Abbas took over the mantle of leadership from his predecessor, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Nkechukwokala, as the 23rd Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) at a handing and taking over ceremony held at the Naval Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday.
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The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Markus Kangye, disclosed this in a statement he issued to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja.
This was contained in a statement on Sunday by Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, the Acting Deputy Director, 6 Division Army Public Relations.
Mr Gbenga Komolafe, Commission Chief Executive, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), disclosed this at the ongoing 2025 Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) Energy Week in Abuja.
The seizure was made by men of the Badagry Division during a routine surveillance and patrol operation targeting suspected oil vandals in the early hours of Monday, May 26, 2025, at about 4:50 a.m.
Navy Capt. Ikenna Okoloagu, the Commanding Officer of the FOB Escravos, disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday in Warri, Delta.
The Managing Director of TSSNL, Chief Kestin Pondi, made the call when Rear Admiral Noel Madugu, the Commander of JTF Operations Delta Safe, paid him a courtesy visit on Tuesday in Ugborikoko, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State.
The TSSNL is a private pipeline security outfit engaged by the Federal Government to secure the nation’s pipeline assets.
Otuaro, who stated this when the joint monitoring team led by Major General Jamil Jimoh paid him a courtesy visit at the PAP Office in Abuja, on Thursday, noted that the joint monitoring team deserved support towards reducing the menace of illegal oil bunkering, and attacks on critical oil assets.
The arrests were made as it continued its raid on illegal refineries in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State.
It said the crew comprised one Ghanaian and 12 Nigerians on board the Ghanaian owned and registered vessel known as Motor Tanker SWEET MIRI.
The award was conferred on him on Saturday.
The Commander of Operation Delta State, Rear Admiral John Okeke, who assumed duty on Thursday, revealed this.
IGP Egbetokun said this on Thursday in Abuja at the opening of a conference with Strategic Police Managers.
Commodore Desmond Igbo, Commander, Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, disclosed this on Tuesday, in Port Harcourt.
The Nigeria Army on Wednesday confirmed it cracked down on illegal refineries in Imo and Delta State with the seizure of several litres of illegally refined petroleum products.
The Ijaw Elders Forum, a coalition of Ijaw groups, has written to President Bola Tinubu to demand a review of procedures in disposal of vessels and trucks seized for complicity in oil theft.
The Navy said this followed the discovery that the vessel’s operation was legitimate and received extant approvals.
Dumebi Kachikwu, a former presidential candidate of the Action Democratic Congress, has urged the Federal Government to set up an investigation panel over an alleged oil theft involving the Nigerian Navy.
The Nigeria Navy in Port Harcourt, Rivers State says it has uncovered a huge mechanism installed in the Oil Mining Lease 18 wellhead being used to siphon crude oil into waiting barges.