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Vanguard News Navy builds transit accommodation for 230 Junior Ratings On Kindly Share This Story: L-R: Fleet Commander, West, Rear Admiral Vincent Okeke; Commander NNS WEY, Rear Admiral Uduak Ibanga; SGOH, FOC WEST, Rear Admiral Oladele Daji; Zonal Coordinator, Naval Officers Wives’ Association and wife of the FOC, Dr Mrs Feyisayo Daji, Rear Admiral Danjuma Moses and other senior officers of sister Service and Paramilitary. …Commissions other projects By Evelyn Usman The Nigerian Navy has...

Views: Visits 57 Personnel of the Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT Lagos, on Sunday, rescued twelve drowning passengers of an outward engine boat which capsized along Takwa Bay area of Lagos. It was gathered that the incident was caused by waves from another boat transiting the same area at about 8:10 pm. The passengers of the ill-fated boat shouted for help to no avail until personnel of the  NNS Beecroft who were at the vicinity on routine patrol were alerted. The Western Naval Command I...

Share Twelve occupants of a passenger boat that capsized in the Tarkwa Bay area of Lagos were on Sunday rescued by men of the Nigerian Navy. The information officer of the Western Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy Thomas Otuji confirmed the rescue in a press statement he signed and made available to journalists on Monday. The Navy spokesperson said “men of Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT attached to the newly established Forward Operations Base TARKWA BAY and Nigerian Navy Boat Service (SBS) per...

By Chiemelie Ezeobi Disaster was averted at the Tarkwa Bay area of Lagos after naval operatives attached to the newly established Forward Operations Base (FOB) rescued all 12 passengers of a capsized commercial boat. The outboard-engine boat had capsized when a heavy wave by another transiting boat filled its flanks. Fortunately, operatives of the Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT attached to the FOB as well as personnel of the navy’s Special Boat Services (SBS), who were on routine patrol, chanced...

Navy rescues 12 drowning passengers in Lagos On By Evelyn Usman Twelve drowning passengers of an outward engine boat which capsized along Takwa Bay area of Lagos, were Sunday night rescued by  personnel of the  Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT, Lagos. The incident was said to have been caused by waves from another boat transiting the same area at about 8:10pm. Report said that passengers of the ill fated boat shouted for help but none was forth coming , until personnel of the  NNS Beecroft who w...

Published December 23, 2020 | By admin SOURCE: RAUNAK KUNDE / NEWS BEAT / IDRW.ORG. The Naval Aviation Museum at Goa, that showcases the rich history of Indian Naval Aviation has found a new aerial platform for display that has surprised many after it was initially sported in satellite images later revealed by Senior Naval officers at Goa, Indian Navy’s Ilyushin Il-38-IN305 airframe has been quietly retired while the fleet type remains active, but for how long is the question. Soviet-Era Ilyu...

on By Evelyn Usman The Nigerian Navy has boasted of its operational capability and combat readiness of its fleet to address maritime illegalities within the nation’s territorial water and its Gulf of Guinea’s corridor. This assertion was made at the end of the 2020 Chief of the Naval Staff annual sea Inspection codenamed Exercise Still Water, by the Naval Chief, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibass, at the Western Naval Command, Apapa, Lagos. Source: vanguardngr.com

By Chiemelie Ezeobi The Western Naval Command (WNC) recently decorated 21 newly promoted senior officers including five captains who were promoted to commodores, six commanders to captains and 10 lieutenant commanders to commanders. According to the Command Information Officer, Western Naval Command, Commander Thomas Otuji, shipping of stripes is an age-long naval tradition that is dedicated to the Royal Navy and has now been adopted in most navies of the world. In the early days of the navy, h...

Chandigarh, December 19 Pointing out that China believing that its power based on its impressive economic growth gives it a position of pre-eminence in the Asian region and hence it need not adhere to any kind of a multi lateral arrangement, Shyam Saran, former foreign secretary, said that If this is China’s approach, then there is no alternative but to have a strong coalition to push back against such aggressive behavior. Stating that India should have less hesitation in taking this forward ...