Tag: Nigerian Navy

Two arrested as Edo police bust illegal refinery
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Navy seizes vessels, destroys illegal refineries in March operation

The Nigerian Navy announced the seizure of vessels involved in crude oil theft and the destruction of several illegal refining sites during Operation Delta Sanity II in March. The Director of Naval Information, Commodore, Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, made this disclosure in Abuja on Saturday, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. He stated that on March […]

MT praisel vessel was not carrying stolen petroleum — Navy
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MT praisel vessel was not carrying stolen petroleum — Navy

The Nigerian Navy has stated that the vessel captured by Tantita Security Services Limited was not carrying stolen crude oil. The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, made this announcement on Sunday in Abuja. The 1,117-tonne ship, which was carrying roughly 8,100 barrels of petroleum, was intercepted on Wednesday by Tantita Security Outfit, a […]

Naval Officers' Wives Association
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Naval officers’ wives encourage Delta women on skill acquisition

The president of the Naval Officers’ Wives Association, Hajiya Nana Gambo, has encouraged women in Delta State to fully utilize the entrepreneurial training that is available at the NOWA skill acquisition center located in Oghara. This was during the graduation ceremony for the first edition of the NOWA skill acquisition program that had trained 21 […]

Transportation

Nigeria gets Afreximbank’s $350k to develop inland waterways

The African Export-Import Bank has donated $350,000 to maximize the use of transportation on Nigeria’s interior waterways. According to The Sun, the African Export-Import Bank, the Nigerian Export-Import Bank, the Federal Ministry of Transportation, and the Nigerian Navy have joined forces to chart the Lower River Niger to improve water transit in Nigeria. The Lower […]

Maritime

NIMASA partners Navy on wreck removal

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency said it worked with the Hydrography Department of the Nigerian Navy to identify wrecks on the waterways. It said has commenced preparatory works to deploy a high-resolution magnetometer to validate the ongoing wreck removal exercise of all identified wrecks listed for removal along the Badagry Creek in Lagos. […]