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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Maritime Business Chamber (MBC) says the turmoil in the Middle East, [...] Full text...
'Stronger action required to address changing dynamics of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea'
23 november 2022 - 06:05:23New York, US (PANA) - Although the past decade has seen a steady decline in piracy in the Gulf of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria to eradicate maritime crimes in Gulf of Guinea waters - Maritime Chief
13 may 2021 - 18:57:04Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria is to eradicate maritime crimes with the receipt of a special mission aircraft on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Nigerian military kills 869 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, bandits in Nigeria, rescues 321 kidnap victims
02 october 2020 - 18:31:34Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces on Friday reviewed its activities for the third quarter (1 July to [...] Full text...
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Military, security agencies to deal with alleged ISIS/Al Qaeda infiltration into Nigeria
13 august 2020 - 17:02:48Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces on Thursday assured Nigerians that it is taking the warning by the [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Navy acquires boats, vessels, helicopter for combating piracy
23 may 2020 - 11:34:42Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Navy has taken into service a total of 12 Manta Class boats and inshore [...] Full text...
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Mauritius relies 87% on imported fuels
07 june 2019 - 13:34:29Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Friday said imported fuels, comprising petroleum products (59%) and coal (28%), made [...] Full text...
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Buhari meets defence chiefs over worsening security challenges
02 august 2018 - 16:38:28Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Amidst worsening security challenges in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday summoned a National Security Council [...] Full text...
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Mauritius geared to become key Indian Ocean maritime hub
24 january 2018 - 19:53:34Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said on Wednesday that the island is determined to have world [...] Full text...
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Benin: Germany supports strengthening of ECOWAS maritime security architecture
02 may 2017 - 14:42:41Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission will on Thursday in Cotonou receive technical equipment donated by the German Government [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari commissions Chinese-built Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel, two others
15 december 2016 - 16:07:39Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President, Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday in Lagos pledged the continuous support of the Nigerian Federal Government to [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigerian Navy begins 5-day exercise in Niger Delta
01 december 2016 - 13:51:21Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Navy Thursday began a five-day exercise in the Niger Delta region, aimed at honing [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigerian Army set up new outfit to confront Niger Delta militants
20 november 2016 - 18:02:41Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army has established a new Division that will be primarily charged with confronting Niger [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Navy drills in combating piracy on Nigeria's oil, gas installations
03 november 2016 - 18:48:52Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Navy on Thursday began a two-day exercise code named ‘Exercise Sharkbite’ involving four warships, [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Navy arrests 22 for militancy, other crimes, impounds 3 vessels, 80 boats
19 october 2016 - 15:40:15Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Navy said here on Wednesday that it has arrested 22 suspects involved in the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigerian Army killed 23 militants in Niger Delta
17 september 2016 - 20:55:04Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Army says its troops killed 23 militants and criminals and recovered 55 assorted weapons [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria military reorganise structure in Niger Delta to contain militancy
22 june 2016 - 17:36:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian military on Wednesday announced the reorganisation of the structure in the Niger Delta region [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Navy parades 5 alleged members of Niger Delta Avengers over attacks on pipelines
01 june 2016 - 13:57:48Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Navy Wednesday paraded five suspected members of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), alleged to [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigerian govt to set up special courts for oil theft, vandalism
19 may 2016 - 22:01:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian government is to establish special courts to try suspects involved in oil theft and pipeline [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Navy takes delivery of 50 patrol boats to beef up security in Niger Delta
19 may 2016 - 16:34:50Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian Navy announced Thursday it has taken delivery of 50 patrol boats built by an indigenous [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritius set to become petroleum, bunkering hub in Indian Ocean
15 october 2015 - 13:08:19Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Government is embarking on an ambitious project to transform Port Louis into a leading [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritius approves Australian oil bunkering project in Port-Louis
