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- 24 Oct 2021
Royal Navy Warship Arrives Lagos for Gulf of Guinea Deployment
The British Royal Navyship, HMS Trent, has arrived Lagos State as part of its three months deployment to the Gulf of Guinea. UK’s Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos, Ben Llewellyn-Jones and Commanding…
- 2 May 2016
Nigeria Loses $1.5Bn Monthly to Sea Pirates, Fuel Fraud
Nigeria is losing about 1.5 billion dollars a month to piracy, armed robbery at sea, smuggling, and fuel supply fraud, a U.S. official said. Amb. Michele Sison, U.S. Deputy Representative to the UN,…
- 15 Jul 2013
Worrying Surge in Kidnapping, Armed Robbery in Nigeria, Others
Well-armed pirates are widening their area of operations and using new strategies in a “worrying surge” of attacks, kidnappings and armed robberies in Nigeria and other West Africa’s oil-rich Gulf of…
- 4 Jun 2013
W/Africa Heads of State to Meet over Piracy
West African heads of state will meet, maybe as soon as this month, to adopt a code to fight growing piracy in their coastal waters that would include use of arrests, prosecutions and seizures of…
- 18 Dec 2020
eWaste Dumping in Nigeria, Others Amounts to Environmental Racism
Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood, lecturer, University of St Andrews, has said that the dumping of toxic waste and electronic waste (e-waste),in Nigeria and other West African countries amounts to…
- 20 Feb 2022
NIMASA Renews MoU with World Maritime University
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Maritime University (WMU), Malmo, Sweden, to boost capacity building.…
- 24 Jul 2012
NigComSat, Nimasa to Fight Pirates with Satellite
The Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat) has offered to deploy it NigComSat-1R satellite, the super hybrid, high power, quad band geo-stationary satellite to arrest Nigeria’s sea…
- 1 Apr 2013
Kaztec Engineering Begins Fabrication @ Lagos Yard
Kaztec Engineering Ltd., a 100 percent indigenous leader in the fabrication of drilling and production platforms and other specialized structures for the oil and gas industry, has outlined plans for…
- 28 May 2013
US to Give Nigerian Navy ex-Vessels
The Nigerian Navy will receive two more ex-United States vessels next year, the US Navy Survey Ship John McDonnell and the US Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin. Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba, chief of Naval…
- 28 Oct 2013
Crude Oil Theft is New Face of Terrorism — Alison-Madueke
Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, minister of Petroleum Resources, has declared that the grave phenomenon of oil theft and its global support system represents another face of terrorism which has…
- 23 Dec 2013
Navy Installs N2Bn Surveillance System to Tackle Piracy
Nigerian Navy (NN) has installed eight automated, long range camera-equipped surveillance towers in the waters just off the country’s coast, in a move aimed at tackling the surge in sea robbery…
- 15 Jan 2014
EU Approves 500m Euro Budget for Nigeria
The EU has approved 500 million euro budget for Nigeria from 2014 to 2020, its top official for Africa, Dr Nicholas Wescot, said yesterday in Abuja. Wescot disclosed this at a press conference that…
- 13 Feb 2014
Atlantic Aviation Commences AW139 Helicopter Flights for Shell Nigeria
Atlantic Aviation, new helicopter-services operator, supported by one of the world’s leading providers of high-quality transportation to offshore oil and gas producers, has begun commercial flights…
- 10 Jun 2014
NAMA Parleys NAF On Airspace Co-Ordination
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) is to sustain its collaboration with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on strategic management of the country’s airspace to enhance the overall safety of both…
- 21 Jun 2014
FG Promises IMO N24m to Fight Piracy
Federal Government has pledged to provide N24m to the International Maritime Organisation to boost its campaign against piracy and illicit maritime activities in Africa. This is contained in a…
- 9 Nov 2014
FG Re-Appoints Akpobolokemi, NIMASA DG for 2nd Term
President Goodluck Jonathan has re-appointed Mr. Ziakede Akpobolokemi, director general/chief executive officer of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), for another four…
- 19 Nov 2014
FG Silent as the World Probes Illegal Sale of OPL 245
Nigerian government has curiously refused to revisit the now tainted sale of one of the country’s largest offshore oil concessions known as OPL 245 to subsidiaries of oil multinationals, Royal Dutch…
- 22 Jan 2015
Aviation Portal: Innovation for Comfort
From his home in Ganawuri community in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, Bernad Bagu forced his way through the foggy weather to make it to the airport in time. On his arrival at Jos…
- 31 May 2015
Digital Migration: Border Towns Risk Frequency Interference
Nigerian towns sharing boundaries with some countries may experience frequency interferences from June following inability of Nigeria to meet next month’s deadline for all analogue broadcast to…
- 4 Aug 2015
Buhari Identifies Banks with Stolen Oil Money
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in Abuja said that his administration has identified banks, financial institutions and countries in which payments for stolen Nigerian crude oil have been…
- 5 Aug 2016
Most States in Nigeria Unsafe- US
The United States of America has warned its citizens against travelling to 20 states in Nigeria due to security concerns According to the travel advice on the Department of State’s website, the…
- 26 Apr 2017
2015 Election: GEJ Blames Obama, Jega for Loss to Buhari
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has finally admitted that his electoral defeat in the 2015 elections was partly caused by former U.S. President Barack Obama and his officials who made it…
- 16 Nov 2017
EcoBank Research: Digital Innovation in SSA Driven by Explosion in Mobile Phone Usage
By peter oluka Digital innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa is being driven by the explosion in mobile phone usage, enabling African consumers to leapfrog existing business models and technologies The…
- 17 Dec 2018
SNEPCo’s Bonga Hits 800m Barrels Mark
In 13 years of deep-water exploration, the Bonga vessel of the Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) has produced over 800 million barrels of crude oil, confirming the company as…
- 10 Mar 2019
SNEPCo’s Performance Excites Partners as Firm Publishes Deep-Water Journey
The government partner of the Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) has showered encomiums on the firm for its pioneering role in the deep-water sector of the Nigerian oil and gas…
- 19 Mar 2021
UK Government Donates RHIB Vessel to NDLEA
The British Deputy High Commission in association with the UK Border Force, Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the National Crime Agency (NCA), have donated a Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) to the…
- 20 Jul 2026
Nigeria, United Kingdom Share Outcome of their Fourth Security and Defence Dialogue
Nigeria and The United Kingdom held the fourth Security and Defence Partnership (SDP) Dialogue at the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in Abuja, recently. The dialogue, an important…
- 12 Oct 2009
Oando, GNPC Join Hands in $1Bn Jubilee Project
Oando has been selected as a Strategic Partner to the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) to develop assets and infrastructure to harness the gas that will be produced from the offshore…
- 12 Oct 2009
Oando, GNPC Join Hands in $1Bn Jubilee Project
Oando has been selected as a Strategic Partner to the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) to develop assets and infrastructure to harness the gas that will be produced from the offshore…
- 25 Jan 2010
Panic as Rumour Links GSM to Earthquake
Some mobile phone users switched off their phones last week after rumours broke out that cosmic rays entering the earth could cause earthquake in the country, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can now…