Obangame Express

Obangame Express (OE23), the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western and Central Africa, kicked off its 12th year with 33 participating nations, January 23, 2023. The exercise, hosted in Lagos, Nigeria, will feature both…

Twenty-four officers of the Nigerian Navy are participating in a four-week intensive U.S. Coast Guard Boarding Officer training programme which kicked off on Monday, August 30.  Six trainers from the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center, in…

The total economic cost of piracy in West Africa has been estimated as $777.1 million annually between 2015 and 2017 in addition to human costs as the Gulf of Guinea experienced an escalation of piracy, kidnapping and armed robbery at sea…