Incident Update 9 May
ARMED ROBBERY The offshore tug/supply ship [Name Withheld] was attacked by six pirates in a small speed boat armed with AK47s on 9 May at 08:25 local time in [Location Withheld].
Incident Update 8 May
HIJACK The multi purpose offshore vessel [Name Withheld] was hijacked in [Location Withheld] on 7 May at 0740 Local Time.
4 May: Niger Delta Security Report, Briefing & Map
Map: Serious security incidents first half 2012 - as at 30 April; Map: Serious security incidents second half 2011; Security Incident Charts; Key Points; Next 30 days; Beyond 30 Days; Security: Rivers: Shell shuts office as Ogonis protest pollution, Delta: NDLF raises alarm over alleged movement of firearms to S-South, Terror attacks: Ijaw leader drums up support for Jonathan, Nigerian kidnappers release Spanish doctor, Delta: Police, vigilante group arrest two suspected kidnappers, Unemployment: Akwa Ibom ex-militants berate Mobil; Boko Haram: Gunfire, blasts as Nigerian forces raid Islamist base, Suicide car bombs hit Nigerian newspaper offices, Nigeria Islamists linked to al-Qaida; Illegal Bunkering; Akwa Ibom: EFCC docks four over illegal refineries, Delta: JTF razes 50 illegal oil refineries, Why there is surge in oil spills – Shell; Post-amnesty/Militancy: Delta: Itsekiri youths allege exclusion from amnesty programme, Militants task Jonathan on N-Delta devt, MEND: October 1 bombing - Court gives FG nod to try Charles Okah, others, MEND threat: NCC, MTN want tight security for telecoms facilities, MEND: Bayelsa – Agip oil pipeline attacked, MEND: Latest statements ; Maritime: Reinforcing Benin’s naval forces , NIMASA fails to render accounts for four years - Fiscal Commission, Lagos: Navy arrests 20 suspects in Apapa; Other Issues: East-West road will be ready in 2014, South South Summit - we're ready for the world, says Uduaghan, OML 42 - Shell, Neconde explain sack of 115 employees, Panic in Rivers as rockets explode in NAF Base, Nigeria fuel subsidy graft cost $6.8 bln-parliament, Corruption: Former Niger Delta governor James Ibori jailed for fraud; Incident statistics; Security Incident Library 2012 – in chronological order.
Incident Update 13 April
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has claimed responsibility for a pipeline bomb in [Location Withheld] on 13 April.
11 April: Nigeria Maritime Security Review, Briefing & Map
Map: Attacks On International Maritime Assets 1 Jan - 31 Mar 2012; Security Charts; Core Message; Key Points; Next Three Months; Security Situation: Maritime attacks spike in March, Maritime security challenges threaten economic development, ‘Why we awarded waterways contract to Tompolo’ – Fed Govt, New base in Bayelsa – Crusade against crude oil theft get boost, JTF recover bodies of slain officers, kills leader of attackers, Foreign investment to provide better maritime security , Maritime attacks continue in February, IMB: French navy, rather than Nigerian, helped cargo ship where 2 killed, 'Crime on waterways alarming'; Hijackings, Oil Theft And Illegal Bunkering: Navy arrests vessel carrying stolen fuel from Nigeria, NNS Thunder detains illegal oil bunkering vessel, Navy hands over 8 alleged illegal bunkerers to EFCC; Militancy/Amnesty: MEND barks but does not bite; Nigerian Navy: New warship NNS Thunder collies with oil service vessel on Bonny River, Exercise Obangame Express – Navy can protect our maritime domain – director, Nigeria, others begin special military exercise in Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria’s defence budget approves dozens of Navy acquisitions, Nigeria 2012 budget allows for major procurement programs, Senate berates Navy budget, Cameroon’s navy acquires three anti-piracy boats, Navy explains maritime safety and security in Niger Delta, Pomp as Navy welcome new warship, NNS Thunder; NIMASA: Oronsaye committee: Navy, NPA demand scrapping of NIMASA, Award of contract to Tompolo’s company continues to provoke debate, NIMASA to establish maritime academy in Delta State, Niger Delta group supports private maritime security contract; Other Issues: India to export warships to African countries, Adulterated diesel: Agency indicts NPA, Navy as collaborators, Fuel scarcity - Navy, Customs responsible – NNPC, 2012 Budget: Analyzing defence spending , Court says Merchant Navy Corps illegal, Lagos: Stakeholders seek restoration of Atlas Cove jetty; Maritime Serious Security Incident Statistics – 2010/2012; Serious Maritime Security Incident Library 2012.
2 April: Niger Delta Security Report, Briefing & Map
Map: Serious security incidents first half 2012 - as at 31 March; Map: Serious security incidents second half 2011; Next 30 days; Beyond 30 Days; Security: Kidnapping, Armed robbery and violent crime, Cult violence continues in the delta, Bunkering remains an intractable problem; Post-amnesty/Militancy: Militants flee JTF operations in Bayelsa State, MEND changes position on release of kidnapped mariners, Death in custody of Independence Day bombing suspect, Agip flow station attacked in Bayelsa, Shell pipeline attacked in Bayelsa?, Militants trained abroad begin to return to Niger Delta, Massive arms dump discovered in Rivers State, MEND Statements; Maritime Security: Maritime security challenges threaten economic development, Foreign investment in improved maritime security, Award of contract to Tompolo’s company continues to provoke debate, Maritime attacks spike in March; Boko Haram insurgency causes shockwaves in Niger Delta, Boko Haram threat to Lagos and Port Harcourt, Peace talks fail, Gunmen attack Hausa community in Abraka; Incident statistics; Security Incident Library 2012 – in chronological order.
