1. UNDERWATER SPECIALIST: The current Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, is an Underwater Warfare Specialist with a sub-specialisation in Intelligence, and also holds a Master’s degree in Transport Management from LAUTECH.

2. BORNO BASE: The Nigerian Navy has a Base on Lake Chad, in Baga, Borno State.

3. BEYOND WATER: The Nigerian Navy does not operate on water alone. It is also heavily involved in land operations (anti-terror and anti-banditry operations) in the North East, North West and North Central regions of Nigeria, alongside the Army, Air Force, Police and Intelligence Agencies.

4. MEET THE SBS: The Nigerian Navy has a Special Forces unit, known as the Special Boat Service (SBS). The SBS is involved in various land and sea operations.

5. FALCON EYE: The Nigerian Navy has a state-of-the-art maritime surveillance system known as Falcon Eye, officially inaugurated in July 2021, and comprising a series of “radars”, “receivers” and “long-range electro-optical systems” that monitor/surveil the country’s sprawling coastline, as well as a Regional Control Centers, and a central Command and Control Center.

6. LOCAL CONTENT: The Nigerian Navy, through the Naval Shipyard Limited, produces some of its boats locally. In 2021, the NSL conceptualized, designed and built four Semi-ballistics gunboats for the Defence Headquarters.

7. FLEET RENEWAL: The Nigerian Navy is awaiting delivery of its first new Landing Ship Tank (LST) in forty-two years. The last pair of LSTs were delivered in 1979. The Navy also this year received its brand new Hydrographic Research Vessel, to replace the last one that was decommissioned a decade ago, and has just signed a contract for the construction of two new High Endurance Offshore Patrol Vessels.

8. GRAND AFRICAN NEMO: The Nigerian Navy hosted the 2021 edition of Exercise GRAND AFRICAN NEMO, the largest multinational military maritime exercise in the Gulf of Guinea. The Exercise was flagged off onboard NNS Thunder on November 4, 2021. The Nigerian Navy deployed 13 ships, 2 helicopters and 2 Special Boat Service (SBS) detachments for the 2021 Exercise.

9. DRUG BUSTS: The Nigerian Navy is ramping up its efforts in combating the smuggling of drugs into Nigeria, in collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). In October and November 2021, the Navy working with its partners intercepted two vessels try to smuggle more than 45kg of cocaine into Nigeria.

10. NINE MILESTONES: The Nigerian Navy has a Strategic Plan 2021-2030, comprising 9 “milestones”: Operations, Fleet Renewal, Logistics, Infrastructure, Human Resources Management and Administration, Concepts and Organisation, Doctrine and Training, Technology, and Inter-Agency and Sub-regional Cooperation.

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