Militants reject Niger Delta help
Nigerian militants in the southern Delta region have rejected plans announced by President Olusegun Obasanjo to develop their region. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta also renewed its threat to continue oil installation attacks. It said the offer of thousands more jobs and a new motorway did not address their demands for more local control of oil wealth and demilitarisation. Mend have kidnapped foreign oil workers and warned them to leave the Delta. Full Story