Nigerian Acting President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday ordered the implementation of an amnesty deal for ex-rebels to be sped up, his spokesman said a day after deadly blasts in the restive Niger Delta. "Today, the acting president gave marching orders to all agencies, bodies and individuals involved in amnesty to immediately go to work," Ima Niboro told journalists. All people involved ...

YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Bombing by Nigeria's biggest militant group in its oil delta this week will not derail an amnesty deal meant to restore security to Africa's largest energy industry, government and security sources said on Tuesday. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) detonated two bombs outside a government building in the oil city ...

Militants in Nigeria's oil-producing region detonated two car bombs Monday near a government building where officials were discussing an amnesty deal, showing their resolve to resume attacks after an agreement to bring peace and economic benefits to the area unraveled. Two people were injured and ...

Explosions that rocked Nigeria's southern city of Warri during a high-level government meeting on Monday killed a man, an official said, in a toll not confirmed by security forces. The man, believed to be a driver, died inside a car outside the venue of the talks, the government official said on condition of anonymity. The official said several other ...