Offshore Installations

  • NN suppressing piracy

    Protecting Nigeria’s territorial waters Despite that the Gulf of Guinea has been identified as global piracy hotbed, PRECIOUS IGBONWELUNDU reports that the sustained sea presence by the Nigerian Navy (NN) […]

  • GoG military exercise starts

    Nigeria joins military exercise in Gulf of Guinea The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday deployed six warships and 65 gunboats in a joint multinational maritime exercise comprising navies from 16 countries. […]

  • Covid piracy surge?

    by Theo Locherer The last quarterly report from the International Maritime Bureau shows the negative effects of the Covid-19 on maritime security. There tend to be significant upswings of piracy […]

  • WAF piracy: media to blame?

    West African piracy remains a threat but attacks are not becoming more frequent despite headline-grabbing abduction stories in the media. That is the view of Dirk Siebels, senior analyst at […]

  • Nigeria targets pirates

    By Wale Odunsi The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday deployed troops on board six warships and 60 gunboats for a special military exercise. The drill targets pirates, oil smugglers and other […]

  • Improve WAF marsec

    Muhammad Irfan The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday called on the Gulf of Guinea countries to consolidate efforts to fight piracy in the region. According to the ministry, two Russian […]

  • Ghana’s piracy woes

    CEMLAWS reveals alarming trends of wide spread of piracy incidents in Gulf of Guinea The Executive Director of the Centre for Maritime Law and Security (CEMLAWS) and a Retired Naval […]

  • Arab League oil fears

    Sawsan Abu Hussein Arab ministers have warned of oil spill disasters in the Red Sea and called on international and regional bodies to maintain maritime security in the area. An […]

  • Nigeria: marsec and drones

    Musa Umar Bologi The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is working towards establishing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) wings in Lagos, Calabar and Port Harcourt to support the efforts of other security […]

  • NAF to join Deep Blue

    The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is set to deploy air assets as well as Special Forces personnel in support of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Deep Blue […]