Tag: Nigerian Navy

OIL THEFT: Nigerian Navy arrests Motor Tanker Sweet Miri

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The Nigerian Navy (NN) through its newly launched Operation, tagged ‘OPERATION DELTA SANITY’ has again made a major milestone with the arrest of a syndicate of 13 crew members (One Ghanaian and 12 Nigerians) on board a Ghanaian owned/ registered vessel known as Motor Tanker (MT) SWEET MIRI on 25 February 2024. The arrest of the economic saboteurs who are bent on stealing the nation’s natural resources was made at about 174 nm (approximately 320km) off Nigeria’s coast heading towards Benin Republic, after the vessel was observed to have switched…

Beyond 100 Days : Ogalla and Navy’s Renewed Vigour At Protecting National Assets, By Abubakar Yusu

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Since the appointment of service chiefs in July , 2023 which included Vice- Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla as the new Chief of Naval staff , the remarkable improvement in both local, and international activities of the Nigeria Navy had improved tremendously. This was against the backdrop of protecting over 19trillion National Assets on the sea to the dogged fight against piracy that had bedeviled the performance of the Nigerian economic activities to the hands of hoodlums, bandits, criminals and non state actors with some of these groups parading themselves as…

CRUDE OIL THEFT: Nigerian Navy arrests Motor Tanker Vinnalaris 1 Lagos

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The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base, (FOB) Igbokoda in Ondo on Wednesday 6 December 2023 at about 10:00pm detected and arrested in the early hours of Thursday 7 December 2023 at about 3.00am, a 77-meter-long Motor Tanker (MT) VINNALARIS 1 LAGOS.   The vessel had 17 crew members onboard at the time of arrest was caught engaging in illegal siphoning of crude oil from one of the well heads at EBESAN oil field about 7 nautical miles off the coast of Awoye riverine community in Ilaje Local Government Area of…

Nigerian Navy launches 76 metres high endurance offshore patrol vessels

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The launching Ceremony for the first of the Nigerian Navy (NN) 2 x 76m, 1200 Tons High Endurance Offshore Patrol Vessels (HE OPVs) was held at the Dearsan Shipyard, Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday 26 October 2023.   The newly built HE OPV P203 was launched by the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) – Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla. It would be recalled that the NN signed a contract with Dearsan Shipyard, Turkey for the construction of 2 units of 76m HE OPV on 3 November 2021 and the…

Navy denies corruption allegation against NHL ED ,says call for probe needless

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The Nigerian Navy has reacted to a publication circulating on some online media platforms, calling on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission as well as the Chief of Defence Staff and Chief of the Naval Staff to investigate the Executive Director Operations of Navy Holdings Limited (NHL) NHL, Commodore Gabriel Sunday Martins Aligwe for violation of public rules and abuse of office     NN in a release signed by Commander Blessed Nuhu,Group Public Relations Officer said NHL new management…

Military reiterates commitment to National Security,neutralizes 151Terrorists, arrests 456, nabs 45 Oil Thieves

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The Nigerian Military has again pledged its commitment to remain focused in its operations in support of national security interests. The military added that the priority of its operations focused on protection of the citizens from the senseless violence of terrorist and other violently extremist groups.   The Director Defence Media Operations, Major Gen. Edward Buba disclosed this at the weekly briefing on military operations activities at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday 15th September,2023.   “Our ongoing operations reflect the commitment of the military to end terrorism and…

Navy disowns Advertisement for 2023/2024 Direct Short Service

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The Naval Headquarters has debunked an online advertisement on the enlistment exercise for Direct Short Service Commission (DSSC) into the Nigerian Navy (NN) captioned “Nigerian Navy DSSC Recruitment 2023/2024 Application Form Portal/www.joinnigerianavy.com”. Nigerian Navy in a statement signed by its Director of Information ,Commodore AO Ayo-Vaughan said the promoters of the fraudlent advertisement advised interested applicants to visit: https://www.topnigerianjobs.com/nigeria-dssc-recruitment/ claimed that the Nigerian Navy DSSC Recruitment 2023 portal is currently opened for online application. “The criminals also stated that applicants will be intimated on the opening and closing dates for…

THE ARREST OF TANTITA OPERATIVES AND PARADE BY THE NIGERIAN NAVY, A TRAGICOMEDY OF ERRORS.

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Yesterday the 31st of August 2023 the world woke up to a news story credited to the Commander, NNS BEECROFT of the Nigeria Navy, Commodore Kolawole Olumide Oguntuga, that the Nigerian Navy arrested four Tantita personnel for alleged crude oil theft. It would have been comedy, if it was not also tragedy. The Navy is a constitutional institution mandated to keep Nigeria’s seaward borders safe from invasion, criminality and free for economic activities. Tantita respects the institution and its constitutional mandate. And it was out of that respect that a…

Nigerian Navy debunks Online Advert on Sales of Admission Forms For Nigerian Navy College Of Health Sciences And Technology Offa

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The attention of the Naval Headquarters has been drawn to a fraudulent online advertisement/sales of admission forms for the Nigerian Navy College of Health Sciences and Technology Offa, Kwara State to unsuspecting members of the public. The fake advertisement fixed the cost of obtaining admission forms at the rate of Fifteen Thousand Naira (N15,000.00) while the school fees is stipulated as One Hundred and Eighty Six Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Naira (N186,850.00). The criminals further directed all payments for the forms and school fees to be lodged into a…

Nigerian Navy to adopt AI to enhance operational effectiveness

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The Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla has stressed the need for the Nigerian Navy NN to leverage on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies to enhance the maintenance of NN platforms and other operational activities. The CNS stated this during presentation of a paper by NN participants of National Defence College (NDC) Course 31, titled “Artificial Intelligence and Ship Maintenance: Strategic Options for the Nigerian Navy by 2035. The CNS further stated that the use of AI is significantly transforming the maritime industry…