By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigerian Navy Board has approved the promotion of 146 senior officers to various ranks. The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, announced this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. The breakdown of the promotions released showed that 24 Commodores were...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Yobe State Police Command has detained a 29-year-old man (name withheld) who allegedly posed as a Navy officer and defrauded several traders in the state. The command’s spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement issued in Damaturu on Friday. Abdulkarim said the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Nigerian Navy has officially thrown its weight behind the development of table tennis in Cross River State, pledging a strategic partnership with the state’s Table Tennis Association. The Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Naval Command, Rear Admiral SA Akinwande made the pledged when the...
Fifteen Nigerian Navy warships, three helicopters, gunboats, and detachments of the Special Boat Service (naval special forces) have been deployed in this year’s Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Annual Sea Inspection. The warships include Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Kada, NNS Dorina, NNS Ibeno, NNS Ikenne, NNS Kano, NNS Burutu,...
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said there is need to strengthen the collaboration between the ministry and the Nigerian navy in safeguarding Nigerian maritime space as it is done in other climes. Oyetola made this submission on Thursday in Abuja at the Senate public...
The Nigerian Navy said it would partner with other security agencies to ensure that Cross River was crime-free before, during and after Yuletide and annual Calabar Carnival in Cross River. The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Eastern Naval Command, Rear Admiral SaheedAkinwande, said this during the fourth quarter Route March...
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla, has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian Navy towards ensuring a peaceful, secure, and prosperous Gulf of Guinea (GoG). Ogalla gave the commitment on Wednesday, at the opening of the 8th edition Symposium of Heads of Navies and Coastguards...
The Nigerian Navy confiscated more than 8.1 million barrels of stolen crude oil and 86,500 MT of illegally refined AGO in four years. The Chief of Training and Operations (Navy), Rear Adm. Olusegun Ferreira, made this known while briefing newsmen on the activities of the navy on Monday in...
The Nigerian Navy plans to incorporate the amphibious battalion with the Army, and the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in the next simulation amphibious exercise. The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Naval Doctrine Command, Rear Adm. Shehu Gombe said this on Sunday during the 2024 Simulation of Amphibious Operation held at...
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka has arrested three suspected oil thieves carrying 2,000 litres of petrol with the intention of smuggling it to the Republic of Cameroon. The Commanding Officer of the Base, Navy Capt. Uche Aneke disclosed this while handing over the suspects, seized items...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Nigerian Navy on Wednesday said troops of Operation DELTA SANITY, have successfully uncovered and destroyed 23 Illegal Refinery Sites and recovered large quantity of stolen crude oil in October. The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, said in a statement that the team also...
The House of Representatives Committee on Navy has resolved to scrutinise the process leading to the acquisition of foreign military platforms by the Nigerian Navy. Chairman of the committee, Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau), made this known while addressing newsmen after a meeting with the leadership of Nigerian Navy in...
The Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla, has said the vast resources within Africa’s maritime domain have the potentials of generating over 405 billion Dollars by 2030. Ogalla made this known in a keynote address at the just concluded 5th Sea Power for Africa Symposium...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), has said that ex-Seaman Abbas Haruna of the Nigerian Navy was fairly tried and dismissed by a military court-martial in accordance with the provisions of the Armed Forces Act. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – One of the task teams of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (NNFOB) in Bonny, has averted what would have been a fatal experience for some travelers sailing from Port Harcourt to Bonny Island. The intervention of the task team, led by the...
The Nigerian Navy has handed over 72 bags of cannabis sativa, each weighing 40kg and four arrested suspects to the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Marine Command. This is contained in a statement issued by the Base Information Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Lt. Hussaini Ibrahim on...
The Nigerian Navy (NN) has said its Forward Operating Base (FOB) Bonny, has rescued 59 persons from a dredging vessel, MV AMBIKA 4, working at Okpobo field near Okpobo River. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, on Friday in...
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla, has said the Nigerian Navy arrested more than 35 ships involved in oil theft in the nation’s waters. Ogalla, who made this known during a meeting of Maritime Stakeholders on Tuesday in Abuja, said the apprehended vessels were...
The Nigeria Navy has apprehended two suspected oil thieves operating an illegal bunkering site concealed in their private residence in Rivers, an official has said. The Commander, Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder in Port Harcourt, Commodore Desmond Igbo, said this on Wednesday, when he took newsmen to the...
The Nigerian Navy (NN) Team of the Forward Operating Base Bonny, under Operation Delta Sanity, has destroyed a camp of suspected crude oil thieves and apprehended two suspects in Rivers. The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja....