By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, has approved appointments of senior officers comprising Rear Admirals and Commodores as part of the routine reorganisation in the service. The Director of Information, Nigerian Navy, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, made this known in a statement...
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Unknown gunmen have abducted an operative of the Nigerian Navy in Anambra State,. The naval personnel, identified as Lt. IS Ozuowa, was kidnapped alongside some civilians, whose number could not be ascertained at press time. He was said to have been released from NNS Ologbo last Friday for his...
The Minister Of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, on Friday said that the Nigerian Navy had taken possession of a patrol vessel from China to boost the fight against piracy. The minister said this during the handover of some military equipment and a 46-meter patrol vessel by the People’s...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Nigerian Navy has recorded a milestone in indigenous systematic survey and charting of the nation’s offshore waters. Director of Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major-General Benard Onyeuko, who made this known in Abuja on Thursday, said the commencement of the indigenous survey was necessary...