It is unclear if the walkout will affect output or spread to other firms. | It is unclear if the walkout will affect output or spread to other firms. |
Workers in the Total chapter of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (Pengassan) picketed the company office in Port Harcourt. | Workers in the Total chapter of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (Pengassan) picketed the company office in Port Harcourt. |
Rape threat | Rape threat |
Pengassan is the white-collar management staff union. | Pengassan is the white-collar management staff union. |
Its secretary general, Bayo Olowoshile, had told reporters on Sunday they were suspending their planned strike as talks with the blue-collar workers' National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (Nupeng) were continuing. | Its secretary general, Bayo Olowoshile, had told reporters on Sunday they were suspending their planned strike as talks with the blue-collar workers' National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (Nupeng) were continuing. |
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Over the weekend the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) claimed to have attacked a gas plant in Delta State. | Over the weekend the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) claimed to have attacked a gas plant in Delta State. |
The military said it had repelled the attack in the early hours of Saturday morning and killed three militants. | The military said it had repelled the attack in the early hours of Saturday morning and killed three militants. |
The wife of Edmund Daukoru, the former oil minister, was released on Friday after being kidnapped by unidentified gunmen last week. | The wife of Edmund Daukoru, the former oil minister, was released on Friday after being kidnapped by unidentified gunmen last week. |
Mend claimed not to have had anything to do with the abduction, but in a press release to journalists, claimed Gladys Daukoru's family had paid a $2.5m (£1.69m) ransom for her safe return. | Mend claimed not to have had anything to do with the abduction, but in a press release to journalists, claimed Gladys Daukoru's family had paid a $2.5m (£1.69m) ransom for her safe return. |
They said the gang had threatened to "rape her every day" unless they were paid. | They said the gang had threatened to "rape her every day" unless they were paid. |
Militants say they are fighting for a better share of the oil wealth, but armed gangs make money from kidnapping, extortion and oil theft. | Militants say they are fighting for a better share of the oil wealth, but armed gangs make money from kidnapping, extortion and oil theft. |
Violence since 2006 has cut oil production in the world's eighth largest exporter by around a fifth. | Violence since 2006 has cut oil production in the world's eighth largest exporter by around a fifth. |
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