Nigeria: Unions call off strike as fuel prices drop

Nigerian labour unions called off a three-day-old general strike on Friday, citing “substantial compliance” by the government with a court order to cancel the fuel price increases which had triggered the stoppage. “We’ve seen substantial evidence that many petrol stations have adjusted their prices to reflect the court order,” Adams Oshiomhole, strike leader and president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), told a news conference in Lagos.