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Navy, NIMASA to harmonise maritime training guidelines

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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, […]
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Nigerian Navy inaugurates Isolation center in Lagos

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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 […]
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Navy appoints 110 senior officers

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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 […]
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Navy hands over 3 seized barges to EFCC in Rivers

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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, […]
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Navy reduces smuggling in A’Ibom coastal communities

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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 […]
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Navy arrests 13 suspected smugglers in A/Ibom

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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 […]
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Navy nabs another 5 suspected rice smugglers in A/Ibom

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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, […]
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Nigerian Navy returns arrested vessel in Calabar

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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 […]
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Navy nabs 4 suspected rice smugglers in A/Ibom

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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 […]