Nigeria Plans to Boost Maritime Security off Coast, Fight Piracy

By Elisha Bala-Gbogbo

Nigeria, Africa’s top oil producer, plans to step up maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea to fight piracy and protect the environment off its coast.
Africa’s most populous nation will increase offshore patrols “considering the strategic economic significance of the Gulf of Guinea” to Nigeria, Vice President Namadi Sambo said, according to a statement dated yesterday on the Abuja-based presidency’s website.
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