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Niger Delta Avengers claim attack on Nigeria’s Nembe Creek pipeline
Nigerian militant group Niger Delta Avengers on Tuesday said that it had attacked the Nembe Creek Trunk Line pipeline in the southern...
Niger Delta Avengers say attacked Nigeria’s Chevron Escravos pipeline
Nigerian militant group the Niger Delta Avengers said it attacked an oil pipeline in Nigeria's restive southern energy hub on Tuesday and...
Nigerian traditional rulers want prisoners freed before Delta talks
Traditional leaders in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta have demanded that authorities release youths arrested by the army before they will mediate in...
Militants blow up oil pipelines in Nigeria’s southern Niger Delta
Militants launched a fresh round of attacks on oil pipelines in Nigeria's southern Niger Delta energy hub belonging to Italy's Eni and...
Nigerian militant group denies NNPC attack, says suspends social network accounts
Nigerian militant group the Niger Delta Avengers denied responsibility for blowing up on Tuesday the NNPC pipeline in Eleme, adding it was...
Nigerian militants say they blew up oil facilities near Warri
Nigerian militant group the Niger Delta Avengers said on Tuesday it had blown up a Chevron well and oil pipelines near the...
Twitter suspends account of Nigerian militant group Niger Delta Avengers
Twitter on Monday suspended the account of Niger Delta Avengers, a militant group that has carried out a series of attacks on...
Niger Delta Avengers group claims five attacks in Nigeria’s southern Delta
The Niger Delta Avengers, a militant group that has been carrying out attacks on Nigerian oil facilities in the past few months,...
Niger Delta militants blow up NNPC Pipeline
A Nigerian militant group has blown up a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline in Oruk Anam local government area in Akwa...
Avenger militants spurn call from ex-Niger Delta cohorts to join in...
The Niger Delta Avengers, a group that has claimed responsibility for a recent spate of attacks on oil and gas facilities in...
Former Niger Delta militants urge Avengers to join in government talks
A group of Nigerian former militants have urged the Niger Delta Avengers, who have claimed responsibility for a recent string of attacks...
Military sweep in Nigeria’s Delta risks fuelling more dissent
The Nigerian army has swept into villages in the southern swamplands in an operation to crush the Niger Delta Avengers group, but...
Blast hits NPDC pipeline in Nigeria’s Delta region
An explosion rocked a pipeline operated by a subsidiary of Nigeria's state oil company in the West African country's restive Delta region...
Nigerian militant group says Niger Delta could break away: statement
A Nigerian militant group, which has claimed a string of attacks on oil pipelines in the Niger Delta, said on Thursday the...
Delta Avengers reject Nigeria talks, blow up Chevron well
The Niger Delta Avengers militant group on Wednesday rejected an offer of talks with the government to end its attacks on oil...
ISS: Boko Haram may not be Nigeria’s biggest threat
Even as Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari claims to have ‘technically defeated Boko Haram,' he's facing another armed rebellion, from a completely different...
Nigeria to start dialogue with Niger Delta militants: oil minister
Nigeria will start a dialogue with the Niger Delta Avengers militant group which has been claiming a string of attacks, its oil...
Nigerian militants say aim is zero oil output after three new...
The Niger Delta Avengers militant group has claimed responsibility for three new attacks on Nigeria's oil infrastructure, promising to cut production to...
Nigerian militant group urges others not to attack soldiers or kidnap...
A militant group that has claimed responsibility for several attacks on Nigeria's oil infrastructure urged other groups on Saturday not to attack...
Nigerian militants warn of “zero” oil output in new attacks
The Niger Delta Avengers militant group claimed three new attacks on the country's battered oil infrastructure overnight, promising to bring Nigeria's oil...
Militants attack ENI pipeline in Nigeria’s Delta
Militants attacked a crude oil pipeline operated by Italy's ENI on Saturday, a Nigerian state government said, hours after the Niger Delta...
Nigerian army says arrests suspected “Avengers” militants in Delta
The Nigerian army said on Monday it had arrested members of a militant group which has claimed responsibility for a wave of...
‘Avengers’ threaten new insurgency in Nigeria’s oil-producing Delta
They call themselves the Niger Delta Avengers. Little is known about the new radical group that has claimed a series of pipeline...
