Tag: Gulf of Guinea
Tinubu wants task force for Gulf of Guinea
"This mechanism is envisioned to support member states in achieving their national development objectives, and it will also help create…
Nigeria partners 3 African countries on Operation Safe Domain II
The operation encompasses a vast area, spanning 105,746 square nautical miles, and involves the deployment of three ships and a…
Nigerian Navy sustains surveillance in Gulf of Guinea
Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan said that while concerted efforts were being made to reduce piracy within the GoG to its lowest…
IMB confirms piracy decline in Gulf of Guinea
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in its half-year report of 2022 has lauded the reduction in piracy in the globally…
Report reveals the yearly heist of Niger Delta pirates
The report comes as the UN Security Council on Tuesday urged greater action to stop piracy in the Gulf of…
EU commends Nigeria for war against maritime crimes in Gulf of Guinea
EU Senior Coordinator for the Gulf of Guinea, Amb. Nicolas Martinez, leading a delegationn, made the commendation at the end…
UN lauds Nigeria’s role in securing Gulf of Guinea
The United Nations (UN) has commended Nigeria for playing a leading role in efforts to secure the Gulf of Guinea,…
NIMASA lauds naval cooperation at Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea Maritime Collaboration Forum and Shared Awareness and De-confliction conference (GOG-MCF/SHADE) has identified cooperation at sea between…
Pirates kidnap 15, kill one in attack of Turkish cargo ship off Nigerian coast
Turkey sought on Sunday to rescue three surviving members of a cargo ship, called Mozart, after pirates attacked it off…
Pirates attack Norwegian ship off Benin coast , 9 kidnapped
Nine crew members of the Norwegian owned vessel MV Bonita were kidnapped weekend by pirates while the ship was anchored…
Gulf of Guinea: Abuja confab lists tough measures against maritime criminals
Delegates at the Global Maritime Security Conference (GMSC) rose Wednesday after three days of talks at the International Conference Centre…
Ghana confab of navy chiefs focuses on Gulf of Guinea piracy
From 24th to 25th July, the Ghanaian Navy will host over 10 Chiefs of Navies from across Africa at at…
10 Turkish sailors abducted off Nigerian coast
Ten Turkish sailors were taken hostage by armed pirates who attacked a Turkish-flagged cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria,…
Piracy: India bans its seafarers from Nigeria, Gulf of Guinea
Directorate General of Shipping in India has banned Indian seafarers from working in vessels in Nigerian waters and the Gulf…
Maritime illegalities: G7, Gulf of Guinea Nations meet
The G7 with the nations around Gulf of Guinea (GOG) on Monday in Lagos met with regional stakeholders to tackle…
Piracy: Navy deploys warships, troops in Gulf of Guinea
The Nigerian Navy has deployed warships and troops in a massive operation to end pirates’ attacks on local and international…
Nigerian pirates kidnap 2 US sailors
Armed pirates have attacked an oil supply vessel off the Nigerian coast and kidnapped the captain and chief engineer, both…
EU To Join War Against Sea Pirates In West Africa
The European Union said Wednesday that it was preparing to increase security efforts in the Gulf of Guinea, the West…
Jonathan attends meeting on Gulf of Guinea piracy
Amidst reports by the International Maritime Bureau that the Gulf region of West Africa has displaced Somalia as the world’s…
What Chinese explorers found under Nigerian waters
Chinese scientific research ship Dayang Yihao, or Ocean One, has returned to east China harbour, almost four months after it…
4 sailors captured in Nigerian waters
A few days after Nigerian kidnappers freed 5 workers of the Hyundai Heavy Industries in Bayelsa state, pirates have attacked…
AFP: 6 Russians kidnapped off Nigeria freed
Six Russians and an Estonian kidnapped from a ship off Nigeria on October 15 have been released, French oil industry…
Pirates Release Seized German Ship
Pirates released a German-owned tanker off Togo on Friday, a day after capturing it, the International Maritime Bureau said as…
Nigeria’s Navy retakes hijacked oil vessel
Nigeria’s navy on Wednesday retook control of a Singapore-owned tanker carrying a fuel cargo that had been hijacked near Lagos,…
Pirates strike again in Nigerian waters, hijack oil tanker
Pirates have hijacked a Singapore-owned oil tanker in Nigerian waters, the third attack in just over two weeks in the…
Togo pirates free tanker after theft of 3.8m litres of oil
Pirates in Togo have released a tanker with 24 Russian crew on board after siphoning off 3,000 tonnes, about 3.8million…
Hijacked tanker spotted in Nigerian waters
A tanker hijacked off Togolese waters with 24 Russian crew on board was spotted near Nigeria on Wednesday, officials said,…
3 weeks after, 4 foreign oil workers freed in Nigeria
Four foreign oil workers who were kidnapped when unknown gunmen attacked their vessel in the Gulf of Guinea off Nigeria…
Nigeria As Gulf Of Pirates
Incessant pirate attacks dim Nigeria’s maritime prospects Despite sustained efforts by the Nigerian government to check the activities of pirates…
Nigerian pirates kill 2 sailors, kidnap 4 foreigners
Nigerian pirates attacked a barge belonging to an oil services company off the coast of Nigeria on Saturday, killing two…