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By Okosun Dennis Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft over the weekend, in a style resplendent of Father Christmas, hosted officers, and friends to a grand reception tagged: "Christmas Dinner." The host, Commander NNS Beecroft, Commodore Kolawole Olumide Oguntuga welcomed all the guests warmly as every guest wore a 'Merry Christmas' hat during the dinner held at the Western Naval Command, Officers' Mess, Apapa. The Special Guest of Honour was Rear Admiral JN Mamman. In his welcome remarks, the President of the Mess Committee (PMC), Captain C Akokota, while welcoming the guests...

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...

A new Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Western Naval Command, Apapa, has been appointed by the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla. He is Rear Admiral Mustapha Bala Hassan, who on Wednesday, took over from the outgone FOC, Rear Admiral Mohammed Miftah Abdullahi as the 44 FOC West. In a statement by the Information Officer, Western Naval Command, Commander Patricia Ochei in Lagos said the former FOC, Rear Admiral Abdullahi, has been appointed as Director Department of Equipment, Standardization and Harmonization at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja. In his valedictory...