CALABAR — The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy has solicited a special intervention fund from the House of Representatives with a view to establishing more jetties within the Command’s area of responsibility. Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Naval Command, Rear Adm. Sanusi Ibrahim, made the appeal on Monday in Calabar when the House of Representatives Committee on Navy visited the command on an oversight function. Ibrahim said that the Command was faced with the...

MAIDUGURI — In its continued onslaught on terrorists in the Lake Chad region, military fighter jets deployed for Operation Hadin Kai have destroyed 20 boats carrying over 100 Boko Haram Terrorists/Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) over the weekend. Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the NAF Director, Public Relations and Information, said the feat followed credible intelligence on October 20, 2021 said about 20 boats with suspected Boko Haram /ISWAP terrorists were converging for a meeting...

KANO — In an effort to combat terrorism, banditry, and other security challenges in the North, the Nigerian Navy has deployed over 570 officers to join the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in various operations. Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo stated this during a webinar on Open Ears Conference organised to mark Nigeria’s 61st Independence. He said the Logistics College the Service recently established in Kano was...