LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Coast Guard has commenced a port security assessment in Lagos as part of an ongoing evaluation of selected Nigerian port facilities for compliance with the International Ship and Port Facility Security, ISPS, Code. Sources familiar with the exercise at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, said the…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over a ton of cocaine worth $32 million seized by US Coast Guard near Florida The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell seized over a ton of cocaine with an estimated street value of more than $32.2 million dollars on Tuesday, according to authorities. The two separate seizures, which…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 11 people were killed and 31 rescued when a boat full of passengers capsized north of Puerto Rico Thursday, officials said. Eight Haitians were among those saved and hospitalized during a “mass rescue effort” led by the US Coast Guard. It was unclear how many people were on the capsized…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. Coast Guard searched on Tuesday for 39 people missing for several days after a boat believed to be used for human smuggling capsized off Florida’s coast en route from the Bahamas. A good Samaritan called the Coast Guard early Tuesday after rescuing a man clinging to the boat 45 miles…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some 20 pilot whales have died stranded in mysterious circumstances on the south-western coast of Iceland, emergency services said Saturday, only two weeks after a similarly unexplained mass stranding had already killed dozens of the long-finned cetaceans. The dead whales, part of a group of 50 stranded whales, were discovered late Friday…