Attacks hit one of Nigeria's main oil pipelines

Just days after a new militant group emerged, the entity calling itself the Niger Delta Avengers said it blew up one of the main oil pipelines in the region.

3:am of Friday @NDAvengers blow up the Obi Obi Brass Trunk line belonging to Agip ENI. It is Agip's Major Crude oil Line in Bayelsa State.— Niger Delta Avengers (@NDAvengers) June 10, 2016

The Niger Delta Avengers has declared war on the national and international oil companies operating in the region, arguing the government in Abuja has put revenue interests above the interests of its people. In its latest official statement, the group said the people of the Niger Delta have been asking for basic necessities since crude oil was discovered in the region.

"The history of the communal lives is terror of poverty, inhumanity and desolate living conditions," spokesman Mudoch Agbinibo said in a statement.

A report from the World Bank finds the job market in Nigeria is polarized as the vast majority of the population are trapped in low-productivity and traditional subsistence activities. Only a small portion of the workforce is benefiting from any economic growth in the country, the report found.

By the World Bank's estimates, more than 70 percent of the government revenue comes from oil. In a statement this week, the government said it was working to ensure "the man on the street in the Niger Delta" is getting its due share of the benefits from natural resources there.

This week, a group calling itself Ultimate Warriors of Niger Delta emerged and demanded a stake in the oil exploration areas in the Niger Delta. Unless the government hands over 60 percent of the oil blocks in the Niger Delta in the next two weeks, the new group said it would shut down the operations of Chevron and others working in the area.

In a statement, the Ultimate Warriors of the Niger Delta said it wanted indigenous control over oil infrastructure security in order to create more jobs for the people living in the region.