26 march 2015 - 14:49:19Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Industry and Commerce Minister Ashit Gungah on Thursday handed over a letter of intent to [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Govt gives full support to SMEs in 2015/16 budget
24 march 2015 - 08:57:08Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Finance Minister Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo on Monday night announced the country's national budget for 2015/2016, placing [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: India offers US$500m credit for infrastructure projects to Mauritius
11 march 2015 - 19:22:04Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Wednesday that his country would offer a concessional [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritian media focus on 2015/2019 Government Programme
31 january 2015 - 09:24:17Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian media this week turned attention to the new government’s five-year programme for the period [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Agricultural land area gives way to housing projects
07 august 2014 - 14:27:04Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - According to official environment statistics, the land area occupied by sugarcane, tea plantations and forestry in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: With the right investments, Nigeria can become world's leading economy (News Analysis by Abdul Babalola)
25 july 2014 - 10:40:02Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - With the right reforms and investments, Nigeria, currently the largest economy in Africa, can become one [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: '300,000 barrels of oil lost to oil theft daily'
19 march 2014 - 12:50:42Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The state-run oil firm Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said the country lost 300,000 barrels of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Africa at the core of Mauritian economic strategy
13 march 2014 - 08:12:15Grand Baie, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Finance and Economic Development Minister Xavier-Luc Duval has said Africa is central to the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Jonathan charges newly-decorated military leaders to end Boko Haram insurgency
05 february 2014 - 17:11:22Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday decorated the newly-appointed military leaders with their new ranks, [...] Full text...
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Nigerian parliament moves to help stem oil theft in Niger Delta
11 december 2013 - 18:54:04Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian House of Representative Wednesday began moves to help address the incessant and unbridled theft [...] Full text...
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Nigerian military destroys 59 illegal refineries, arrests 7 suspects
24 november 2013 - 20:15:23Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The military Joint Task Force (JTF) battling oil militants in Nigeria's Niger Delta oil region on [...] Full text...
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Nigeria, 4 others to implement new maritime security strategy
26 september 2013 - 18:20:10Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Determined to effectively curtail crude oil theft, piracy and other illegalities within their territorial waters, Nigeria, [...] Full text...
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Why Nigerian external reserves remains stagnant at US$48b - report
17 june 2013 - 12:11:24Lagos, Nigeria(PANA) - Nigeria's external reserves have remained stagnant at US$48 billion for over three months as a result of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's opposition warns against rising oil theft
14 april 2013 - 13:29:08Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The main opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned that the rising cases of crude [...] Full text...
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Henry Okah's jail term, oil theft, subsidy highlighted in Nigeria
30 march 2013 - 15:37:28Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The sentencing of Henry Okah to 24 years in jail, oil theft, government's latest stand on [...] Full text...
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Shell's threat to close shop, cash-for-job scam highlighted in Nigeria
09 march 2013 - 09:56:17Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The threat by Oil giants Shell to shut down operations and the cash-for-job scam in federal [...] Full text...
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Nigeria registers vessels, boats to check oil theft
27 december 2012 - 13:06:05Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The military Joint Task Force (JTF) in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region, Operation Pulo Shield, has [...] Full text...
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Ogoni independence declaration: Leaders deny move
03 september 2012 - 20:05:53Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Leaders of the Ogoni people in Nigeria's south-south Rivers State, on Monday met with President Goodluck [...] Full text...
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Nigerian media report trial of subsidy thieves, new refineries, earnings from cassava export
07 july 2012 - 10:49:27Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan's resolve to deal with subsidy thieves, plans to build six new refineries, and [...] Full text...
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SPDC Joint Venture commences repair of Nembe Creek Trunkline in Nigeria
16 may 2012 - 19:28:08Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd Joint Venture (SPDC) has commenced the repair of [...] Full text...
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Subsidy palliatives, inflation, rampaging lion reported in Nigeria
25 february 2012 - 12:17:47Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The disbursement of funds for subsidy palliatives, rising inflation as a result of the subsidy removal, [...] Full text...
