Tag: Navy
Navy declares man wanted over oil vessel hijack
The Nigerian Navy has declared one Charles Ekpemefumor, also known as Charles Parker, wanted for alleged hijack of MT MAXIMUS…
Oil theft: Navy arrests 25 ships
The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy said it arrested 25 ships in connection with illegal activities on Calabar-Oron…
Pipeline Vandalisation: Navy urges Nigerians to be ‘Red Alert’
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Against the recent sabotage on crude oil pipelines in Delta and Bayelsa states, the Chief of Naval…
Navy hands over 11 suspected oil thieves to I-G
The Nigerian Navy (NNS) in Delta has handed to the Nigeria Police 11 crew members of the MT CAMILLE apprehended…
Court orders Nigerian Navy to pay N200m over illegal detention of vessel
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal high court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has ordered the Nigerian Navy and its chief of…
Navy arrests seven suspected oil thieves in Onne Port
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Nigerian navy has nabbed seven crew members on a ship and two barges near Onne Port…
Oil Theft: Okowa challenges Navy to check loss of revenue
Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Following the economic woes facing Nigeria and the attendant financial crisis due to the dwindling revenue…
Navy hands over woman rescued from kidnappers to Police in Bayelsa
Commodore Yakubu Wanbai, the Commander, Nigerian Navy Naval Base, Yenagoa, on Friday handed over a woman rescued from kidnappers on…
Navy hands over 6 vessels, 15 suspected oil thieves to NSCDC
The Nigerian Navy in Port Harcourt, on Sunday handed over six vessels and 15 suspected oil thieves to the Nigerian…
Navy changes tactics against oil thieves, pirates
The Nigerian Navy on Thursday said it had adopted a new training regime that would improve troops’ proficiency in internal…
Naval Chief unveils new strategy to tackle maritime crime
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, in one of his first major policy and administrative decision,…
Chief of Naval Staff vows to halt oil theft
The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas, said on Sunday that oil thieves will no longer have the capacity…
Wike pledges new shipping vessels for Navy
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has asserted that there cannot be any governance if there is no…
Sack Of Service Chiefs Long Overdue
Most Nigerians were not surprised when President Muhammadu Buhari sacked the service chiefs of the army, navy and air force,…
Buhari sacks Chief of Army, Navy, Airforce
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari sacked his army, navy, air force and defence chiefs on Monday, a widely anticipated move as…