Ganiyu Adekeye News

Baring any last minute hitches, the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ganiyu Adekeye would, by October this year, launch the first made in warship. The ship has, however, passed its most difficult test of ship building and is currently being built at the Nigerian Navy Dockyard, Victoria Island, , by a team of naval engineers. With this exploit, the Navy has thus proved critics wrong on the ability of the present CNS to take up challenges. The Chief of the Naval Staff, who assured Nigerians that the navy is capable and now more ready than ever to take the bull by its horn in its quest to make the Nigerian Navy a blue sea navy that would be respected by countries of the world…

The Nigerian Navy handed over two ships arrested for oil bunkering in 2003 on the order of the presidency following a court ruling, according to a report on AllAfrica.com. But the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Western Naval Command , Commodore John Kpokpogri who handed over the ships - Mt Tina and Mt Glory on behalf of the Chief of Naval staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ganiyu Adekeye gave the owners 24 hours to remove the ships from the territorial waters or face the full weight of the law. Kpokpogri made it clear to the ship owners, Petrostar Shipping Company that the Navy, in fulfilling its statutory function, would still arrest the ships if found to be engaging in unwholesome activities.