Tag: pipeline attacks

  • 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. […]

  • Delta hostages rescued

    Nigerian troops rescue 3 Russian sailors, 2 others after raid of pirates’ hideout By Sumaila Ogbaje Three Russian sailors, one Ukrainian and one Equatorial Guinean kidnapped by pirates since 9 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Oil suspects handed over

    Sampson Itode The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Port Harcourt Zonal Office on Tuesday said it has commenced interrogation and investigation of 11 suspected oil bunkerers arrested in Rivers State […]

  • Niger Delta neglect fuels crime

    Nigeria’s problems persist. FG’s neglect of Niger/Delta encouraging piracy — stakeholders By Godfrey Bivbere THE Federal Government has been accused of fueling the problem of piracy in the nation’s maritime […]

  • Poacher, meet gamekeeper

    Corruption a constant concern. NSCDC probes commandants for illegal bunkering Adelani Adepegba The Commandant-General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abdullahi Muhammadu, has set up a team to investigate some […]

  • Black market oil

    The higher the barrel price, the higher the crime rate. Oil’s $133 Billion Black Market By Yale Global Oil is still the world’s leading energy source, with growing demand, a fluctuating […]

  • Militancy ‘contained’ claim

    A rather bold claim that almost certainly won’t backfire… Militancy in Niger Delta Contained, Says Navy By Kingsley Nwezeh The Nigerian Navy said weekend it had contained militant activities in the […]

  • Navy warns oil thieves

    That’ll sort it… Oil theft: Navy reads riot act to criminals in Niger Delta Theophilus Onojeghen The Nigerian Navy has again warned suspected oil thieves and other criminal elements in […]