Abuja, April 30, 2026 (AFP) - Nigerian airlines avert shutdown as Iran war hikes fuel prices

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2026-04-30

Nigerian airlines continued flying Thursday despite threatening a shutdown over sky-high jet fuel prices roiling the industry in Africa's top crude producer and most populous nation. It is the second time a strike has been averted in as many weeks, with government talks with airlines having already resulted in a promise to grant carriers debt relief. Global crude oil prices have been hiked since the United States and Israel's attacks on Iran prom......

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