EXERCISE OBANGAME EXPRESS 2022 FLAG-OFF!
On Friday March 11, 2022, there was an official flag-off ceremony of Exercise OBANGAME EXPRESS held onboard NNS Thunder. This year’s exercise witnessed participants from about 32 countries onboard their various war ships within their country’s area of responsibilities.
The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu-Gambo, flagged off this 2022 Exercise Obangame Express. The exercise is aimed at improving security between Gulf of Guinea navies and allied friends.
Vice Admiral, Zubairu-Gambo said the exercise is designed to “improve regional collaboration through joint operations, intelligence sharing and harmonized legal framework to enhance collective capabilities of Gulf of Guinea nations against maritime crime”.
The Chief of Naval Staff, in his address during the flag-off onboard Nigerian Navy Ship Thunder at Onne Jetty, in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State disclosed that the Navy will deploy ten ships, two helicopters as well as elements of Special Boat Service (SBS) for the exercise. Furthermore, the Chief of Naval Staff commended United States Government through the US Africa Command and other International partners for facilitating and sustaining the exercise.
ENC REGIMENTAL DINNER NIGHT 2021
Pictures highlighting the ENC Regimental Dinner Night, 2021 – which took place in Calabar.
CNS ANNUAL SEA INSPECTION – EXERCISE QUIET WATERS 2021
Pictures highlighting the just concluded CNS Annual Sea Inspection – Exercise Quiet Waters 2021.
CNS VISIT TO CALABAR AND COMMISSIONING OF PROJECTS AS AT 18 NOV 21
Pictures highlighting the CNS Commissioning of the newly constructed Observation Post at HQ ENC Main Gate, the remodelled FOC’s Office and the remodelled Mosque.
NN Warrant Officers’ Convention 2021
NN Warrant Officers’ Convention 2021 holds from 1 – 2 November, 2021.
House of Reps Committee on Navy Oversight Functions to ENC in October 2021
Visit of the House of Reps Committee on Navy as part of their Oversight Functions to ENC in October 2021. AIT News coverage of this visit is here: https://youtu.be/ALb2iHTy154
THE CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF ANNUAL CONFERENCE (CONSAC) 2021!
SCREENSHOTS FROM THE ZOOM VIRTUAL LINKS TO THE CONSAC 2021 |
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT AGAINST FAKE NEWS!!!
The attention of the Naval Headquarters has been drawn to a video clip of a purported attack by some security nuisances on a naval location in the Niger Delta in the Sahara ” Misreporters”…The video clip in question is a simulated assault on a militants location by Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service and only a disreputable news media would gobble such as fit for publication.
Please ignore as always!
Internet link to the video circulating falsehood is below! | |
https://fb.watch/7lJr_0-NpN/ |
Commodore Suleman Dahun,
Director of Information Nigerian Navy.