Nigerian Navy to deploy high-tech surveillance to combat piracy, oil theft

From Aniekan Aniekan, Calabar

The Nigerian Navy will deploy advanced surveillance systems to curb piracy and oil theft in the Gulf of Guinea, Chief of Naval Staff Vice Adm. Idi Abbas has said.

Speaking at a special Juma’at prayer marking the Navy’s 70th anniversary, Abbas said the service is shifting from “reactive patrols to intelligence-driven operations”, backed by real-time vessel…