Another threat to U.S. oil, this time in NIgeria

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP)

Nigeria's government and labor unions failed Saturday night to end a paralyzing nationwide strike over high gasoline costs, potentially sparking an oil production shutdown in a nation vital to U.S. oil supplies.

Nigeria Labor Congress president Abdulwaheed Omar told journalists outside the presidential palace: "We have not reached a compromise."

He avoided answering direct questions about whether oil production would shut down in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation.