51.   A striking Nigerian oil workers union threatened violence Monday against foreign petroleum companies it accuses of trying to sabotage the work stoppage.

52.   Before getting his present position, Lukman, a former Nigerian oil minister, was OPEC president for several years.

53.   Brokers GNI said only five percent of Nigerian oil production had been choked off by the strike and exports continued at their normal level.

54.   Danish Foreign Minister Niels Helveg Petersen said Friday that Copenhagen also favoured a UN boycott of Nigerian oil.

55.   The South African leader has called on Britain and the United States -- the two biggest clients of Nigerian oil -- to impose an oil blockade on Nigeria.

56.   Lukman, a former Nigerian oil minister, visited Iran, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates before arriving in Kuwait.

57.   Leaders of striking Nigerian oil workers said Wednesday that they were calling off a scheduled meeting with the military government concerning their demand that the regime relinquish power.

58.   Nigerian oil minister Dan Etete said before the meeting that Gabon would stay in the organization.

59.   Nigerian oil union leader Wariebi Agamene on Thursday rejected an offer by the military government to release detained strike leaders.

60.   On Monday, a striking Nigerian oil workers union threatened violence against foreign petroleum companies, accused them of trying to sabotage the industrial action.