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By: Zam Yusa
Kota Kinabalu: A boy, who the Philippine military confirmed to Daily Express was one of five Indonesian fishermen kidnapped from their boat in Lahad Datu waters in January, was recaptured by his Abu Sayyaf captors after he escaped in Sulu, southern Philippines, an Indonsian source said.
Ulta Levenia Nababan, a terrorism researcher at Jakarta-based think tank Galatea, named the boy as Khairul aged around 14.
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Source: dailyexpress.com.my
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
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA) says that Nigeria’s waters are now safer for navigation, as it continues to step up efforts aimed at ridding the country of criminality at sea.
The director general of the Maritime Safety Agency, Bashir Jamoh made the disclosure during an interaction with media correspondents in Lagos.
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Source: tvcnews.tv
The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Bashir Jamoh, has revealed that Nigeria’s failure to effect any arrest of pirates terrorising her waterways between 2016 and 2019 battered her image in the international community. This is even as he revealed that so far, 27 pirates have been arrested since he took over as DG NIMASA.
Addressing maritime journalists in his office in Lagos at the weekend, Dr Bashir Jamoh, explained that the agency swung into action following two letters received from the Presidency and the office of the Secretary to the Federal Government.
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Source: tribuneonlineng.com
Admiral Alireza Tangsiri says force regularly operates beyond Iranian waters
The naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps planned to build a permanent base in the Indian Ocean by the end of the year, Admiral Alireza Tangsiri told state-run Fars news agency.
He said the operation came at the request of military leadership and was intended to protect fishing and industrial shipping.
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Source: thenational.ae
By: Zam Yusa
Kota Kinabalu: A boy, who Daily Express reported in March was among five Indonesian fishermen kidnapped in Tambisan Island waters off Lahad Datu in January, had escaped his Abu Sayyaf captors in Sulu, an Indonesian source told the paper.
Ulta Levenia Nababan, a terrorism researcher at Jakarta-based think tank Galatea, said three sources told her the boy’s current whereabouts was unknown.
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Source: dailyexpress.com.my
Stresses need for establishment of Floating Stations in coastal communities
By Jeremiah Urowayino
An oil and gas surveillance group in Warri South – West Local Government Area, Delta State, Ugborodo Patriotic Observers, UPO, has warned those behind the blackmail of Ocean Marine Solutions Limited, OMS, over the company’s handling of Escravos Warri and Trans Forcados Pipelines, to stop forthwith, saying it is counterproductive for the existing peace being enjoyed in the industry.
The Ugborodo Patriotic Observers in a statement released weekend after an emergency meeting held at Ode – Ugborodo, Warri South – West Local Government Area, scored Ocean Marine Solutions Limited high in the protection of crude oil pipelines and other critical facilities.
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Source: vanguardngr.com
Aiming to rid Nigeria’s waterways of criminalities and reassure the global community that it is getting on top of the security issues in its maritime domain, the country will this week commence the prosecution of suspected pirates under the Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences Act.
The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, disclosed this during interactions with journalists in Lagos.
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Source: theeagleonline.com.ng
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