Niger Delta Avenger

The Niger Delta Avengers militant group, which has mounted a bombing campaign against oil pipelines in Nigeria on Friday threatened “something big”.

“To the IOC’s, Indigenous Oil Companies and Nigeria Military. Watch out something big is about to happen and it will shock the whole world”, the group said on Twitter.

The militants’ activities have hammered Nigeria’s crude output.

They also sent out salutations to children. The Avengers website showed a picture of children clambering over rusting oil pipelines above a message condemning the Nigerian government for denying the nation’s youth the “enchanting vista” of childhood.

The group also said its high Command has rewarded some brave and courageous soldiers with  promotion to the rank of a Brig.General