The Nigerian Navy Secondary School Calabar is located at Ikot    Offiong Ambai Village along the Calabar Ikang Highway in Akpabuyo LGA     of Cross River State. It is about 15km from the UJ Esuene Stadium in   Calabar. The School is 500m from the highway opposite the Nigeria Police Secondary School. The School was originally planned as a State Model Secondary School until it was handed over to the Nigerian Navy in May 1999   by the Cross River State Government headed by Navy Captain C Osondu the then Military Administrator. The School did not start that year due to       logistics and financial challenges. Consequently, the School premises was   left idle for 6 years during which the facilities were degraded due to natural   wear and tear as well as alleged vandalism.

 

 The then Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral GTA Adekeye  decided to start the School and appointed the pioneer Commandant, Navy Captain A Kpou in October 2005. Thereafter, facilities in the school were renovated in preparation for take-off and the School was commissioned on Friday 4 August 2006 by the then Governor of Cross River State Mr. Donald Duke. The first student, Miss Olorunjuedalo Folami, was admitted at 0830  on Sunday 26 September 2006 and the School commenced academic  activities with 100 students.