Nigerian Navy highlights major challenges as it marks 70 years in existence

The Nigerian Navy has highlighted immoderate its large challenges successful its 70 years travel to see exertion and probe development. 

Rear Admiral Akinola Olatunde, Chief of Policy and Plans, Naval Headquarters, stated this astatine an planetary property briefing to people the Nigerian Navy 70th day solemnisation successful Abuja connected Thursday.

Fielding questions from journalists, Olatunde noted that implicit the years the Navy has changed from the absorption connected conscionable policing duties, to diplomatic and besides to subject duties.

He noted that implicit years, the Nigerian Navy has transformed from a humble coastal policing navy into a formidable instrumentality of nationalist power, determination stableness and blue-water prestige done resilience and strategical adaptability. 

DAILY POST reports that the Nigerian Navy was established connected 1 June 1956 and arsenic the then, it was known arsenic Naval Defence Force with 250 officers and men arsenic good arsenic 11 ships inherited from the erstwhile Colonial Marine Department of the Royal Navy. 

In 1958, it was designated arsenic the Royal Nigerian Navy successful 1958 and the prefix Royal was dropped erstwhile Nigeria became a republic successful 1963. 

The modern-day Nigerian Navy was legally established done the Act of Par...