Nigeria: 'New wave of kidnappings planned'

Militants in Nigeria are planning a major new wave of attacks and kidnappings in the next few days that could include up to 20 simultaneous bombings across the country’s oil-rich delta region, US diplomats warned today.

The main militant group active in the area, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, declined to confirm the allegation, saying only, “we (are) always planning one thing or the other. Are we executing any soon? Probably.”