The House of Representatives Committee on Navy has recommended an increase in funding for the Nigerian Navy to better protect the country’s waterways, rather than establishing a separate Coast Guard. The Chairman of the committee, Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau), made…
The Nigerian Navy Ship, Lugard, says the major cause of the recent boat mishap that claimed dozens of lives in Kogi State was a breach of safety protocol in the waterways. The Commander of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Lugard…
The Nigerian Navy’s Operation DELTA SANITY has discovered and deactivated a hideout which harbours crude-oil thieves in Oboloba community, Bayelsa State. It also detected and destroyed an illegal refining site laden with a large amount of illegally refined kerosene in…
The Nigerian Navy said its troops of Forward Operating Base BONNY, while acting on credible intelligence, discovered and apprehended a suspect in possession of one AK-47 rifle, three AK-47 magazines, and thirty-six rounds of 7.62mm x 39mm ammunition. This was…
By Adeyanju Esther The Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Delta, recently uncovered two illegal refining sites suspected of processing stolen crude oil in the Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State. Led by Navy Commander Patrick Ali on Monday, representing…
Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle says the Nigeria Navy has recruited 1,486 personnel to boost the manpower needed for effective internal security operations in the Niger Delta. Matawalle said this during the Passing Out Parade (POP) of…
The Nigerian Navy has extended its ongoing special military exercise in the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Sanity (ODS), by three months. Vice Adm. Emmanual Ogalla, the Chief of Naval Staff, told journalists at NNS Pathfinder in Port Harcourt on Thursday…
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, Akwa Ibom, says it has impounded some illicit drugs and arrested three suspected drug dealers in the state. The Commanding Officer, Capt. Uche Aneke, disclosed this in Ibaka on Thursday while handing…
The Nigerian Navy has taken delivery of a state-of-technology Offshore Survey Vessel, OSV 115, designed and built by a French shipbuilding company, OCEA SA. It is a 35m-long vessel built for scientific hydro-graphic and oceanographic missions and equipped with progressive…
The Nigerian Naval Ship, NNS Delta, on Wednesday handed over 15 suspects and a Merchant Fishing Vessel, MVF Lily IV, to the Department of Fishery, Ministry of Agriculture, Edo State. The handover ceremony was at the Naval base Jetty in…
