The combined efforts of operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service and Nigerian Navy at Ibaka in Akwa Ibom State led to the interception of 12 adult Nigerians on their way to Cameroon from Nigeria through the sea.
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The Nigerian Navy on Saturday debunked the allegations making the round that some of its men set ablaze a shop in Igbokoda, Ondo State on April 16.
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, on Wednesday, decorated five newly promoted brigadier generals, two Navy commodores and one commander serving in Defence Headquarters.
Raphael, a Senior Immigration Inspector from the Rivers Marine Command, Nigerian Immigration Service in Onne, Rivers, was abducted alongside three others by suspected militants on Tuesday.
Vasudev told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos shortly after the ship berthed that they were not only visiting to celebrate 60 years of Nigeria and India’s diplomatic relations.
The Corporation said this in a statement issued by its Spokesman, Ndu Ughamadu in Abuja on Sunday.
Abbo had in 2004 applied for admission into the Nigerian Naval Training College, Onne, Port Harcourt, Rivers State and had passed the examination.
A civil rights group, Centre Against Impunity in Nigeria on Thursday, appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on the Nigeria Navy to release some 22 Nigerians in their custody.
Troops of the Nigerian Army and the Navy in Port Harcourt, on Friday took delivery of new accommodation blocks donated by oil and gas major, Total E&P.
The National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd), has commended Nigerian Navy at curbing illegal maritime security activities across the country.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the show of force is an apparent response to the September 14 stay-at-home directive, issued by the Independent People of Biafra.
Capt. Suleiman Olorundare, the Commanding Officer of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base in Bonny, Rivers, handed over the crewmen to the anti-graft agency in Bony after parading them before newsmen.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that heavily armed personnel of the Army, Navy, Police and NSCDC were strategically positioned on the adjoining roads to the venue.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the impounded substance and a suspect were handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Tuesday for further investigation and prosecution.
The new Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Naval Command, Rear Adm. Mathew Emuekpere, disclosed this on Monday during his familiarisation tour of naval warships in Onne, Rivers.
Commodore Olu Bankole, the Command Operations Officer, who led a delegation to the state, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen shortly after he held a closed-door meeting with Governor Abubakar Bello in Minna on Monday.
The Flag Officer Commanding Naval Training Command Rear Adm. Obi Ofodile, made the pledge at the closing of a seminar held at the command on Friday in Lagos.
One vessel, MT San Padre Pio and the 16 all-male crew members were held in the operation, Capt. Suleiman Olorundare, Commanding Officer of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base, Bonny told newsman.
Rear Adm. Matthew Emuekpere, the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Naval Command, said this during a familiarisation tour of the Nigerian Navy Referral Hospital, Calabar, and other naval formations within the state.
They also arrested three suspects found in the boat that came from Cameroon and heading for Calabar.