BY ANDREW OROLUA The Nigerian Navy has rescued 8 Police officers and a civilian from being drown around Agbura community Bayelsa State after their speed boat hit a submerged wreck and capsized. The accident occurred on the eve of Christmas, December 24, 2024, but Nigerian Navy Personnel deployed around Agbura community Bayelsa Statewere alerted and […]
Heartwarming news emerged this week that the Nigerian Navy has completed work on the Pre-dredging survey aimed at creating a sea access route for Imo State, from Oguta Lake, through Orashi River, to the Atlantic Ocean; and subsequently produced a comprehensive report of the Survey project. (Full technical name: “Report of the Pre-Dredging Survey and […]
BY ANDREW OROLUA The Nigerian Navy (NN) has raised the alarm over the proliferation of illegal maritime security outfits in the country saying they may worsen the scourge of insecurity in the country with grave impact on national security. NN said in a statement on Friday by its spokesman Commodore AO Ayo-Vaughan that it had […]
The Nigerian Navy on Thursday deployed 13 warships, two helicopters and 1,500 troops in a special military exercise against pirates in the Gulf of Guinea. The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, announced the deployment at the flag-off of Exercise Grand African NEMO 2021 in Onne, Rivers. Represented by Rear Adm. Obi […]
The Nigerian Navy has disowned a fake press release inviting candidates of the Nigerian Navy Basic Training School (NNBTS ), Batch 30 to commence training at the school in Onne on August 18. READ ALSO: How is it that terrorists are not short of weapons? – Buhari Navy Director of Information, Commodore Suleman Dahun, on […]
Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, says plans to harmonise the organisation’s training procedures with those of the Nigerian Navy are at an advanced stage. He was said to have disclosed this when he hosted the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Naval Training Command (NAVTRAC), Rear Adm. Fredrick Ogu, […]
The Nigerian Navy has inaugurated an isolation centre in Lagos state as part of activities to mark its 64th anniversary. Commissioning the centre, the Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok-Ete Ibas, said the aim is to support the federal government’s fight against the covid-19 pandemic. 64th Anniversary: Navy To Inaugurate COVID-19 Isolation Center In … READ […]
The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas, has approved new appointments of some senior officers in the Nigerian Navy. The Navy Director of Information, Commodore Suleman Dahun, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the major reshufflement affected 110 senior officers, consisting of 33 Rear Admirals and 77 […]
The Nigerian Navy on Saturday debunked the allegations making the round that some of its men set ablaze a shop in Igbokoda, Ondo State on April 16. Commander Thomas Otuji, the Commander of Information, Western Naval Command, said in Lagos that the Nigerian Navy as an institution respects the rights of citizens. COVID-19: NMA raises […]
Three barges allegedly involved in illicit oil deals and seized by the Nigerian Navy may be forfeited to the federal government on conclusion of investigation, a naval official said on Thursday. The barges were allegedly moving unspecified quantity of petroleum products believed to be adulterated diesel before they were seized. Capt. Adegoke Ebo, Executive Officer, […]
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom state, has disclosed that its patrols along the borders of Akwa Ibom and neighbouring countries has checked the influx of migrants and smuggling of contrabands into the state. In a press statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Uyo, Commanding […]
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state has seized 316 drums of illegal Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) known as diesel from smugglers at Agbani Offshore. The seized drums which amount to 300 litres of diesel each were seized on March 8 during routine patrol by navy […]
The Nigerian Navy has opened its application portal for its 2020 recruitment exercise. According to the Nigerian Navy, the recruitment portal will opened on Wednesday, March 11th and will close on Tuesday, 21st April, 2020. In a statement by the Nigerian Navy, it noted that the application is free and can only be done and […]
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state, has arrested 13 suspects and seized 2,053 bags of rice allegedly smuggled into the country from Cameroun. Parading the suspects at Ibaka on Thursday, the Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base Ibaka, Capt. Peter Yilme said the suspects were arrested […]
Barely five days after six suspected rice smugglers were arrested in Ibaka, Akwa Ibom state, the Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area has paraded another five suspects and seized 516 bags of rice allegedly smuggled from the Republic of Cameroon. Parading the suspects on Tuesday in Ibaka, the Commanding Officer, […]
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state has arrested six suspected smugglers along the Akwa Ibom waterways and seized 1, 439 bags of rice allegedly smuggled from the Republic of Cameroon. The arrests were made along the Unyenge, Effiat and Mendoro creeks in five different operations […]
Calabar – The Nigerian naval ship, NNS Victory, on Monday, returned a vessel, MT AYSU, arrested on Jan. 31 to Pebeto Enerji Limited. While handing over the vessel in Calabar, the Commander, NNS Victory, Rear Admiral Vincent Okeke, said that his patrol team arrested the vessel around Calabar Safe Anchorage Area for illegally loading 1,500 […]
The Nigerian Navy on Friday said it arrested seven alleged impostors parading themselves as security personnel in Port Harcourt. Cdr. Murtala Rogo, Base Operations Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, said this whsn handing over the suspects to the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Onne, Rivers. READ ALSO Navy nabs […]
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state has arrested four suspects for allegedly smuggling of 220 bags of rice from Cameroon into Nigeria. The suspects and the wooden boat carrying the smuggled rice were seized during a routine patrol by navy gunboats around the Effiat waterways […]
Nigerian Navy has released the list of successful candidates in the 2019 recruitment interview held in Lagos between July 29 and Aug. 27. Navy Director of Information, Commodore Suleman Dahun, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, adding that the list could be accessed online at www.joinnigeriannavy.com. Dahun said the successful candidates would […]