Top leaders from the United States Africa Command, Nigerian Navy, representatives of maritime forces from the Gulf of Guinea, Europe, North and South America as well as regional and international organisations gathered in Lagos yesterday for the opening ceremony of the 2019 multi-national sea drills tagged ‘Exercise Obangame Express.’ The yearly event is to improve…

Archers drawn from across the country will converge on Abuja for the first phase of the Nigerian Archery Federation Game Clinic, Coaching and Officiating Workshop holding from Sunday to March 28 at the multi-purpose indoor Sports hall of the National Stadium. According to the President of the Nigeria Archery Federation, Mohammed Abdullah, the participants are…

If there was a political IOU that Ekiti State governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, had upon quitting President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet last year to contest election, he settled it through the outcome of last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly election in the state.    Call it ‘vote buying’ or what you may, or even election malpractice…

Bangladesh commandos stormed a passenger jet in the country's southeast Sunday and shot dead an armed man who allegedly tried to hijack the Dubai-bound flight, an army official said. The suspect, described by officials as a Bangladeshi man in his mid 20s, was shot as special forces rushed the Boeing 737-800 plane after it landed…

The navy has disclosed that the country lost about 23.1 million litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), known as diesel, as a result of illegal oil refining in 2018. Giving the 2018 scorecard of the Navy during the first quarter media dialogue at Navy Headquarters (NHQ), the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok…

What is your take on the leadership of the Nigerian military, in view of the rising attacks on military formations in the Northeast? What does it tell of the military and leadership? The leadership of the Nigerian military has been highly applauded for competently combating the Boko Haram threat. The heads of the Army, Navy…

The Nigerian Navy has denied the latest allegations that some of its personnel collected huge sums of bribes from illegal bunkerers to operate freely in Bille coastal communities in Rivers. An online media had recently released a damming report and video that accused the navy and other security agencies of colluding with illegal oil refiners…

The Nigerian Navy has urged job seekers to be wary of recruitment scammers on the prowl nationwide. Naval spokesman, Commodore Ayo Olugbode, gave the warning yesterday in a statement. He said: “The attention of the Nigerian Navy has been drawn to the activities of fraudsters impersonating as Nigerian Navy enlistment agents and fraudulently extorting money…

A Naval rating is now cooling his heels in police custody at the Lagos command for allegedly stabbing a middle-aged woman to death. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Friday night at Egan village, a riverine community in Ojo local government area of Lagos. The deceased, identified as Taibat Badru, was stabbed at…

Officials in charge of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, yesterday averted a situation, which could have resulted into a bloody fracas between its personnel and guards attached to Topline Security at Idi-Mongoro area of Atlas Cove, Lagos State. The Federal Government had in 2014 awarded the contract of securing pipelines belonging to the Nigerian…

At its height, the Boko Haram insurgency not only threatens to decimate Nigeria as we know it; it also sought to bring large swathes of land under the absolute control of a bloodthirsty sect. Boko Haram declared a caliphate that spanned 11 local councils in states such as Borno, Yobe and Adamawa and reigned with…

The Nigerian Navy has expressed concern over festering insecurity within the nation’s maritime domain. The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, stated this yesterday at Onne, Rivers State, while flagging off the 2017 CNS yearly sea inspection, ‘Exercise Eagle Eye.’ Ibas, who noted that the maritime activities were vital to the economic…