The Nigerian Navy said it has commenced taking delivery of arms and ammunition from a foreign firm to enable it meet up its security challenges, particularly in the Niger Delta.

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arrested and detained Nyeson Wike, Chief of Staff to the Rivers State Governor, and the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Magnus Abbe, over alleged loot of the state treasury running into over N300million.

Despite the ceasefire announced by the rebel group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, the Joint Task Force, JTF, has accused the rebel group of embarking on forceful massive recruitment of idle hands into its various camps after suffering depletion within the one week of battle.

End may not be in sight yet for the feud between Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State and Comrade Ateke Tom who doubles as leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante and Niger Delta Patriotic Force.

The only way to realise the objectives behind the creation of the Ministry of Niger Delta is by ensuring functional and community-oriented departments that would directly serve the needs of the people, former Chief of Defence Logistics at the Defence Headquarters, Major General John Edokpayi (Rtd.) has asserted.

Less than 12 hours after militants kidnapped Professor Barinenme Fakae, the Vice Chancellor of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, RSUST, at about 7 p.m., last night, in Ogoni, while returning to Port Harcourt, militants, in 10 speedboats, attacked Shell flow station at Alakiri, at about 1235 a.m., today, in an operation? Hurricane Barbarossa?, September 15, 2008.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has declared an ?oil war? in response to attacks the Joint military Task Force (JTF) launched against militants at the weekend.

A bloody confrontation broke out yesterday between the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), following an offensive by soldiers on the camps of the militia group in Rivers State.

The creation of a Niger Delta Ministry, which can focus exclusively on the needs and challenges of this troubled, and much neglected, but oil-rich part of Nigeria had been recommended before now both by restive militants and groups in civil society