Tag: West Africa

  • Pirates threatened to burn Scots skipper to death

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    A SCOTTISH sea captain seized by Nigerian pirates has told how he was threatened with being burnt to death during an ordeal that ended only when a £50,000 ransom was […]

  • WA piracy will remain a headache for ship owners in 2014

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    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 […]

  • Nigeria: JTF Reveals 2013 Figures

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    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 […]

  • Nigeria: Navy hands over 1,646 suspected oil thieves

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    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 […]

  • Naval chief links insiders to piracy

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    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 […]

  • EU Boost Anti-Piracy Efforts

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    The European Union said Wednesday that it was preparing to increase security efforts in the Gulf of Guinea, the West African maritime region that has become a global piracy hotspot […]

  • West Africa seeks anti-piracy force

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    West African leaders have called for the deployment of an international naval force to curb the growing threat of piracy off the Gulf of Guinea West Africa seeks anti-piracy force […]

  • Security in Gulf of Guinea

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    Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan will leave for Cameroon on Sunday ahead of a meeting of West and Central African leaders on maritime security in the pirate-infested Gulf of Guinea Regional […]

  • Tackling Insecurity in West Africa’s Waters

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    For the first time, piracy now affects more seafarers in West African waters than off Somalia’s coast, according to figures from the International Maritime Bureau released last week Tackling Insecurity […]

  • IMO pledges to assist with piracy code

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    IMO has pledged to assist in the implementation of a new Code of Conduct concerning repression of crime against ships in west and central Africa. IMO pledges to assist in […]

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