Nigeria's unions said this morning they were calling off a week-long general strike over fuel prices after reaching a deal with the government.
The leaders of the umbrella Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) issued a statement at the end of an all-night union meeting saying they were ending the strike in order to alleviate the suffering ordinary Nigerians had gone through.
"Having also compelled the federal government to back down and reduce the (fuel) price from 40 naira to 34 naira per litre, the nationwide strike action and mass protest is suspended," they said.
