Tag: nigeria
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WA piracy will remain a headache for ship owners in 2014
Nigeria will remain a serious piracy hot-spot in 2014, as the country still resists the allowing of non-Nigerian armed guards on board vessels plying its waters. WA piracy will remain […]
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Nigeria: JTF Reveals 2013 Figures
The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, said yesterday it killed 82 sea pirates and robbers 2013: JTF killed 82 sea pirates, nabbed 1,857 crude […]
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Nigeria: Navy hands over 1,646 suspected oil thieves
As part of the campaign against the theft of the nation oil resources, the authorities of the Nigerian Navy have handed over 1,646 suspected oil thieves to the police Navy […]
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Naval chief links insiders to piracy
Nigeria’s Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Dele Ezeoba has blamed the activities of insiders for the incessant attacks on ships in Nigerian waters especially in the Niger Delta region. Naval […]
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Navy Kills 6 Pirates, Injures 1
Nigeria’s navy killed six pirates and injured one other in its latest attack to try to stop the outlaws from expanding their territory in the Gulf of Guinea Nigeria navy […]
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Nigeria navy parades four from rare pirate capture
The four were arrested during one of only two successful operations against a sharp rise in pirate attacks this year – and Nigerian authorities were determined to squeeze the maximum […]
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Nigerian navy kills 12 pirates
The Nigerian navy has killed 12 suspected pirates and rescued a hijacked vessel laden with fuel in the country’s oil-producing Niger Delta region Nigerian navy kills 12 pirates The Nigerian […]
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Nigerian Navy chief discusses “myriad of maritime threats” in Gulf of Guinea
Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogbeche Ogbor, the Nigerian Navy’s Chief of Policy and Plans (CCPLANS), discusses the “myriad of maritime threats” in Gulf of Guinea with Andrew Elwell for DefenceIQ Nigerian Navy chief […]
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Worrying Surge in Piracy in Gulf of Guinea
The number of attacks by pirates worldwide has fallen in the last year but armed robbery and kidnappings at sea have surged off the coast of west Africa Worrying surge […]
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Nigerian LNG Exports Blocked
Maritime authorities have halted liquefied natural gas exports from Nigeria due to a dispute over fees and taxes, blocking ships at a facility producing some seven percent of global LNG […]
