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<h1>The Nigerian Navy in Lagos on Wednesday said it intercepted a wooden boat with outboard engines and 1,400 jerry cans of Petroleum Motor Spirit(PMS) all valued at N20 million.</h1>

The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Rear Adm. Okon Eyo, made the disclosure while speaking to journalists at the command in Apapa, Lagos.

Eyo was represented by the Executive Officer, NNS BEECROFT, Capt. Paul Dogara.

The commander, who said 27 empty drums were also intercepted, added that the vandals on sighting naval men fled and abandoned the products.

“The NNS BEECROFT, based on intelligence, arrested a Cotonou boat at Akaraba sea side area of Atlas Cove, Lagos, at about 01:00 hours on Feb. 8.

“The Cotonou boat has 1,400 jerry cans of 25 litres of suspected PMS, 27 empty drums and 5 x 7SHP outboard engines.

“The estimated suspected stolen PMS is 35,000 litres valued at about N5,075,000 only while the Cotonou boat and the outboard engines are valued at about N15 million only.

“The total sum of the arrested boat with its contents is N20,075,000 only,” he said.

He noted that the Atlas Cove was central to reception and distribution of refined petroleum products to other Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) depots at Mosimi, Ore, Ibadan and Shagamu areas.

“Consequently, the facility has become very attractive to vandals, petroleum thieves and pirates.

“This arrest by the base represents a major achievement of our constitutional mandate and a set back to the logistics requirements of the criminals,” he said.

Eyo said that the base would continue to dominate the nation’s waterways in order to prevent the theft of the nation’s wealth.

“This is in line with the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas’, zero tolerance to acts of illegalities in the nation’s maritime space,” he said.

The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Rear Adm. Okon Eyo, made the disclosure while speaking to journalists at the command in Apapa, Lagos.

Navy intercepts boat with 1,400 jerry cans of stolen petrol

<h1>The Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC) in Lagos on Tuesday commenced a four week training on entrepreneurship and management skills for a group of retiring military officers.</h1>

Speaking at the opening, NAFRC Commandant, Air Vice Marshal Abubakar Liman, said that the training was aimed at refocusing attention of the middle cadre officers from their military lives.

"The aim of the programme is basically to refocus attention of middle cadre officers to the fact that a meaningful and productive life can still be pursued while in service and after retirement.

"In the next four weeks, they will be taken through various modules in the entrepreneurship and management field.

"Some of these modules include entrepreneurship and agriculture, business plan and model, fundamentals of business laws and taxation as well as human supply chain management and marketing," he said.

He said the training also entailed a study tour to Songhai Farm in Porto Novo, Benin Republic to expose them to the opportunities in the agro allied sector.

Earlier, Director of Training, Brig.-Gen. Dominic Onyemulu, said the course was designed for 35 participants while 16 assembled for the inauguration.

"The assembled participants comprise two officers from the Nigerian Army, six from the Navy and eight from the Air Force.

"This is an inaugural course for mid-level officers of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. The course is for officers who have served for 15 to 20 years in the AFN," he said.

He said the commandant directed the training to impact vital skills that would enhance the job performance as well as enable them to manage their various welfare programmes.

Speaking at the opening, NAFRC Commandant, Air Vice Marshal Abubakar Liman, said that the training was aimed at refocusing attention of the middle cadre officers from their military lives.

Retirement: Military trains officers on entrepreneurship, management skills 

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