Amnesty: Nigerian govt resumes payment to former Niger Delta militants

Oscarline Onwuemenyi 06 January 2017, Sweetcrude, Abuja – The Federal Government said it has resumed payments of cash stipends to former militants agreed under a 2009 amnesty in the country’s Niger Delta oil hub. The government has been holding talks with militants to end attacks on crude pipelines which reduced Nigeria’s output by 700,000 barrels […] More »