Nigeria, July 7 -- In the early hours of Wednesday, June 18, 2025, a band of terrorists attacked the Naval Base Lake Chad in Baga, Borno State, targeting military equipment at the base, including swamp buggies recently made available by the Governor of Borno State.

A terrible mistake. Naval personnel at the base effectively repelled the attack, neutralising several of the attackers and leaving many others injured. The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla, visited the base days after the aborted attack to express gratitude to the officers and men of the base and boost morale.

If the terrorists thought this attack might dampen military morale, it ended up achieving the opposite; the Nigerian Navy is more than deter...