•A ship on the high sea The Shipping Association of Nigeria (SAN) has raised concerns over the persistent incidence of stowaways at Nigerian port berths, revealing that vessels recorded about 2,300 security infractions in 2025. However, the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, has dismissed the association’s figures, stating that the numbers wer...
Eight alleged stowaways were taken into custody by Nigerian Navy operations when they were trying to board two speed boats. Director of Naval Information Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu revealed this in a statement yesterday, stating that five of the eight suspects had acknowledged their desire to travel overseas. He claimed that on July 13, 2024, during a...
The Nigerian Navy has raised alarm over the escalating issue of stowaways in Lagos waters, with a staggering 75 individuals arrested on merchant ships from August 2023 to April 2024. In a statement by Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, director of Information at Naval Headquarters, the Navy disclosed its grave concern regarding the trend. According...
•The suspects Nine Nigerians who sneaked into a vessel to follow it to Spain have been arrested by the Nigerian Navy (NN). They were arrested by operatives of the NNS BEECROFT in Lagos after they were sighted clinging to the rudder of the vessel by naval operatives manning the maritime domain surveillance facility, Falcon Eye, […]
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