Nigeria restarts payment to ex-militants
The Nigerian government has started paying ex-militants in the Niger Delta region, the BBC is reporting . The organization cited a Bloomberg News report quoting the amnesty program’s spokesman, Piriye Kirayamo, as saying "Payments of stipends to the ex-militants resumed this Monday. The payments are done directly from the CBN [Central Bank of Nigeria] to their bank accounts.” He added that "The payment also includes tuition for those studying abroad." Respectable publicantions like the economist had warned the government against bribing militants noting that it didn’t work in the past.