Nigerian Navy’s Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Escravos has taken a decisive step against oil theft, dismantling six illicit refining sites in the Obodo Omadino Community of Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State. This was revealed by the Commanding Officer of FOB Escravos, Navy Captain Ikenna Okoloagu, in...
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Nigerian Navy’s _Operation Delta Sanity_, launched to combat rampant crude oil theft in the Niger Delta, is yielding significant results, boosting the nation’s economy through increased oil production. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of Naval Warfare Course 9 in Calabar on Friday, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, Chief of Naval...
National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) has revealed that Nigeria accounts for 70% of the estimated 11 million illicit small arms and light weapons circulating in West Africa. This disclosure was made by Mr. Alex Ebimiebo, the South-South Zonal Director of NCCSALW, during...
Nigerian Navy’s Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Badagry, Lagos State, has intercepted seven fibre boats carrying numerous bags of foreign parboiled rice along the Badagry Porto-Novo creek. A credible source informed the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry on Sunday that the operation occurred under intensified patrols led...
By ANIEFIOK UDONQUAK, Uyo – Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Jubilee in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has arrested nine suspects, who are members of the “Nigerian Coast Guard” for engaging in illegal activities. The Commander of NNS Jubilee, Commodore Abubarka Umar disclosed this to the...
Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta has destroyed a dump site used for illegal refining activities at Obotebe Community, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. According to the Commander of NNS Delta, Commodore Abdulazeez Zubairu, the site was uncovered by Navy personnel on Thursday and subsequently destroyed. “The exercise...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, has arrived in Maiduguri, Borno State, to assess the security situation in the region following a recent Boko Haram terrorist attack on a naval base. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the attack killed scores of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – A Nigerian Navy Officer, Lt.-Cdr. M. Buba, has been brutally stabbed to death by a hoodlum in Kaduna State. NATIONAL ACCORD gathered that the incident occurred near Kawo flyover at around 4:50 am on Sunday. According to the police, the suspect attacked and robbed...
President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated three Nigerian Navy Ships (NNS) – NNS SHERE, NNS FARO and NNS IKOGOSI and three AW109 Trekker helicopters: 501, 502 and 503 into the Nigerian Navy fleet. Tinubu, speaking at the inauguration on Saturday in Lagos, said that the addition of the three Fast...
The Forward Operating Base (FOB) Escravos of the Nigerian Navy, has destroyed eight illegal refining sites in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta. The Commanding Officer of the FOB Escravos, Navy Capt. Ikenna Okoloagu disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Warri. Okoloagu said the illegal refining sites...
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla, has assured Nigerians that the Nigerian Navy will up its game towards defeating the enemies of the state and other criminal elements. Ogalla, who was represented by the Chief of Policy and Plans (Navy), Rear Adm. Ibrahim Dewu, gave...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Nigerian Navy ship Pathfinder has rescued ninety-nine passengers from a mishap involving a market boat in a headon collision with a barge en-rout Akulu Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Commander, NNS Pathfinder, Commodore Cajethan Aniaku, confirmed the development ina statement...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Nigerian Navy has said the troops of Operation Delta Sanity and its units have apprehended six suspected crude oil thieves in a series of simultaneous operations conducted from April 20 to April 22. The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, disclosed this in a...
The Maritime Component of Operation AWATSE has intercepted 1,306 bags of foreign rice being smuggled into the country. The NNS BEECROFT Commander, Commodore Paul Nimmyel, said this while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Apapa, Lagos State. Nimmyel, who is the Maritime Component Commander, South-West Operation AWATSE, said that the...
Nigerian Navy has uncovered eight illegal bunkering sites at Obe-Akinboye sea-side community in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. The Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Igbokoda, Capt. Aliyu Usman, disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Igbokoda. He said that the operation against maritime crime which was...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT has arrested no fewer than 27 suspected drug peddlers during a coordinated raid in Gidan Drama, Malu Road, Apapa, Lagos State. The Nigerian Navy Ship’s spokesman, Lt. Hussaini Ibrahim, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in...
The Nigerian Navy has apprehended some vessels carrying illicit arms and stolen crude oil and destroyed several illegal refining sites through its Operation Delta Sanity II in the month of March. The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja....
The Forward Operating Base (FOB) of the Nigerian Navy in Badagry, Lagos State, on Saturday, intercepted 16 fibre boats loaded with 1,000 bags of foreign parboiled rice. A reliable source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry that the smugglers were about to load the bags of...
The Nigerian Navy, Operation Delta Sanity 2, has arrested nine suspected oil thieves at a wellhead, located at about 26 nautical miles offshore in Akwa Ibom. The Commander of NNS Jubilee, Commodore Abubakar Umar, stated this in a press briefing at Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area of the...
The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area has intercepted a wooden boat carrying over 4,200 litres of stolen fuel in Akwa Ibom. The Commanding Officer of the Base, Navy Capt. Aliyu Abdullahi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibaka on Friday....