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My tenure as ECOWAS Chair a success - Nigeria's President
16 february 2012 - 18:20:10Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Outgoing ECOWAS Chairman, President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria, Thursday took stock of his tenure and [...] Full text...
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Shell says 140,000bpd oil export from Nigeria threatened by theft
06 february 2012 - 16:22:32Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian subsidiary of oil giant Shell Monday raised an alarm over the effects of continued [...] Full text...
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Mission accomplished, says miltary task force in Nigeria's oil region
11 january 2012 - 12:26:09Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The military Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to combat militancy in Nigeria's oil producing Niger Delta [...] Full text...
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Nigerian court jails 7 Nigerians, 2 Ghanaians for illegal oil bunkering
24 october 2011 - 17:36:46Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Seven Nigerians and two Ghanaians were Monday jailed a total of 810 years imprisonment by a [...] Full text...
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'Nigeria loses US$25b annually to oil theft'
19 may 2011 - 07:17:35Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria, Africa's largest oil producer, loses 600,000 barrels of crude oil worth US$24.64 billion to crude [...] Full text...
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Seizure of weapons, labour's "war" with govt dominate headlines in Nigeria
30 october 2010 - 08:21:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Seizure of 13 containers laden with weapons of war and l abour's ultimatum to government over [...] Full text...
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AU urges action against toxic waste dumping, piracy
06 october 2010 - 12:08:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) Tuesday called for interna tional action to boost the fight against [...] Full text...
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African experts discuss anti-piracy measures
06 april 2010 - 22:11:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African shipping and maritime security and safety experts gathered in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, [...] Full text...
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Nigerian soldier urges collective security mechanism for Africa
31 march 2010 - 18:35:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Paul Dike, has called for a collective security [...] Full text...
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Police arrest oil thieves in Nigeria
22 march 2010 - 11:55:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The police said Monday it had arrested two men for steal ing crude oil from a [...] Full text...
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4 die in Nigerian military helicopter crash
26 january 2010 - 22:06:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A Nigerian Navy (NN) Augusta helicopter Tuesday crashed into a swamp near the Port Harcourt International [...] Full text...
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4 die in Nigerian military helicopter crash
26 january 2010 - 21:59:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A Nigerian Navy (NN) Augusta helicopter Tuesday crashed into a swamp near the Port Harcourt International [...] Full text...
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Nigerian military destroys 600 illegal oil refineries
15 december 2009 - 16:37:00Yenagoa- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian military has said it identified and destr oyed 600 illegal oil refineries in Ogoni-speaking [...] Full text...
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Nigerian govt. to brief foreign diplomats on amnesty
17 august 2009 - 21:36:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Defence Minister, Maj. -Gen. Godwin Abbe (rtd), said Monday the government would soon meet [...] Full text...
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Nigerian govt. to brief foreign diplomats on amnesty offer to militants
17 august 2009 - 19:37:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Defence Minister, Maj. -Gen. Godwin Abbe (rtd), said Monday the government would soon meet [...] Full text...
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Nigerian govt. to brief foreign diplomats on amnesty
17 august 2009 - 19:26:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Defence Minister, Maj. -Gen. Godwin Abbe (rtd), said Monday the government would soon meet [...] Full text...
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Nigerian govt. to brief foreign diplomats on amnesty
17 august 2009 - 19:22:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Defence Minister, Maj. Gen. Godwin Abbe (rtd), said Monday the government would soon [...] Full text...
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6 Ghanaians to be prosecuted for stealing Nigerian oil
26 january 2009 - 08:31:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The six Ghanaians and their Nigerian collaborator, who were arrested 29 December 2008 by soldiers for [...] Full text...
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Army, militants disagree over death of 2 soldiers in Niger Delta
13 january 2009 - 08:29:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Who is responsible for the death of two Nigerian soldiers during an attack on the location [...] Full text...
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