Nigeria Navy
20 May
Nigeria Navy has arrested 20 suspects with over 6million litres of stolen products recovered. The successes were made possible by the Chief of naval staff’s biting team code-named ‘Operation DAKATAR DA BARAWO’ (OPDDB). The squad has made breakthroughs in which over N10 billion worth of stolen crude oil and petroleum products were denied to oil…
8 Apr
The Nigerian Navy’s newest Landing Ship Tank (NNS KADA), on Thursday, arrived Port of Al Duqum, Oman, on the first leg of her homeward voyage to Nigeria. The Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, the ship’s visit was the first…
18 Mar
The Nigeria Navy, NNS Jubilee, in Ikot Abasi, has said it would not allow the construction of a storey building opposite its Base main gate for security reasons.
17 Dec
The Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Naval Command, Rear Adm. Sanusi Ibrahim, says it impounded 25 vessels used in illegal oil bunkering in 2021.
9 Jul 2021
25 officers of the Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service have completed a five-week Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) alongside a team of U.S. Army Special Forces. Throughout the JCET, the American military trainers and the Nigerian Navy special operations forces trained together on a broad range of land-based skills and tactics, such as countering improvised…
7 Jun 2021
The Nigerian Navy (NN) on Monday launched a new Landing Ship Tank (LST) at Damen Shipyard, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The construction of the ship began about 2 years ago and when commissioned will replace the first set of LSTs of the NN, NNS AMBE and NNS OFIOM which have been decommissioned. I'm a statement…
20 Feb 2021
The Nigeria Navy (NN) has dispelled rumours that its officers and ratings aid and abet crude oil theft and invasion of herders.
14 Jan 2021
Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has charged personnel of the NNS Jubilee to ensure adequate protection and maintenance of facilities in the base.
22 May 2020
Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, yesterday disclosed that the Nigerian Navy intercepted a Chinese vessel, which was attacked by pirates, off the Coast of Cote D’ Ivoire.
22 Dec 2019
The Central Naval Command (CNC) of the Nigerian Navy, at the weekend, disclosed that its operation in the Niger Delta destroyed 124 illegal refineries...
16 Nov 2019
There has been uneasy tension and apprehension in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, and its neighbouring local government areas as the major political parties- the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressive Congress (APC)- battle for the soul of oil rich state.
20 Oct 2019
The Forward Operating Base, FORMOSO, Nigeria Navy, has handed over a grounded seized vessel, MT Maro as scrap to a steel company to dismantle and recycle.
The Navy seized the grounded vessel after its crew members were arrested for involvement in illegal bunkering since 2014.