Nigerian oil workers union, NUPENG, on Wednesday threatened to shut down crude production as a nationwide strike over soaring fuel prices pushed on for a third day.

Protest continues in Kano,  by Ali The protest in started peacefully, today, but we dont know what will be the reaction of the police and the state government later on. Protest in Sokoto by Abubakar Jibril Anti-fuel subsidy removal campaign is taking place in Sokoto. Closed shops in Akure by Adebayo Some people who opened  stores in Akure were forced […]

Grace Ojo, selling rice at a market in Nigeria’s biggest city, is fed up — both with a strike that has shut down the country and with the president whose fuel price policy sparked it.

The nationwide protest over the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government continues today . The Senate, however, yesterday, joined the House of Representatives in asking President Goodluck Jonathan to revert fuel pump price to N65 per litre.

The Federal Government has expressed regrets in the unfortunate loss of lives during protests across the country against the removal of petrol subsidy and assured that the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the National Human Rights Commission will work with the Nigeria Police Force and others security agencies on the imperatives of avoiding excessive use of force and the protection of the rights of law abiding citizens.