Tag: Nigerian Navy
Navy rescues 20 crew members in vessel fire
Chimba Express, with 21 people comprising 14 Nigerians and seven Cameroonians on board, still had one person missing as at…
Nigerian Navy promotes 127 senior officers
15 Commodores were elevated to the rank of Rear Admiral, 31 Captains to Commodore, and 81 Commanders promoted to the…
Nigerian naval officer emerges best student at South African Defence College
The Nigerian Navy has congratulated Capt. Akano on the feat, describing it as a testament to the country’s commitment to…
Navy rescues 10 crew members from distressed vessel
The Naval personnel promptly evacuated all occupants comprising one Cameroonian, one Equatorial Guinean and eight Nigerians, who were later received,…
CNS redeploys 65 top officers in major shakeup
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Idi Abbas, has approved the redeployment of 65 Rear Admirals and appointed…
Army, Navy donate borehole, health facility to Kano community
Governor Yusuf, who was the Special Guest of Honour at the commissioning ceremony, commended the Nigeria Army and the Nigeria…
71 Illegal Refineries shut, 400,000 litres of stolen Crude seized in one month
In total, the operations denied oil thieves access to approximately 411,400 litres of crude oil, 87,825 litres of illegally-refined Automotive…
Navy dismantles 10 illegal refining sites in Delta
“Maintaining the momentum, on July 23, the Base deactivated two active illegal refining sites laden with 2,300 litres of stolen…
Oil theft: Navy nabs 215 suspects, destroys 468 illegal refineries
The Nigerian Navy said it has continued to maintain round-the-clock situational awareness of Nigeria’s maritime domain extending to the limits…
Navy busts 8 illegal bunkering sites in Ondo
The discovery was made possible through “a robust intelligence network” and the vigilance of naval personnel in their fight against…
Navy confiscates vessels carrying illicit arms, crude oil in Niger Delta
Giving details of the other achievements of Operation Sanity II in March 2025, Adams-Aliu said the troops had on March…
Navy destroys 3 illegal refining sites in Delta
The navy captain said that the illegal refining sites were laden with about 2,700 litres of stolen crude oil and…
Navy smashes 9 oil thieves in Akwa Ibom
The arrest of the nine suspects was a result of joint intelligence collaboration between the security team of the Nigerian…
Navy rescues 8 police officers, 1 civilian from boat accident in Bayelsa
The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Adams-Aliu said…
Navy hands 6 suspected smugglers, 126 bags of rice to Customs
Navy Captain Linus Osuman, the Commanding Officer, FOB Badagry, said the suspected smugglers and three fibre boats filled with bags…
Lt. Changfe Maigari emerges first female Nigerian Navy aircraft pilot
She was presented with the ‘Pilot Wing’ award during the 2024 Nigerian Navy Ceremonial Sunset at the Naval Training Command…
15 warships, special forces deployed for Naval Chief’s sea inspection
The CNS, Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla, launched the special military exercise, code-named Exercise Dein Abaji, aboard NNS Kada at the…
Navy arrests three suspected drug dealers, seizes N500m drugs
Receiving the suspects and contraband drugs, Mr Monday Jatau, the Deputy State Commander in charge of Operations and Training of…
Nigerian Navy destroys 23 illegal refinery sites
The team also uncovered and destroyed 30 ovens, 26 reservoirs, 77 sacks, 19 dug out pits, 21 wooden boats, four…
Navy hands over vehicles, motorcycles abandoned by smugglers to Police
According to Zoaka, the vehicles were seized between Feb. 24 to date. He added that the vehicles were intercepted while…
Navy trains 500 personnel on weapon handling
According to him, the exercise has enabled each unit to gain more experience on weapon handling and firing.
Navy rescues 15 suspected victims of human trafficking
The trafficking victims who have been handed over to the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) were rescued by the Forward Operating…
Naval operatives seal building converted to illegal refinery in Rivers
During the raid of the area by a military team, over 200,000 litres of illegally-refined Automotive Gas Oil, popularly known…
Navy kills oil thief during firefight
“Additionally, one suspect was neutralized while two suspects were arrested and are currently undergoing investigation.”
Navy rescues 8 victims of human trafficking, foils robbery attempt
Giving a breakdown of the operations, Adams-Aliu in the statement said on Saturday, the Quick Response Team of the Nigerian…
Integrating NIMASA C4I, Naval Falcon Eye a top priority- Matawalle
The NIMASA C4i center, with manpower composition from all security services in Nigeria is the central nerve for the Deep…
Navy arrests 2 vessels, 12 crew members in Bayelsa
“Both vessels were found to be transiting with their automatic identification systems switched off, this is a violation of maritime…
Why we sealed Calabar tank farm – Navy
“Investigation is on-going. I advise business owners and tank farm operators to operate within the confines of the law by…
Nigerian, Cameroonian navies intercept vessel laden with 30,000 litres of stolen crude
In his remarks, captain of the intercepted vessel, Mr Pere-Ebiye Abraham, claimed its ownership and said he went into illegal…
Massive illegal refineries with 2.7m litres refining capacity per day uncovered in Rivers
By Desmond Ejibas The Nigeria Navy has uncovered 15 massive illegal refining camps, each equipped with six cooking pots and…