piracy

Nollywood veteran actor, Segun Arinze, was on the set of a new movie ‘Ivie’ and spoke with journalists about the scourge of abuse of intellectual property, the menace of ill-used social media and Nollywood’s role in keeping society…

Despite overall piracy incidents declining in 2019, there was an alarming increase in crew kidnappings across the Gulf of Guinea (GoG), with the region accounting for 121 vessel crew kidnap in 2019, the International Chamber of Commerce’s…

NIGERIA recorded yet another negative when it was recently named the hub of piracy. This is coming on the heels of the damning revelation, recently too, that the country has the largest population of absolutely poor persons in the…

FEDERAL Government has entered into a three years agreement with an Israeli firm over maritime security issues. The agreement, which has $195m financial obligation on the Nigerian government, will entail the training of Nigerian security…

A Fuji artiste, Love Idris Adisa Penicure, has called for a concerted fight against piracy, an age old cancer, which is crippling the efforts of players in the creative industry. He lamented that authorities like the federal government…

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) says militancy and sea piracy slow down marine transportation on the dredged 572km stretch of the lower River Niger. Mr Tom Shaba, Head of Survey, NIWA Port Harcourt Area Office, stated this…

The Federal Government has approved $186 million as part of efforts to combat piracy in Nigerian waters. This is even as the government has also budgeted N100m for the dredging of the River Niger. Speaking in Lagos, on Thursday, during a…

NOLLYWOOD star Rykardo Agbo has appealed to the Federal Government to help in curtailing the harmful effects of piracy on the entertainment industry. Agbo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos that piracy has…

Pirates have hijacked an Indian commercial vessel off the coast of Somalia, the second attack in weeks after years without such seizures, industry and security sources said on Monday. United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO),…

The Chinese government has indicated interest to partner with Nigeria in the campaign against piracy on her territorial waters. This was disclosed by the Acting Chinese Consul General to Nigeria; Mr Li Yong who paid a courtesy visit to…