West Africa

  • Ghost ship mystery

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    Tamaya 1 grounding still a mystery. Ghost ship: Mystery oil tanker washes up in Liberia with no crew A huge oil tanker has washed up on a beach in Liberia […]

  • Delta workers evacuate

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    New Delta group causing issues. Nigeria Oil Union Says Shell, Chevron Workers Evacuated By Elisha Bala-Gbogbo Oil producers are evacuating workers from the Niger Delta because of the deteriorating security […]

  • More Delta attacks

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    Delta militants continue attacks. Niger Delta militants attack four oil facilities Chrisantus Obi-Ezechukwu Following Wednesday’s attack on a major valve at Okan in Warri South West Local Government Area of […]

  • Delta militants force shut down

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    Delta militants ramp up campaign. Niger Delta militants force Shell to evacuate staff from major facility near Bonga Chrisantus Obi-Ezechukwu The menace of Niger Delta Avengers, the newest militant group […]

  • Delta militants in spat

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    New group threatens old guard. Tension in Niger Delta as militants threaten Tompolo over letter to Buhari A new militant group known as the Niger Delta Avengers has warned former […]

  • 2015 bumper year for WAF pirates

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    Crew kidnaps currently at an alarming rate. Pirates paid ‘$400,000’ ransoms in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea Ransoms of up to $400,000 (£273,000) have been paid to gangs which hijacked […]

  • Navy destroys 100 illegal refineries in Bayelsa

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    Oil theft, piracy plaguing Delta. Navy destroys 100 illegal refineries in Bayelsa Ebikabowei Ikuli The outgoing Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Central Naval Command, Rear Admiral Apochi Ogabu Suleiman, has said […]

  • Niger Delta woes

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    Ongoing insecurity at sea off Nigeria. A Niger Delta Militant Group Declares War on the Nigerian Navy By Dirk Steffen Many suspected it as the intensity of pirate attacks off […]

  • Nigeria still the piracy hot spot

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    If anything, that figure is conservative. Nigeria sees nearly one pirate attack a week By Tiffany Ap (CNN) Crime on the high seas has nearly halved in the last five […]

  • Navy names piracy suspect

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    Navy doing police’s job. Nigerian Navy declares Charles Ekpemefumor wanted Nigerian Navy has declared one Charles Ekpemefumor wanted over the hijack of MT MAXIMUS Ship. In a release signed by […]

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