The surveillance system that helped Nigeria curb piracy wants to fight banditry

For years, Nigerian naval ships went to sea with a basic problem: they could patrol, but they did not always know where to look.

A vessel could leave a port, disappear beyond the horizon, and become little more than a guess on a naval commander’s map. Patrol boats and helicopters were available, but without a clear picture of what was happening across Nigeria’s vast waters, the Navy often…