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By Iniabasi Umo
The Nigerian Navy Ship Jubilee (NNS) said it has seized a vessel used for oil bunkering in Akwa Ibom State and arrested five suspects.
The Commander of NNS Jubilee, Commodore Majid Ibrahim, said Tuesday in Ikot Abasi while handing over the vessel and suspects to officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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Source: dailytrust.com.ng
By Akin Kuponiyi
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has arraigned nine suspected illegal Petroleum dealers and a vessel, MT OMUS, before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos south west Nigeria.
The alleged illegal Petroleum dealers are Anoruo Joseph; James Miracle; Louis Gbezeh; Tochukwu Nnagora; Nelson Umah; Sunday Ademoyege; Shittu Joseph, Afotan Ayene and Lukman Agberongbe. They were arrested aboard a vessel, MT Omus, by officers of the Nigerian Navy and subsequently handed over to the EFCC for further investigation and prosecution.
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Source: thenewsnigeria.com.ng
Oil theft will be more difficult to control because people have a way of buying it cheaper than they do from the main market
With observers predicting a new normal of less than $50 for a barrel of oil, an environmental campaigner has told the Nigerian government to expect an increase in oil bunkering if illegal refiners are not integrated into modular refineries soon.
Environmental activist, Dumnamenem Fineface, feels youths of the delta will increase their oil bunkering activities to feed if the government fails to help them transition to alternate sources of living.
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Source: saharareporters.com
by Godwin Oritse
THE Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has said that it has formed a working group with the International Maritime Organisation, IMO, Baltic and International Maritime Council, BIMCO; the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners, INTERTANKO, and other international shipping bodies around the world to tackle the menace of pirates in the Gulf of Guinea.
This came as the agency, in collaboration with the Nigerian Navy, effected the arrest of 27 pirates in the last three months.
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Source: vanguardngr.com
More than 500 vessels have been inspected in Gulf of Mexico since operation began
The Mexican navy reports that it has reduced pirate attacks on vessels in the Bay of Campeche in the southern Gulf of Mexico to zero after a new operation was put in place on May 15.
In recent years the waters off the coasts of Campeche, Tabasco and Veracruz have been plagued by armed bandits who attack oil platforms, and commercial and supply vessels.
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Source: mexiconewsdaily.com
Pirates kidnapped at least six crew members of a fishing vessel on Wednesday off the coast of Benin in west Africa.
Five abductees are South Korean nationals, while the sixth person is said to be Ghanaian, according to media reports quoting the South Korea’s foreign ministry.
Maritime security company Dryad Global reports that the speed boat used to attack Ghanaian-flagged Panofi Frontier was last seen heading towards Nigerian waters after the abduction.
South Korean media reports that the foreign ministry has set up an emergency group to work on the release of the abductees.
The Gulf of Guinea is the world’s most dangerous piracy hotspot, according to the International Maritime Bureau (IMB).
Source: bbc.co.uk
Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Lagos Zonal office, yesterday arraigned one Mr. Rahul Pathania, an Indian, and a vessel, M.V. Bount, before Justice Rilwan .M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on three-count charge bordering on illegal dealing in petroleum products.
The defendant was arrested alongside the vessel by the Nigerian Navy and subsequently handed over to to the commission for prosecution.
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Source: thisdaylive.com
Eromosele Abiodun
In a move that will see the federal government take total control of the country’s maritime security, which includes anchorage, where all vessels calling at the various ports across the country berth, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) yesterday said the $195 million Deep Blue Project will handle all security matters when it commences.
Known as the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure or the Deep Blue Project, the security structure is designed to secure all anchorage areas in the Nigerian maritime domain.
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Source: thisdaylive.com
By Godwin Oritse
THE recently arrested and released Chinese fishing vessel ‘Hailufeng 11’ has been slammed with a fine of N3million for turning off its Automated Identification System, AIS, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has said.
The AIS is designed to be capable of providing information about the ship to other ships and to coastal authorities automatically for security monitor.
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Source: vanguardngr.com
Femi Folaranmi
The Bayelsa State Police Command has smashed a kidnapping syndicate terrorising the people of Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers states.
The successful operation with the collaboration operatives of the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT) saw to the arrest of the ringleaders of the notorious kidnapping syndicate and other suspects.
The spokesman of the Bayelsa State Police Command, Mr Asinim Butwats, said the operation was carried out with the aid of technical intelligence generated from the IGP Technical Intelligence Unit.
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Source: sunnewsonline.com
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