The Nigerian Navy has said that former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo (rtd.) would hand over to his successor, Rear Admiral Ikechukwu Ogalla at a public ceremony on Friday, 23rd June. In a statement on Wednesday, Naval Director of Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan said: “Suffice to state that handing and taking over ceremony in the Nigerian Navy from …

China has deployed its Navy to rescue citizens from conflict-hit Sudan, the Defence Ministry in Beijing said on Thursday. Multiple nations have scrambled to evacuate embassy staff and citizens by road, air, and sea from Sudan, where fighting between the army and paramilitaries has killed hundreds and led to acute shortages of water, food, medicines, and fuel. Rescue operations intensified …

The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday decorated 12 Master Warrant Officers (MWOs) with the rank of Lieutenant after granting them Presidential Concessional Commission by the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo. At the ceremony, Admiral Gambo said the initiative was to reward personnel, in fulfillment of his resolve to encourage hard work, commitment, and integrity, which would portray …

The Nigerian Navy (NN) said it intercepted and rescued a Motor Tanker (MT) Monjasa Reformer hijacked by pirates around 144 nautical miles (nm) South-West of Pointe-Noire, Democratic Republic of Congo. The vessel with 16 crew members which was hijacked around 10: 39 pm on 25th March, while it was about 95nm off the Etame Terminal; was rescued adrift on the …