Nigerian Navy News: The Nigerian Navy is an offshoot of the colonial marine Department of the Royal Navy which was established in 1887. The Nigerian Navy as we know it today became active in the year 1958 having established the Nigerian Navy Defense Force in 1956.
For the latest news about the Nigerian Navy for July 2021, read through this article carefully.
The Nigerian navy is a branch of military or Nigerian armed forces that protects the country’s territorial waters. Aside from this, this organization has been ranked among the largest navies in Africa, with thousands of officers and personnel.
The origin of the Nigerian Navy could be traced to the Marine Department of the Royal Navy established in 1887 as a quasi-military organization, which combined the duties of the present-day Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority and the Nigerian Navy.
The Nigerian Navy is currently structured into 9 Branches at the Naval Headquarters, 5 commands, and a number of autonomous units. The 5 commands are made up of 3 operational commands – Western Naval Command, Central Naval Command, and Eastern Naval Command.
The Headquarters are located at Apapa, Yenagoa, and Calabar- as well as the Training and Logistics, Commands with Headquarters at Apapa and Oghara respectively.
Elements of the Marine Department took part in military operations against the Germans in Cameroun during the First World War between 1914 to 1918.
Latest Nigerian Navy News For July
1. Pirates Abduct Nine Nigerians On Norwegian Oil Ship
Pirates attacked an oil production vessel off Nigeria in the early hours of Thursday and kidnapped nine Nigerian nationals, the ship’s owner BW Offshore said.
The vessel, a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) that can produce about 50,000 barrels per day, was working at the Okwori oilfield operated by Addax Petroleum, a part of China’s Sinopec Group.
Okwori oil field is operated under Oil Mining Licence (OML) 126. The Sendje Berge ship was undergoing maintenance when the attack happened, BW Offshore’s Chief Financial Officer Staale Andreassen told Reuters.
2. Navy Hands Over N15m Worth Of Seized Items To Customs
The Nigerian Navy has warned criminals to desist from illegalities within the Badagry waterways, as it would not hesitate to deal ruthlessly with those found culpable.
The Navy gave this warning on Tuesday while handing over arrested items worth fifteen million Naira to Operation Swift Response (OSR).
OSR was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 to checkmate illegal activities across Nigeria borders after they were shut down.
3. Covid-19: Nigerian Navy Suspends 2021 Recruitment Exercise
The Nigerian Navy, NN, has suspended its 2021 recruitment exercise, due to what it described as a response to national concerns.
To this end, it has deactivated its recruitment portal. It announced the recruitment exercise on March 10, 2021, instructing interested applicants to apply online at , beginning from March 11, 2021, to April 21, 2021.
However, it has been compelled to halt the process following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
4. Maritime Training: Navy, Nimasa To Align Curricula
Plans are at an advanced stage to harmonize the training procedures of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Navy for improved safety and security of the country’s maritime space.
This was revealed in Lagos, when the Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, played host to the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Naval Training Command (NAVTRAC), Rear Admiral Fredrick Ogu, at the agency’s headquarters.
Jamoh pointed out that a large chunk of NIMASA’s budget went into the training of its workforce, adding that other stakeholders, including the Nigerian Navy, also benefit from training programmes facilitated by NIMASA in the overall interest of the maritime sector.
5. Military Dismantles Illegal Refineries, Arrests Oil Thieves In South-South – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters said that military operations conducted in the South-South part of the country in the last two weeks had led to the dismantling of illegal refining sites and arrest of some oil thieves.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, disclosed this while giving an update on the operations of the armed forces in the last two weeks at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja.
Enenche said that between June 18 and July 2, the Armed Forces with renewed vigor in her operations with other agencies had recorded significant successes against the criminal elements in South-South Zone.
6. Navy Recovers Goods Worth N15m From Suspected Smugglers In Lagos
Operatives of the Nigerian Navy attached to the Forward Operating Base, Badagry, Lagos State, yesterday handed goods worth over N15 million, which they allegedly seized from suspected criminals using the Lagos waterways for their activities to the Operation Swift Response (OSR).
The OSR is a joint security task force comprising all security agencies, including the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), set up to combat crimes, especially at the borders and on the nation’s waterways.
7. Excitement As NPA, Nimasa Agree To Site Floating Dock At Continental Shipyard Apapa
Mrs. Hadiza Bala Usman, on the assumption of office as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), undertook a tour of NPA’s facilities in Lagos, Port Harcourt, and Calabar.
Before the tour, little did she know the extent of rot, waste, and mismanagement of resources that awaited her on arrival at the facilities.
She could not express the extent of decay she met on the ground during the visit. Seeing her countenance, the top staff members of the Authority had wished she was not taken to some areas.
8. How the Liberian War Depleted Nigeria’s Maritime Capabilities
In a bid to maintain peace in the African continent, Nigeria lost most of its maritime security platforms to prosecute the 14-year old war in Liberia.
Speaking to some maritime journalists in Lagos the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, said that at the end of the war, virtually all the maritime platforms that the government took to that country to prosecute the war were lost adding that Nigeria had to start from ground zero in acquiring new platforms.
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9. Bunkering: Navy Seizes Three Barges In Rivers
Three barges have been seized by the Nigerian Navy in Port Harcourt following an anti-bunkering operation.
Captain Adegoke Ebo, Executive Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, handed over the barges and some petroleum products to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday.
He said at the occasion that the barges, Destiny Bright, Furo I, and an unnamed vessel, were illegally transporting an unspecified quantity of adulterated diesel and stolen crude oil to unknown destinations before their seizure.
10. Court Remands Indians For Illegal Oil Bunkering
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Thursday remanded two Indian nationals Akash Kumar and Vishal Guleria in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged illegal dealing in 45 metric tonnes of petroleum products.
Justice Rilwan Aikawa’s o
rder followed their plea of “not guilty” to charges bordering on the offenses filed against them by the anti-graft agency.
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