Nigeria almost tripled its budget to fund an amnesty program for militants in its oil-producing heartland.

Nigeria wants Royal Dutch Shell to reopen a major export pipeline in the Niger Delta but the oil major wants better protection first.

The Niger Delta Avengers said they would only negotiate with the government if independent mediators facilitated the talks.

The Nigerian Navy said it has recorded a major feat in the ongoing military onslaught against the militant group The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), which maintains a wave of attacks on oil and gas infrastructures in the Niger-Delta.

Royal Dutch Shell, the largest oil producing company in Nigeria, which has suffered series of attacks on its 48-inch Forcados export pipeline that links onshore storage tanks with an offshore port, has ruled out the repair of the pipeline for now.

Two oil firms operating in Nigeria, Italian ENI and Aiteo, said they lose 140,000bp/d due to recent attacks on their facilities by militants.

While the Niger Delta Avengers maintains its wave of attacks on oil and gas infrastructures in the Niger-Delta, the Nigerian government has announce that it will talk to leaders in region to address their grievances, while cracking down on militants.

The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) attacked the Nembe pipeline carrying crude exports in the Niger Delta region. In its Twitter account the militant group said that "something big is about to happen".

A gas pipeline owned by the Nigeria subsidiary of Italy's Eni has been attacked by a militant group in the Niger Delta, the latest in a string of attacks on major oil and gas companies operating projects in the area.

Chevron Corporation has been jolted by another attack in Nigeria: an explosion hit the company's Marakaba pipeline that shook the company’s facility in Nigeria’s Delta State. The company commenced the evacuation of staff.