Presence Of Navy makes seafarers feel more secure at our seaports – Admiral…
Seafarers visiting Nigeria’s seaports now feel more secure while at the ports as a result of the presence of the Nigerian Navy,…
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Master mariners against establishment of privately-initiated Coast Guard in…
Master mariners have kicked against the establishment of a Coast Guard proposed to be managed through a private initiative.
Nigerian Navy hands over convicted pirates to Nigeria Correctional Services
The Nigerian Navy has handed over the 10 pirates convicted by Federal High Court in Lagos for the hijack of FV HAILUFENG II to the…
Piracy and armed robbery incidents at lowest level in 27 years, but risks…
The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) received the lowest number of reported incidents for the first half of any year since…
Akinsoji’s thoughts on 7 Nigerians sent to jail in Togo for piracy
Seven Nigerians convicted!!!
After reading the report on some Nigerians who were sent to jail by a court in Togo, over a case…
10 kidnapped from cargo vessel in another attack in Gulf of Guinea
Ten seafarers were kidnapped on Thursday from the general cargo vessel Milan while underway some 14 nautical miles off the…
3 Kidnapped from Stelios K bunkering vessel off Lagos
Three people have been kidnapped from the Togo-flagged bunkering vessel Stelios K which was boarded last week by a group of…
Pirates attack two tankers off West Africa
On 7 November 2020, two tankers were targeted by pirates in separate incidents off the coast of West Africa.
Pirates kidnap seafarer from LNG carrier in the Gulf of Guinea
An LNG carrier has been boarded and attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, resulting in the kidnapping of one crew member.
IMB: Kidnappings in GoG surge by 40% year-on-year
There has been a 40% increase in the number of kidnappings reported in the Gulf of Guinea in the first nine months of 2020,…