By our Reporter
The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, has approved the appointment of Commodore Aiwuyor Augustine Adams-Aliu as the new Director of Naval Information and official spokesperson for the Nigerian Navy.
Aiwuyor replaced Rear Admiral Ayo-Vaughan, who has been redeployed to Headquarters Naval Training Command as the Chief Staff Officer.
A statement by the Chief of Policy and Plans (Navy), Rear Admiral, JD AKPAN, on Friday, March 22, said Adams-Aliu was a veteran journalist who had worked extensively as an editor with Daily Times of Nigeria, before joining the Nigerian Navy.
He said Aiwuyor, as a young journalist, was exposed to the inner workings of the journalism profession and developed a flair for public speaking and media relations.
The new Navy’s spokesperson was admitted into the Nigerian Defence Academy in 1995 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry in 1999. He was later commissioned into the Nigerian Navy in the year 2000 as a member of 47 Regular Course.