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The Commander Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT and Maritime Component Commander of Operation AWATSE, Commodore Kolawole Olumide Oguntuga has disclosed the interception of a large wooden boat laden with over 150 bags of foreign parboiled rice around Lagos Anchorage. The interception which took place in the early hours of 25th November 2023 was made possible with the help of The Maritime Domain Awareness Facility the Falcon eye Alignment, and the Base Quick Response Team under ongoing Operation WATER GUARD. Following established protocols, the bags of rice were transported to the Nigerian...

Multiple Illegal depots have been uncovered by men of the Nigerian Navy under Operation WATER GUARD which have successfully dismantled them where thousands of Jerricans both empty and filled with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) were stockpiled. Disclosing the discovery in Lagos on Thursday, the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Western Naval Command, Apapa, Rear Admiral Mustapha Bala Hassan said that in the afternoon of 15th November, 2023,  the detection of the illegal depots were uncovered. He further revealed that they were located in the Iyaafin and Itsalu Communities within the Badagry...

In its intensified efforts at protecting critical national infrastructure, the NNS BEECROFT patrol team, in collaboration with the Maritime Component of Operation AWATSE, have discovered two punctured points along the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) pipeline. The points served as a conduit pipe by saboteurs where they connect hoses and pumping machines to siphon huge quantities of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), conveyed along the pipeline, thereby posing a significant threat to the nation's products availability as well as the economic well-being of Nigerians.  This was disclosed by the Base...

Five days after it had handed some Tantita Staffs to the Nigeria Police for further investigation and prosecution for oil theft, the Nigerian Navy on Tuesday handed over another three suspects to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Panti, Yaba for impersonation. The suspects identified as Oladele Opeyemi Daniel, 23, Eriwole Ogunlana, 24, and Mubarak Mayegun, 24, were arrested by the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT patrol team for impersonation within the vicinity of Isolo, Lagos State. In a statement by NNS Beecroft, it was said that the operation that...

By Okosun Dennis The hunter has become the hunted as five staffers of Tantita Security Company, a company owned by Tompolo, entrusted with safeguarding pipeline from vandals, were on Friday handed over to the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja for stealing petroleum product and a boat. The suspects were arrested on Tuesday, 29th August, 2023 by personnel of Forward Operations Base (FOB), Nigerian Navy at lbeju-Lekki, Nigerian Navy. The suspects: Owoyele Joseph Omotuyi, Obajimi Oluwaseyifunmi, Balogun Oluwadaisi, Asonja Godday, and Awolowo Aribo were identified as staff of Tantita security company....