The piece of information is in a statement issued by the Director of Naval Information, Navy Capt. Abiodun Folorunsho, on Monday in Abuja.
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The Commander said the arrests of the vessels were made possible through credible intelligence at midnight on April 8, 2026.
The Director of Naval Information, Captain Abiodun Folorunsho, confirmed the development in a statement on Friday.
The commitment was made by the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Idi Abbas, during a courtesy visit by officials of the Authority to the Naval Headquarters in Abuja.
On Friday, February 13, 2026, more than 150 serving and retired educators gathered at the school hall, unaware that they were about to become the centre of a homecoming described by staff as unprecedented in the institution’s history.
This is contained in a statement in a statement by the Director of Naval Information, Commodore Ayiwuyor Adams-Aliu, on Monday in Abuja.
The Chief of Policy and Plans of the Nigerian Navy, Rear Admiral Ibrahim Dewu, led the team that received the visitors on Tuesday.
This was contained in a monthly operational update issued on Friday by Commodore Ayiwuyor Adams-Aliu, the Director of Naval Information, in Abuja.
One of the major highlights of the month’s crackdown included multiple raids on illegal refining camps in Warri South West (Delta State) and Biseni community (Bayelsa State), where large volumes of stolen crude and illegally refined products were discovered and destroyed.
A delegation from the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, announced the development during a courtesy visit to Governor Nasir Idris at the Government House in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday.
Navy Capt Ikenna Okoloagu, the Commanding Officer, FOB Escravos, disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Warri.
This was sequel to the suspects’ arrest in connection with the abduction of a naval officer and other victims in Abuja.
The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, made this known in a statement he issued on Saturday in Abuja.
Navy Capt. Ikenna Okoloagu, the Commanding Officer of the FOB Escravos, disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday in Warri, Delta.
It explained that its personnel of the Forward Operating Base Escravos discovered and sealed three illegal refining sites at Obodo in the Omadino riverine community, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State.
A reliable source told the News Agency of Nigeria in Badagry that the smugglers were about to load the bags of foreign parboiled rice into their awaiting vehicles when the Navy operatives swooped on them.
The state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, revealed this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Lekan Adeniran, on Tuesday.
The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
Lieutenant B. C. Awodeyi, the Base Information Officer, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria.
The Navy said that anyone found in breach of these regulations could be arrested and prosecuted in accordance with the law.