The Nigerian Navy has bought new combat boats and revamped others to tackle maritime crime in the country.The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral I. E Ibas, disclosed this yesterday at the Nigerian Naval Engineering College in Sapele, Delta State.

Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete-Ibas, has told the House Committee on Navy not to undermine the budget estimate of the Nigerian Navy pending before it for approval.  He said non-approval of the estimated budget of the service had grave consequence for the country, as it would spend heavier sums of money to contain…

The Nigerian Navy has announced the appointment of some of its senior officers to the rank of Flag Officer Commanding (FOCs). 

Operatives of the Nigerian Navy at the newly established Naval War College at Ubima Community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State have arrested five notorious kidnappers terrorizing Ubima and its environs.

The Nigerian Navy yesterday said it would commence a three-day sea exercise codenamed Eagle Eye II in Port Harcourt, Rivers State today.

Seven personnel of the Eastern Naval Command have been elevated to higher ranks in a brief ceremony at the command headquarters in Calabar.

The appellant said the incident happened in 2012 in Calabar when he was on his way to work and ran into men of the Navy attached to the then Quick Intervention Squad of the Cross River State Government.

In continuation of its fight against oil theft and other crimes on the waterways, Nigerian Navy Ship Jubilee, Ikot Abasi, in Akwa Ibom State has paraded and handed over a 42-year-old Mr. Ishaya Musa Vandi...

The Nigerian Navy yesterday intercepted and arrested two tanker vessels and four fishing trawlers with 79 crewmembers onboard for various maritime crimes. The Flag Officer Commanding...

Dozens of people were injured and about six houses torched in Aladja community yesterday as the unending land dispute between Ogbe-Ijoh and Aladja communities in Delta State boiled over yesterday.

Commodore Sam Bura, Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, paraded the suspects and the weapons found with them before newsmen on Monday in Port Harcourt.


The vessels, which were arrested along with their 14 crew members by operatives of the Nigeria Navy Ship BEECROFT, were handed over to the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).