To improve on gains of security in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG), the Navy has deployed five warships, two helicopters and two fast attack boats for this year’s multinational sea exercise, GRAND AFRICAN NEMO 2024. The exercise, a force multiplier executed with navies of Benin and Togo, as well as allies from United Kingdom, France and Spain, seeks to foster …

There was serious disagreement between the Navy and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency. (NIMASA), over the proposed law on maritime security by the Senate. In its bid to strengthen maritime security, the Senate drafted a bill to repeal and amend the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Act of 2007, which when passed into law, would empower …

The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla has said the service would inaugurate three recently acquired ships and two helicopters in its inventory on 30 May 2024. He disclosed this at the interdenominational service in Abuja held as part of events to mark the 68th anniversary of the Nigerian Navy. Ogalla also said the service was expecting five …

The Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Beecroft, Apapa, Lagos, has foiled an attempt by a drug cartel to smuggle 193 bags of Cannabis Sativa weighing 7,443kg, into Nigeria, through the waterways off the Badagry coast, Lagos. Meanwhile, a suspected member of the cartel, Emmanuel Asamani, 24, was arrested inside the large wooden boat conveying the substance. Briefing journalists yesterday, while handing …

The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla has appointed Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu as the spokesperson for the service. Adams -Aliu who is the son of a former editor with The Daily Times took over from Rear Admiral Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan. A statement on Friday by the Chief of Policy and Plans, Rear Admiral J.D. Akpan, stated that the …

The Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft has appointed Commodore Rafiu Oladejo as its 23rd Commander. This was disclosed in a statement by the NNS BEECROFT Base Information Officer, Lieutenant Hussaini Ibrahim on Saturday. According to the statement, the handing and takeover ceremony of the command between Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga and Oladejo was held on Thursday at the NNS BEECROFT conference room, …

The Forward Operating Base of the Nigerian Navy Igbokoda, Ondo State has destroyed an illegal refinery in Awoye community, in Ilaje Local Government Area of the state. The military said the development was part of its determination to checkmate criminal activities such as kidnapping, crude oil theft and illegal bunkering within the costal region of the state. The Commander, Forward …

The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base, Igbokoda, said it had discovered five illegal refineries in some communities in the Araromi seaside area of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. The military said the illegal refineries contained a total of 365,000 litres of crude oil, adding that the illegal refineries are undergoing destruction. The Commanding Officer of the base, Navy …

The Nigerian Navy (NN) said on Thursday that those behind recent media attacks on the service are “soon-to-be-arrested criminals involved in crude oil theft”. This is as the service noted that it has been working harmoniously with all maritime stakeholders in the country and beyond, contrary to views in some quarters. The Navy noted that the involvement of private maritime …

An indigenous firm, Soljas Limited, has dragged the Ministry of Defence before the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt to challenge the destruction of its vessel, MV Cecelia, over alleged crude oil theft. In the suit marked FHC/PH/CS/157/2023, the firm is demanding $4 million, being the cost of the vessel, in addition to N10 billion damages. Listed as defendants in …