Several members of an oil tanker flying under a Nigerian flag were abducted by Pirates on Tuesday. The ship, travelling off Nigeria on Africa’s west coast, was crewed by 12 Pakistanis and 5 Nigerians. An unknown number of them were taken hostage by armed gunman that boarded the ship in the early morning hours. The […]
Piracy Takes Root in Nigeria
On Saturday, experts at a conference hosted by Nigeria’s Institute of International Studies asserted that the piracy problem in the Gulf of Guinea begins closer to the shore than in most other regions. The oil laden delta-region on the southern coast of Nigeria is home to much insurgent activity, including hijacking oil pipelines and tankers, and […]
Arrested off Senegal
Authorities in Senegal have detained four British men who were sailing a decommissioned warship mounted with two cannons towards the Gulf of Guinea. The foursome were apparently in Senegal to discuss the possibility of providing their services to the government to scare off illegal fishing boats. But their final destination may have been Nigeria, according […]
Game Changer
The government of Nigeria has drafted new laws that further regulate the private maritime security industry, which will cause many private security contractors to cease operations in the country. Although there have been laws attempting to tighten regulation of this industry, they are not having the desired effect– the new laws are intended to close loopholes […]
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