Areas of Risk
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Group offers to guard Delta waters
Just what the Delta needs: another group of guards. Group offers to safeguard Niger Delta waterways Posted By: Olugbenga Adanikin A group of volunteers, the Nigerian Merchant Navy Coastal Defence […]
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Delta militants not ready to talk
Militants deny their men have been captured. We are not ready for dialogue – Niger Delta Avengers Michael Abimboye Hard fighting militant group, Niger Delta Avengers has cautioned the Niger […]
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Japan offers coast guard ships to Philippines
Japan has no claim in the South China Sea but it is in dispute with China over small islands in the East China Sea. Japan in talks to deliver two […]
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Nigerian Navy parades prisoners
Men accused of pipeline vandalism and piracy, too. Navy parades two suspected members of Avengers Simon Utebor and Ovie Okpare The Nigerian Navy on Saturday paraded two suspects believed to […]
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Another Delta group acts
Misery for the Delta continues. Nigeria: New Militant Group Breaches NPDC/Shoreline Trunk Line in Delta By Ejiofor Alike and Sylvester Idowu There seems to be no solution in sight to […]
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Pirates jailed for 5 years
Men convicted of piracy in July. Somali pirates get five years in jail PORT LOUIS, Mauritius – Twelve Somalis who attacked a container ship in the Indian Ocean were sentenced […]
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Italy raises port security level
No reason cited for move. Italy raises security level at tourist ports – coastguard Italy raised the security level at its tourist ports on Thursday, a coastguard spokesman said, meaning […]
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Delta militants in new threat
No peace for the Delta. Niger Delta militants threaten to blow up refineries Omotayo Yusuf A militants group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate has issued a deadly warning to the […]
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Vietnam boosts defences
The new neighbours aren’t winning any friends. Vietnam moves new rocket launchers into disputed South China Sea – sources BY GREG TORODE Vietnam has discreetly fortified several of its islands […]
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Nigerian Navy, fake kidnaps
Navy suggests that kidnaps are being faked. Kidnapped crews probably disagree. Navy profiles ships, owners involved in stage-managed kidnap attempts By Evelyn Usman lagos—Nigerian Navy, yesterday said it had begun […]
