A member of the Nigerian Police Forces stands guard outside a half-built building in Nigeria’s… Nigerian officials said Tuesday that the government has clinched a deal for a 30-day truce with Niger Delta militants, though a Twitter account for the most prominent armed group later denied that it had agreed to stop attacking oil facilities . The confusion came as Nigerian government officials said they were holding talks with the militants to bring a halt to a devastating series of operations targeting Nigerian oil operations that have dealt damaging blows to the country’s petroleum production. The talks included the Delta Avengers, a group that has led the attacks, according to aides to Nigerian oil minister Ibe Emmanuel Kachikwu. Government officials said a cease-fire had been reached including the Avengers, though the Avengers have denied reaching a truce with the government including on the group’s Twitter site on Tuesday. A […]