LAGOS: A militant group notorious for devastating attacks on Nigeria’s oil industry in the 2000s on Sunday called for dialogue to end renewed violence that has cut oil output.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said its previous attempts to cripple Nigeria’s oil industry did not work and appealed to another armed group, Niger Delta Avengers, to give peace a chance.

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