The Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, in collaboration with the Nigerian Navy, has seized three vessels and arrested 34 operators suspected of illegal fishing in Nigerian waters. The…

  The Nigerian Navy and its Portuguese counterpart have launched a five-day joint maritime exercise to strengthen security and interoperability in the Gulf of Guinea. Codenamed Exercise Coastal Grip II,…

  At least eight people have died after a ferry carrying nearly 270 passengers and crew capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus on Sunday, Turkish media reported. Turkish Cypriot…

  Swedish prosecutors have charged the master and pilot of the Norwegian cargo ship Misje Verde over last month’s collision with a pleasure boat near Tjörn that killed two people.…

China imported goods worth nearly $2.3 billion from Nigeria in the first six months of 2026, an 80 per cent increase from the same period last year, the Chargé d’Affaires…

  The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has dismissed fears of a clash with the newly established Nigerian Ports Economic Regulatory Agency (NPERA), assuring stakeholders that the two bodies will operate…

  Bangladesh has pledged to deepen maritime security and defence cooperation with Nigeria, with both countries exploring stronger collaboration in naval training, technology, shipbuilding and defence-industrial development. The High Commissioner…

  A tanker has been struck by a projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting the continuing threat to commercial shipping as efforts to reopen the strategic waterway gather…

  US President Donald Trump has ordered the federal government to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America”, injecting a fresh diplomatic flashpoint into an escalating trade war with Canada. Trump signed…