A union representing 20,000 oil and gas workers in Nigeria has threatened to shut down all production starting on Sunday as part of a crippling nationwide strike over spiralling fuel prices.

Workers carried away the last charred bodies of victims from a fire that swept through a crowd of Nigerians stealing fuel from a ruptured oil pipeline, and the final death toll stood at 265, the Red Cross said today.

Rescue workers searched through the rubble of a collapsed four-storey apartment building in Nigeria’s largest city today, pulling at least 16 bodies and dozens of survivors out of a mangle of debris.

A Nigerian jetliner carrying 110 people – including dozens of school children- crashed in stormy weather today as it approached the southern city of Port Harcourt, killing at least 103 who were on board.

A Nigerian jetliner carrying 110 people – including dozens of school children - crashed in stormy weather today as it approached the southern city of Port Harcourt, killing at least 103 who were on board.