Piracy: How Nigerian waters fared in 2020
Share THE New Year celebration started on a sour note in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) when dare-devil pirates killed four armed guards and kidnapped two Russians and one Indian aboard a Nigerian-flagged Hopper dredger, Ambika on January 2, 2020. The 2,153 Gross Tonnage Ambika was attacked as she was navigating three nautical miles from the mouth of the Ramos River which is just nine nautical miles east of the Forcados Terminal in Nigerian waters. Deep Blue Project With insecurity rearing its ugly head very early in the year on Nigeria’s waterways, the Federal Government, in February, at a pr...
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