A group calling itself the Niger Delta Avengers said it’s ready to consider some form of negotiation with the government in Abuja. The Niger Delta Avengers are blamed in part for dramatic declines in Nigerian oil production. Photo courtesy of Amnesty International LAGOS, Nigeria, Aug. 22 (UPI) — The Niger Delta Avengers, a militant group tied to production problems in OPEC-member Nigeria, said it was open to some form of collective negotiations. The group emerged earlier this year and has since become one of the more active militant groups waging war on energy interests in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. The NDA accuses the government of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari of favoring oil and gas interests over the interests of the people in the Niger Delta and its campaign has been blamed for pushing total Nigerian crude oil production to a 30-year low this year. In a statement during […]