Tag: Nigerian Navy
Navy discovers 30 new illegal refineries in Rivers
The Nigerian Navy says it has discovered 30 new illegal refineries with the combined capacity to produce about four million…
Piracy: Navy deploys warships, troops in Gulf of Guinea
The Nigerian Navy has deployed warships and troops in a massive operation to end pirates’ attacks on local and international…
Navy alerts Nigerians on fake online recruitment
The Nigerian Navy (NN) on Wednesday alerted Nigerians on the activities of fraudsters currently operating fake online recruitment sites.
‘Navy needs $250m to refit NNS ARADU’
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Ibok-Ette Ibas, says the Nigerian Navy needs 250 million dollars to refit…
Normalcy returns to Calabar after Police, Navy clash
Normalcy has returned to Calabar after a gun duel between the Police and the Nigerian Navy in a part of…
Rivers presents Navy assault gunboats
The Nigerian Navy has received eight assault gunboats from Rivers State government that it says will boost its fight against…
Senate Assures Navy Of Adequate Appropriation
Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki, on Saturday said the National Assembly would ensure that the Nigerian Navy received adequate appropriation…
Navy hands over suspected oil thieves to NSCDC
The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday handed over six suspected oil thieves with 3,000 liters of Automotive Gas Oil and three…
Four suspected sea pirates arrested in Niger Delta
The Nigerian Navy on Friday at Masunkiri in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa, arrested four suspected sea pirates in…
Navy arrests 3 Cameroonian, a Nigerian over stolen petroleum products
The Nigerian Naval Ship, (NNS) Forward Operation Base, Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom, has arrested three Cameroonians…
Reps seeks better funding for Navy
The House of Representatives on Friday has said that it will consider better budgetary provision for the Navy in the…
CNS swimming competition to foster good relationship- Adm. Ibok
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Ibok Ibas, says the annual CNS Swimming Competition supported by the force…
Navy averts hijack of tanker, destroys more illegal refineries
The Nigerian Navy said on Monday that it had averted hijack an attack on `Hanze Kochi’, a marine tanker, and…
Navy continues clampdown on militant groups in Niger Delta
The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday said it would continue to clampdown on militant groups and criminal elements in the Niger…
Navy reiterates commitment to defend Nigeria’s waterways
The Nigerian Navy has reiterated its commitment to defending Nigeria’s territorial waters for economic prosperity in line with its zero…
Operation ‘Tsare Teku’ reduced piracy, hostage taking- Navy
The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday said that Operation ‘Tsare Teku’ had reduced piracy and hostage taking in the country’s waterways…
Military sustains bombardment of Lagos, Ogun creeks
The military is relentless in its continued bombardment of the hideouts of the militants who have in recent times been…
Navy blocks escape route of pipeline vandals in Lagos
The Nigerian Navy on Friday said it had successfully blocked all escape routes of the pipeline vandals in the Arepo,…
Navy arrests major logistics supplier to Niger Delta Avengers
The Nigerian Navy (NN) said it had arrested a suspected member of the Niger Delta Avengers. This is contained in…
Nigerian Navy donates drugs, foodstuff to IDPs in Maiduguri
The Nigerian Navy (NN) has donated drugs and foodstuff to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camped in Dalori 11, Maiduguri, to…
2 seized boats of smuggled rice handed over to customs
The Eastern Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said the Nigerian Navy had assisted in intercepting two boats laden…
Nigeria Navy uncovers illegal oil sites in Rivers, seizes over 700,000 litres
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Nigeria Navy recorded a breakthrough in its undercover operations when it uncovered a major illegal oil…
Navy begins Batch 25 online application, as NDA exams hold
Interested indigenes of Lagos State desirous of a career in the Nigerian Navy now have the opportunity to actualize their…
Nigerian Navy arrests 11 for attempting to stowaway
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT on Wednesday in Lagos said it had arrested an impersonator and 11 suspects for…
PICTURES: The Nigerian pirates arrested by Navy
Photographs by AP Here are the faces of the six pirates who hijacked a diesel oil carrying vessel MV Maximus.…
Nigerian Navy repatriates 24 illegal Gabonees immigrants
The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy on Sunday at the Shore line jetty, Calabar, repatriated 24 illegal immigrants…
Navy discovers illegal oil bunkering site on govt. facility in Rivers
The Nigerian Navy says it has uncovered an illegal oil bunkering site at the government-owned Ship Builders Yard facility in…
Vandalism: NSCDC boss commends Nigerian Navy
The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) , Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu has commended the Chief of Naval…
Navy warns personnel against rights abuse
The Nigerian Navy has warned its personnel against abusing the rights of civilians in order to maintain the existing civil-military…
Fuelling of ships to combat sea pirates a major challenge – Ango
Rear Admiral Jonathan Ango, a former Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Western Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy, on Wednesday said…