Tag: Nigerian Navy
Navy committed to war against oil theft, maritime crimes – CNS Ogalla
The naval chief said the Navy, under his command, prioritised the well-being of personnel, adding that he initiated key policy…
Navy apprehends 4 stowaways onboard TEMA EXPRESS
Oguntuga identified the stowaways as Ebi Agrive, 22, Lucky Amusu, 23, Goodness Edu, 28, and Micheal Daniel, 18 years old.
Nigerian Navy stops 8 Nigerian stowaways in Lagos
The eight stowaways were arrested on Friday morning by the patrol team of Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT acting on reliable…
Nigerian Navy busts 11 stowaways in Lagos
The apprehended persons included a 19-year-old man, name withheld from Ondo, 30-year-old man from Delta and another 30-year-old man from…
Navy disowns list of successful candidate for Batch 35 recruitment
Vaughan said the list of successful candidates had not been released and that no form of invitation for training, via…
Navy deploys Deep Blue assets to secure Nigerian Maritime waters
Choji said the deployment was across the South West, Central and Eastern Zonal operations to enhance patrol of the Nigerian…
Police parade alleged killers of naval officer Samuel Akingbohun in Ondo
Parading the suspects before journalists on Thursday in Akure, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya,…
Five dead, 14 rescued as speed boat capsizes in Calabar
A senior naval officer attached to the Eastern Naval Command, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the incident and said that the…
Nigerian Navy: Buhari sets agenda for Tinubu
Buhari stated that he had no doubt that under Tinubu’s leadership, the Navy would continue to acquire new assets, expand…
Navy raises alarm over fake maritime security outfits
Ayo-Vaughan said some of the outfits would go as far as selling recruitment forms to the public and even conduct…
Nigerian Navy sustains surveillance in Gulf of Guinea
Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan said that while concerted efforts were being made to reduce piracy within the GoG to its lowest…
Nigerian Navy rescues hijacked vessel, 10 crew members
MT MONJASA REFORMER was attacked and boarded by pirates on March 25 around 144 nautical miles (nm) West-South-West of Pointe-Noire,…
Attack on our men by personnel of Nigerian Navy: Police issue statement
The Delta State Police Command has given details of the attack on its officers by personnel of the Nigerian Navy.
Oil theft: CNS Gambo opens up on interception of MT HEROIC IDUN
By Yahaya Isah The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, has urged Nigerians and the international community…
Navy seizes 5 boats, 9,250 litres of PMS in Akwa-Ibom
The seizures were made on Saturday, Sept. 24, and Tuesday, Oct. 11 respectively during routine patrol operations by base operatives…
Navy nabs 3 suspected petrol thieves in Akwa Ibom
Candidi Odo, a Corps Superintendent who received the suspects and exhibits on behalf of the NSCDC, commended the navy for…
Nigerian Navy rescues 2 Ghanaian fishermen 48 hours after boat mishap
Ayo-Vaughan said that the fishermen, who reside in Takwa Bay, Lagos State were rescued on Aug. 2 while on patrol…
Navy destroys 14 illegal refineries, seizes N2bn products
Five suspects were arrested and the operatives destroyed 14 illegal refining sites. About 80 storage tanks, 22 wooden boats, 40…
Navy hands over nine oil thieves to NSCDC in Bayelsa
The arrest was one of the numerous successes recorded by the Nigerian Navy in its ongoing operations to rid Nigeria’s…
Nigerian Navy acquires new warship NNS Kada
The new ship will make stopovers in five countries/ports before arriving Lagos.These ports are Port Duqm in Oman, Port Mombasa…
Navy arrests 13 oil thieves, impounds vessel
The Navy launched Operation “Obangame Express”, consisting of multinational maritime exercises in West Africa with 32 other countries participating in…
Nigeria joins 31 nations on joint military drill
The Nigerian Navy will conduct the drill on Nigeria’s territorial waterways and the gulf between March 11 and end on…
Navy destroys 6 camps of notorious kidnappers in Cross River
Navy warns every criminal operating in Cross River, on land and waterways to leave now or face a ruthless force…
Navy smashes 175 illegal refining sites, arrests 27 vessels
The outgoing Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Eastern Naval Command, Rear Adm. Sanusi Ibrahim, stated this in Calabar while handing over…
Navy arrests 30 suspected oil thieves in Akwa Ibom
The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area (LGA) of Akwa Ibom, has impounded four…
Cute Abiola spends 10th day in Navy detention
Naval spokesperson Commodore Salman Dahun, in an update said Ahmad’s case is an administrative matter which is being treated administratively
Why Instagram comedian Cute Abiola is locked up in Navy custody
The Nigerian Navy has given reason popular Instagram comedian Ahmed Gafar, known as Cute Abiola is locked up in its…
Why we detained Comedian Cute Abiola – Nigerian Navy
Navy confirme detention of Comedian Cute Abiola for breaching the “Armed Forces social media policy.”
Navy disowns Commodore Jamila’s bombshell on Chadian soldiers selling guns
In a statement today, the spokesman of the Nigerian Navy, Suleman Dahun said the view of the officer does not…
Chadian soldiers sell guns for $20 when broke: Nigerian Navy
Commodore Jamila Sadiq Abubakar, who represented Chief of Naval Staff, Awwal Gambo, said Chadian soldiers, when broke, pawned guns for…