LAGOS (AFP) — The most prominent armed gang in Nigeria's restive oil region, MEND, said Wednesday it had not collected protection money from the country's

By Gilbert da Costa The Nigerian army has not ruled out reprisals following last weekend's ambush by oil rebels in which three soldiers were killed.

By Matthew Williams British Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday offered to help Nigeria in training security forces in its main oil-producing area as part

By KATY POWNALL AP Writer AP Nigeria's main militant group on Wednesday threatened to destroy the nation's major oil pipelines within 30 days to counter

Abuja- The militant Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta Wednesday threatened to destroy a major crude oil pipeline in the region's Chanomi

By Nick Tattersall, LAGOS (Reuters) 23/07/2008 The main militant group in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta said on Wednesday it would attack major oil

Nigeria’s main rebel group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has distanced itself from the $12 million dollar protection fee scandal

Nigeria's main militant group in Niger Delta says it would seek the release of two German construction workers kidnapped by armed gunmen.

The attack prompted Nigeria`s biggest construction firm to pull out of the Niger Delta. Nigeria's main militant group in the oil-rich Niger Delta said on