LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Navy on Monday deployed a total 14 warships and two helicopters to tackle the rising case of pirates’ attacks in the Gulf of Guinea. Security reports from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) had indicated an increase in maritime crime around the Gulf of Guinea (GoG). But the Chief of Naval…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A court in Nigeria has fined three men $52,000 (£40,000) each for hijacking a ship in March and securing a ransom of $200,000 for the release of its crew. These are the first convictions in the West African state since a new anti-piracy law came into force last year. Nigeria has been…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday remanded three expatriates and six Nigerians for allegedly aiding and abetting terrorism, kidnapping and possession of illegal firearms. The men were identified as Bimaebi Johnson, Daniel Lemmer, Ghane Gordon, Hassan Hakeem, Gregory Smith, Ofem Uket, John Mark, Chidi Amadi and…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of armed men attacked the FPSO Sendje Berge some 30 nautical miles southwest from Bonny Island, earlier today, kidnapping some of its crew members. The news first emerged on the website of the UK-based security intel firm Dryad Global, which cited a ‘high confidence’ report, according to which 11 crew…