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 – ...

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 ...

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

BEIJING (Reuters) -A naval fleet of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) led by the destroyer Nanning arrived in Nigeria on Sunday for a rare visit by the Chinese military to Africa's Atlantic coast ...

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 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.

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 ...