Tag: Gulf of Guinea
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…