The minister stressed that the navy was engaged in joint exercises and training with foreign naval partners to enhance local capabilities. Navy recruits 1,486 personnel to tackle oil theft, piracy – ...

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has nominated the former military chief as defense minister just weeks after he was made to ...

ABUJA, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Nigeria's defence chief has defended operations against insurgents and criminal gangs that have caused civilian casualties, saying the military is doing what it can to ...

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's oil-rich Rivers state will provide six gunboats to the navy for patrols as part of efforts to help combat oil theft, which has plagued the region, its ...

The House of Representatives Special Adhoc Committee on Crude Oil Theft and Losses and the Nigeria Navy are set to collaborate on strategies for effectively policing pipelines and other critical ...

The Nigerian Navy recorded a significant milestone in the past year, increasing its fleet to 27 ships for maritime operations—a growth of over 30%, according to Rear Admiral Chijioke Onyemaobi, the ...

The Nigerian Navy has arrested 76 vessels and at least 242 suspects in anti-oil theft operations, and destroyed more than 800 illegal refining sites during a two-year crackdown, it said on Thursday.

YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - The Nigerian navy has arrested 15 Filipinos after intercepting a vessel carrying a significant quantity of stolen crude oil off the coast of the Niger Delta, a senior ...

NNS Faro (P197), NNS Shere (P198), and NNS Ikogosi (P165) during their commissioning at NNS Beecroft in Apapa. (Nigerian Navy) The Nigerian Navy commissioned three patrol vessels and three helicopters ...