Oil companies tighten Nigeria security as protests, job losses stoke tension
PORT HARCOURT/LAGOS: Oil companies have asked security services to tighten surveillance as violent anti-police brutality protests and the expected sacking of hundreds of workers worsen desperation in the region, industry sources told Reuters.
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Already unemployment is above 40 per cent in Nigeria‘s energy regions and observers say further job losses could aggravate problems of pipeline tapping, illegal oil refining and pirate attacks.