Nigerian vice-president launches a clean-up programme in an area badly hit by oil spills as militants kill six in renewed attacks BODO/ONITSHA — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari cancelled at the last minute a visit planned for Thursday to the oil-producing Niger Delta as militants attacked a boat belonging to state oil firm NNPC, the latest violence in the restive region.The southern swamps, where most of Nigeria’s crude is extracted, have been targeted a series of attacks on crude pipelines which have driven down oil output to a 20-year low.Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo visited the region in Buhari’s place to launch a clean-up programme in an area badly hit by oil spills, vowing to work with community leaders to end militant attacks.No reason has been given for of the cancellation of what would have been Buhari’s first to the region since taking office a year ago. Western allies and local officials have told the former military he needed do address poverty and oil pollution in th...
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