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Lt Commander Ajare Uchegbulah Amadi, a commandant of the Nigerian Navy abducted last week around the Oba Akoko area of Ondo State, has been rescued.
Amadi was set free on Wednesday afternoon after his abductors abandoned him in a forest.
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Source: saharareporters.com
The kidnapped crewmembers of Tommi Ritscher container ship included three Russians, according to earlier data
TASS, May 25. Eight sailors, including Russians citizens, who were captured off the Beninese coast have been released in neighboring Nigeria, head of the operation to save sailors, admiral Oladele Daji said Monday.
“We are hoping to ask them questions, but it is too early now, at least one of them is too weak,” Agence France-Presse quoted him as saying.
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Source: tass.com
Nine Georgian sailors who have been kidnapped by pirates from a ship flying the Panamese flag in Nigeria have been released and will return to their homeland in several days.
Tamar Ioseliani, head of the Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia, said that a special flight will be carried out to bring the sailors back home.
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Source: agenda.ge
By Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
Nigeria Navy has said it recovered N75 billion worth of stolen petroleum products in five years. The products recovered between 2015 and 2019 include crude oil, diesel and petrol.
It said a total of 2,287 illegal refineries were discovered and destroyed within the same period.
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Source: thisdaylive.com
Operatives of the Western Marine Command of Nigeria Customs Service(NCS) have intercepted drugs suspected to be Cannabis Sativa valued at N1,002,050,000 during a seagoing patrol on Lagos waters.
The Controller of the command, Comptroller Olugboyega Peters, revealed this in a statement in Lagos on Thursday.
Peters described the seizure as the “largest single seizure” of such drug on the waters in the history of the Nigeria Customs.
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Source: pulse.ng
By Eromosele Abiodun
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has restated its commitment to collaboration among relevant agencies and stakeholders for the security of the country’s maritime domain.
The Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, stated this in Lagos during the official handover of pirates arrested by the Nigerian Navy for prosecution.
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Source: thisdaylive.com
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – 21st May, 2020) Pirates have attacked a cargo vessel sailing under the Cypriot flag in the Gulf of Guinea near the Nigerian southern state of Bayelsa, Dryad Global company specializing in maritime security said on Wednesday.
All crew members of the ESL AUSTRALIA vessel managed to hide in a specially equipped room, according to the company.
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Source: urdupoint.com
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has restated its commitment to collaborate with relevant agencies and stakeholders for the security of the country’s maritime domain.
Director-General of the agency, Bashir Jamoh, stated this in Lagos during the official handover of pirates arrested by the Nigerian Navy for prosecution.
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Source: shipsandports.com.ng
By Sulaimon Salau
Rising activities of pirates in the Gulf of Guinea is posing serious threats to offshore oil storage model currently adopted by oil multinationals in the wake of supply glut.
This is even as speculations are rife that the coronavirus pandemic may lead to a spike in tanker vessel attacks and possible kidnappings.
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Source: guardian.ng
Marsec News: I’m aware of anecdotal reports from friends in the oil and gas industry in the region of pirates buzzing facilities and oil platforms in the region. They happen frequently and are rarely reported. Partly, this is because the pirates are chased off by patrol boats without attacking and partly because incidents continue to be under reported in the Gulf of Guinea. If tankers are used as storage platforms in the region, then they will almost certainly be targeted by kidnap and ransom gangs looking for easy targets.
Three sailors, two Moroccans and an Equatorial Guinean, abducted nearly two months ago in the attack on their merchant ship off Gabon in the Gulf of Guinea, the epicentre of global maritime piracy, have been released in Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea announced.
On 21 March, an Equatorial Guinean-flagged merchant ship, the Elobey 6, was attacked by unidentified pirates off the Gabonese port of Port-Gentil. The three sailors had been kidnapped.
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Source: voaafrique.com
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