A Nigerian militant group claims to have attacked an oil pipeline operated by Royal Dutch Shell PLC in the Niger Delta but oil company officials could not confirm the attack. The Joint Revolutionary Council says on Sunday it attacked a pipeline operated by Shell's Nigerian subsidiary ...

The main militant group in the oil-rich Niger Delta called off its cease-fire with the government Saturday morning, dealing a potential death blow to a presidential amnesty program aimed at ending violence that has crippled production in the West African nation. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta issued a statement saying it would no longer abide by ...

A Nigerian naval spokesman says one of its helicopters crashed in the Niger Delta, likely killing the four people onboard. Commodore David Nabaida says the helicopter crashed Tuesday afternoon while searching for a ship that supposedly ran aground in the region. Nabaida says the helicopter went ...

Nigerian police said Tuesday that at least 326 people died in Muslim-Christian clashes last week in the central Plateau State. Police gave the first official death toll from authorities from days of bloodshed which broke out on January 17 in Jos, the capital of Plateau, and later spread to nearby villages and towns. "From the figures available to the police ...