Nigerian politicians are simply amazing smh. Weeks after Nigeria was removed from the list of piracy prone nations by the International Maritime Bureau, the House of Representatives is investigating the legality of the $195 million Deep Blue Contract for the supply 
..of certain security and surveillance equipments.
In a six year span Nigeria went from being the piracy capital of the world, to having one of the safest maritime domain in the world made possible by a combination of sea, air and land based assets. Just to name a few:
In a six year span Nigeria went from being the piracy capital of the world, to having one of the safest maritime domain in the world made possible by a combination of sea, air and land based assets. Just to name a few:
Two Special Mission Aircaft from Israel.
Two Special Missions Vessels DB Lagos and DB Abuja.
Sixteen TEKEVER AR3 UAVs. A shipborne and land based drone designed to support multiple types of maritime and land-based missions. With an endurance of 16 hours, the TEKEVER AR3 is a perfect fit to support both maritime and medium range land missions.
Six hundred Special Forces units,also known as the Maritime Security Unit.
Seventeen rigid haul DHM1050 fast interceptor boats for shipborne intercepts from the Netherlands.
Aresa 1700 inshore fast patrol boats from Spain.
In January 2020 Nigerian Defence giant Proforce was awarded a contract to supply light armoured vehicles to NIMASA. By May Proforce delivered the first batch of 16 armoured vehicles to NIMASA.
AW109 helicopters from Italian defence giant Leonardo.
This is by no means an exhaustive list, but you get the picture.
This is by no means an exhaustive list, but you get the picture.
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