61.   Port-Harcourt, a Nigerian oil city, has been hit by acute shortages since its two refineries closed Friday, a resident said.

62.   Sanctions are not planned against Nigerian oil exports, from which the populous West African country derives the bulk of its foreign exchange.

63.   Since then, the playwright, novelist, actor and director has led an campaign to ostracise Abacha, notably calling for an international boycott of Nigerian oil exports.

64.   South African President Nelson Mandela said here Wednesday he would appeal directly to Britain and the United States to impose sanctions against Nigerian oil.

65.   Striking Nigerian oil union employees were given an ultimatum Monday to return to work within a week or face the sack, Nigerian national television said.

66.   The Delta region is the home of the multi-billion-dollar Nigerian oil industry but is rife with problems from poverty to criminality.

67.   The new date and an acceptable agreement was reached following a recent meeting between the Nigerian oil minister and his Ghanaian counterpart, said the official.