•Illegal crude oil refinery The Nigerian Navy has continued its onslaught on crude oil theft in the country with the destruction of illegal refining sites in Bayelsa and Delta States yesterday, Wednesday, June 19. In a release yesterday, the Navy said its Forward Operating Base (FOB) FORMOSO discovered and deactivated a newly established illeg...
The Nigerian Navy has raised alarm over the escalating issue of stowaways in Lagos waters, with a staggering 75 individuals arrested on merchant ships from August 2023 to April 2024. In a statement by Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, director of Information at Naval Headquarters, the Navy disclosed its grave concern regarding the trend. According...
The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, has approved the appointment of Commodore Aiwuyor Augustine Adams-Aliu as the new Director of Naval Information and official spokesperson for the Nigerian Navy. Aiwuyor replaced Rear Admiral Ayo-Vaughan, who has been redeployed to Headquarters Naval Training Command as the Chief Staff Off...
Natives and residents of Iddo-Sarki community along Airport Road, Abuja, were gripped with panic following the mounting of demolition signposts by the Nigerian Navy (NN) in the area. Our correspondent who visited the community observed that the signposts had an inscription which read: “This land belongs to the Nigerian Navy, Park and leave. Al...
Two US Navy sailors went missing on Thursday evening while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said yesterday. “On the evening of January 11, two U.S. Navy sailors were reported missing at sea while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia,” the CENTCOM said. “Search and rescue operations are ...
The Nigerian Navy announced today that it will open the online registration for recruitment into its Basic Training School on January 2, 2024. The announcement was made in a statement signed by the Navy Secretary alongside the requirements for recruitment. “The Nigerian Navy wishes to inform the general public and all potential applicants that...
Tantita Security Services Limited has countered the Nigerian Navy over the crude oil vessel that was seized in the coastal waters of Ondo State. The Nigerian Navy had accused Tantita Security of being involved in illegalities, but the security company is claiming the Navy is preventing its operatives and other security agencies from boarding t...
The owners of the vessel, Soljass Maritime Limited have dragged the Nigerian Navy, Chief of Naval Staff, and the Commander of the Nigerian Navy Ship Pathfinder to court for what they referred to as recklessness and bad faith shown by the maritime force. On August 22, members of Operation Delta Safe destroyed the vessel MV […]
•Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan Amid the raging debate on the N5bn presidential yacht to be procured by the federal government, as captured in the 2023 supplementary budget submitted to the National Assembly, the Nigerian Navy yesterday affirmed that it had taken delivery of the yacht. The Director of Information, Nigerian Navy, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-V...

