Gulf of Guinea

With a latest report from the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) indicating that incidents of maritime insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea dropped to its lowest in 27 years since 1994, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency…

Officers assigned to the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) participated in a maritime interoperability planning event with leaders from the Nigerian Navy, August 7. A release from Temitayo Famutimi, Information…

On Thursday, 25 officers of the Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service completed a five-week Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) alongside a team of U.S. Army Special Forces. Throughout the JCET, the American military trainers and the…

The Senate, on Wednesday, called on Nigeria's maritime agency to quickly fast-track the implementation of the Deep Blue Sea Project for the protection of Nigeria's water ways to combat the menace of pirates and armed bandits. This…

It is no secret that the DRC’s mining industry is of vital importance in answering the country’s and the world’s mineral needs. Today, copper, cobalt and other byproducts represent the backbone of the DRC’s economic structure at about 85%…

Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, says a robust collection of international maritime security stakeholders have confirmed their attendance at the Global Maritime…

The initiatives of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) aimed at ensuring security in the Gulf of Guinea have received a major boost from the international business community. Key players in the global oil and gas…

A group of 10 Turkish sailors has been kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Nigeria, reportedly for ransom. The Paksoy-1 was sailing from Cameroon to Ivory Coast when the pirates boarded the ship in the Gulf of Guinea. It was not…