Men grind pepper at a market in Obalende Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Nigeria's government will meet with labor unions in a last bid to halt a paralyzing national strike that now threatens oil production in Africa's most populous nation. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Men grind pepper at a market in Obalende Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Nigeria's government will meet with labor unions in a last bid to halt a paralyzing national strike that now threatens oil production in Africa's most populous nation. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
People shop at a market in Obalende Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Nigeria's government will meet with labor unions in a last bid to halt a paralyzing national strike that now threatens oil production in Africa's most populous nation. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A man sells yams at a market in Obalende Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Nigeria's government will meet with labor unions in a last bid to halt a paralyzing national strike that now threatens oil production in Africa's most populous nation. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A man push cart with water at a market in Obalende Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Nigeria's government will meet with labor unions in a last bid to halt a paralyzing national strike that now threatens oil production in Africa's most populous nation. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
People shop at a market in Obalende, Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Labor unions planned to begin negotiations again with the government Saturday over ending a paralyzing nationwide strike over high gasoline prices, but many in Africa's most populous nation began stocking up on food and supplies in case no agreement is made. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) ? The leader of a Nigerian labor union says it failed to reach a compromise with the government to end a paralyzing strike over fuel costs.
Nigeria Labor Congress president Abdulwaheed Omar told journalists outside the presidential palace: "We have not reached a compromise."
That means a midnight strike looms for oil production in Africa's most populous nation.
If production is halted, it could cause oil futures to rise, potentially costing U.S. drivers an additional $36 million a day at the pumps.
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets across Nigeria to protest the government ending the subsidy Jan. 1.
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