West Africa

  • Oil theft on the rise in the Niger Delta.

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    Governor Dickson of Bayelsa has said that oil theft is a threat to national security and responsible for the proliferation of arms in the Niger Delta. Niger Delta militants steal […]

  • African Military Chiefs to Convene

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    The Chief of Naval Staff of Nigeria, responding to the increase of maritime insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea, has called an international conference of military chiefs and politicians to […]

  • Enforcement of ISPS Code Begins

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    In a bid to ensure compliance, NIMASA said it has began the process of installing ‘black flags’ in Nigerian ports that are not ISPS Code compliant. Enforcement of ISPS Code on […]

  • GoG loses $2bn annually to piracy

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    Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea costs regional countries an annual 2 billion USD, posing an increasing threat to the oil-rich region in West Africa. Gulf of Guinea countries lose […]

  • African States Join Forces

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    West and central African nations have agreed to create a regional centre for coordinating the fight against a sharp rise in piracy in the Gulf of Guinea that is jeopardising […]

  • IMO welcomes adoption of piracy code

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    IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has welcomed the signature by 22 States of the Code of Conduct concerning the prevention of piracy, armed robbery against ships and illicit maritime activity in […]

  • Gulf of Guinea Navy Needed

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    West and Central African leaders on Monday called for the deployment of an international naval force in the Gulf of Guinea as they met in Cameroon to discuss maritime security […]

  • 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 […]

  • Nigerian LNG Exports Blocked

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    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 […]

  • 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 […]

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