THE Nigerian Navy has uncovered eight illegal bunkering sites at Obe-Akinboye sea-side community in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. Capt. Aliyu Usman, the Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Igbokoda disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Igbokoda. He said that the operation against maritime crime which was executed by personnel of … Read more
THE Nigerian Navy Ship SOROH (NNS SOROH) has provided free medical services to more than 2,000 residents of Tombia community in Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa.Commodore Omobamidele Akinbami, Commander of NNS SOROH, stated on Saturday during the outreach that the initiative aimed to strengthen cooperation with the host community. The event, organised under the … Read more
THE Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) SOROH, under the auspices of the Central Naval Command, in collaboration with other security agencies, have conducted show of physical readiness in Bayelsa. During the exercise no Saturday, the Commander, NNS SOROH, Commodore Omobamidele Akinbami, said that the exercise was to check the strength and readiness of security agencies to … Read more
THE Forward Operating Base (FOB) Badagry of the Nigerian Navy has intercepted 13,800 litres of petrol and 71 bags of foreign rice in multiple operations along Badagry creeks. The Commanding Officer of FOB Badagry, Navy Captain Oyeleye Omotayo, in a statement on Sunday in Badagry, Lagos State, confirmed that the seizures occurred between March 7 … Read more
THE Federal Government has announced plans to collaborate with the Nigerian Navy to achieve its target of 3 million barrels per day (bpd) in crude oil production by 2025. Nigeria’s current output stands at approximately 1.8 million bpd, a significant increase from the 1.4 million bpd recorded in 2023. The Minister of State for … Read more
NO fewer than 1,814 young Nigerians have been recruited into the Nigerian Navy within the last six months to strengthen joint military operations in the North East Zone, Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea. The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Emmanual Ogalla, said this at the Passing Out Parade of Batch 36 Trainees … Read more
THE Nigerian Navy Outpost in Koluama, Southern Ijaw Local Government of Bayelsa, on Wednesday distributed educational materials to more than 150 students of Government Secondary School, Fishtown. Commanding Officer, Naval Outpost Koluama II, Cdr Stephen Agwai, stated that the initiative was to promote cooperation between civil the populace. Trojan News reports that the items distributed … Read more
THE Nigerian Navy has advocated the establishment of Special Maritime Court to expedite adjudication on maritime cases. The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla, made the call on Friday in Abuja when he paid a courtesy visit to the Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Malam Jibrin Baba-Ndace Ogalla, represented by the Navy … Read more
THE Navy has decried the magnitude of economic loss due to acts of illegal oil bunkering and vandalism of oil pipelines along the riverine communities of Nigeria. The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) SOROH, Commodore Nanmar Lakan, cried out at Okolomade Community of Abua Odual Local Government Area of Rivers during a tour of sites … Read more
THE Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla, has approved the appointment of Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu as the new Director of Naval Information and official Spokesperson for the Nigerian Navy. This was contained in a statement by the Chief of Policy and Plans (Navy), Rear Adm. Joseph Akpan, on Friday in Abuja . … Read more