The joint military taskforce, “Operation Delta Safe” (OPDS) impounded a vessel, MV Mother Mary I on Sunday, laden with 300,000 litres of illegally refined diesel. OPDS impounded the vessel at the Federal Ocean Terminal in Onne, Eleme Council Area of Rivers and arrested its two crew members on...
Nigeria Navy
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT has discovered and halted the siphoning of petrol from one of NNPCL’s pipelines at Atlas Cove, Lagos. Commander, NNS BEECROFT, Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga said this in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Sub.-Lt. Happiness Collins...
The Forward Operating Base (FOB), Nigerian Navy, Ibaka Akwa Ibom, has arrested and handed over four Ghanaians and 10 Nigerian suspects to the Federal Department of Fisheries, Calabar. The Commanding Officer FOB, Capt. Uche Aneke, while handing over the vessel and suspects on Wednesday, said they...
The Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS BEECROFT has thwarted illegal bunkering within the Igboelejo community area of Lagos State and seized the boat used for the criminal activity. The Commander, NNS BEECROFT, Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Lagos on Friday. Oguntuga said that...
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta has handed over two suspected oil thieves, to the officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for further interrogation. The suspects were handed over to the NSCDC on Wednesday at the premises of the Naval Base in Warri. Navy Capt....
The Joint Task Force Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), on Tuesday arrested an oil vessel MV Ofuoma and 10 crew members conveying alleged illegally refined petroleum products in Rivers. The Component Commander OPDS, Commodore John Siyanbade, who represented the OPDS Commander, Rear Adm. Olusegun Ferreira said MV Ofuoma was...
The Nigerian Navy on Friday returned a merchant tanker vessel, MV TIS IV, and a Barge Podium held for complicity in oil theft to their owners in compliance with a court judgement. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the court had convicted the crew and ruled...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Nigeria Navy has debunked media reports alleging that Naval personnel aboard Motor Tanker (MT) PRAISEL were aiding oil theft in the Niger Delta region.na The Navy’s Director of Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, said on Friday, said its personnel were deployed on board to monitor...
Rear Adm. Umar Chugali, the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Central Naval Command, has warned criminals to desist from crude oil theft and other illegalities in the maritime domain. Chugali, who gave the warning during his maiden familiarisation visit to the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) on Monday in Warri, said...
The Nigeria Navy in Port Harcourt says it has uncovered a huge mechanism installed in the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 18 wellhead being used to siphon crude oil into waiting barges. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that OML 18 wellhead is owned and operated by the Nigerian...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigerian Navy has reshuffled the appointments of top senior officers comprising 56 rear admirals and a Commodore. This is according to a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by The Nigeria Navy Director of Information, Commodore AO Ayo-Vaughan. According to the...
The Nigerian Navy has described as spurious, the allegations by ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, that some cabals in the military are involved in oil theft in the region. Dokubo made the claims when he visited President Bola Tinubu in Abuja on Friday. Reacting to the accusation, the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said that piracy reduced significantly over the last seven years, culminating in delisting Nigeria from the list of piracy prone countries. The President said this at the 2023 Presidential Fleet Review in Lagos, held in his honour by the Nigerian Navy, with the theme “Fleet...
The Nigerian Navy has said that a total of 20 capital ships were procured for the Nigerian Navy (NN) during the eight-year administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The Chief of Policy and Plans, Naval Headquarters, Rear Adm. Saidu Garba, said this in a statement he signed on Friday. According...
President Muhammadu Buhari will on May 22, induct new warships, gunboats and helicopters for the Nigerian Navy. The Chief of Policy of Plans, (Navy), Rear Adm. Seidu Garba, said this on Wednesday in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the preparations for the Presidential Fleet Review (PFR) 2023. Garba said...
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, on Monday said that the Nigerian Navy (NN) had redoubled its effort to reduce high insurance premium for ships in Nigerian-controlled waters. Awwal said this while he was inaugurating several projects that cut across the naval commands in Lagos...
The Presidency has highlighted the giant strides of President Muhammadu Buhari administration in transforming and boosting the fighting capabilities of the Armed Forces of Nigeria between 2015 and 2023. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in a 90-page document released on Sunday...
The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy on Tuesday announced that it had arrested 27 vessels involved in illegal bunkering and crude oil theft, while 294 illegal refinery sites were deactivated. Rear Adm. Ibrahim Dewu, the immediate past Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Eastern Naval Command, disclosed this in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Navy (NN) has arrested two suspected human traffickers and rescued 18 victims in Rijiyar Lemu area of Kano. The Director Naval Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, in a statement said the rescue operation took place at about 10.00 pm on Saturday. Commodore Ayo-Vaughan,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Navy has called on the general public to jettison in totality a viral video showing Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) THUNDER in distress and described it as “unpatriotic, clueless and unprofessional.’’ The video in circulation showed an unidentified crew of Motor Vessel (MV)...