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Piracy: US to give Nigeria another vessel

The Nigerian Ambassador to the United States of America, Ade Adefuye, has revealed that the American government will give Nigeria another war ship to assist in the fight against piracy in the waters of the West African region. Disclosing this at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington during a courtesy call by a Nigerian delegation to under study the implementation of the International Ships and Ports Facilities Security, ISPS, code, Adefuye said the vessel will be handed over on Wednesday. According to Adefuye, “in the area of regional security, on May 7, we are getting another ship from the Americans, NNS Thunder, to compliment the former one they gave us. This one is even larger than the former one, NNS Aradu, which goes to show the level of bi-literal cooperation between the two countries.” He noted that the US government only has bi-literal agreement with two countries in Africa which are Nigeria and South Africa. He said the agreement with Nigeria was based on four areas which are governance, energy and investment, food and security and Niger Delta/regional security.