President Bola Tinubu. Credit: State House
President Bola Tinubu on Monday declared that the Nigerian Navy had successfully eradicated piracy in the country’s territorial waters.
Tinubu gave the commendation when he commissioned three Naval vessels and reviewed a fleet of warships from Nigeria and allied nations at the 2026 International Fleet Review held at the Eko Atlantic Waterfront, Lagos.
The event formed part of a lineup to mark the Navy’s 70th anniversary.
According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the three vessels, NNS Oloibiri, NNS Mambila and NNS Gurara, joined the fleet, which has undergone significant expansion in recent years as the Navy intensified operations against piracy, crude oil theft, illegal fishing and maritime smuggling in the Gulf of Guinea.
