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Labor Leader Denies Nigerian Oil Strike Broken: The fired president of Nigeria’s white-collar oil union denied reports that most members of the union were heeding a back-to-work decree from military ruler Sani Abacha. “The claim . . . is a hoax,” Bola Owodunni told Reuters. “Only people on essential duties have resumed, and they are mostly management staff.” Industry officials, meanwhile, said it was too early to tell if the 7-week-old protest was over. Abacha, after firing the union leaders, set Thursday as the deadline for the strikers to resume work.
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