ARMED GROUPS BLOW UP MAJOR PIPELINES IN NIGERIA

For the third time in a week, an
armed group has attacked a major
pipeline in Nigeria's Delta region, two
officials have said, hours after the
Niger Delta Avengers group claimed
responsibility for the attack.

The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) have
been sabotaging Nigeria's oil
infrastructure for months in
bombings that have forced production
to drop from 2.2 million barrels per
day to twenty-year lows of 1.4 million
barrels per day.
Early on Saturday morning the group
attacked the Nembe pipeline carrying
crude exports.
"I am aware that there was a
dynamite attack on the pipeline,"
Nengi James, chairman of the Nembe
Oil and Gas Committee, told AFP news
agency.
Mainevibez Ahmed Idris, reporting
from Warri in Delta state, said the
attack disrupted deliveries promised
by oil companies.
"This could not come at a worse time
for the government of Muhammadu
Buhari who vowed to crush militancy,