July 2013 Governer Seriake Dickson of the Bayelsa State in South Nigeria recently spoke to media about the threat of oil theft in the Niger Delta. He said that many militant groups use oil theft to finance their violent campaigns in the region. Dikson spoke of his concern for the rising complexity of these organizations that engage in oil theft and […]
Nigeria’s Piracy
June 2013 With the recent reduction in piracy off the coast of Somalia, attention is now being drawn to the other side of the continent. Piracy is beginning the plague the entire Gulf of Guinea, but Nigeria is where most of the pirate attacks seem to occur. A recent report from the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) […]