{"id":17129,"date":"2026-11-13T16:45:53","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T16:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/nimasa-unveils-new-drones-armoured-vehicles-to-strengthen-maritime-security-businessday-ng\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T16:45:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T16:45:53","slug":"nimasa-unveils-new-drones-armoured-vehicles-to-strengthen-maritime-security-businessday-ng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/nimasa-unveils-new-drones-armoured-vehicles-to-strengthen-maritime-security-businessday-ng\/","title":{"rendered":"NIMASA unveils new drones, armoured vehicles to strengthen maritime security &#8211; Businessday NG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has unveiled new drones, armoured vehicles and surveillance equipment under its Deep Blue Project as Nigeria moves to strengthen efforts to combat piracy and other maritime crimes.\n<\/p>\n<p>The assets, unveiled at the 2026 Africa International Defence Exhibition (AFRIDEX), include vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles, light utility vehicles designed for bush and land-based operations, newly delivered armoured vehicles and specialised tactical equipment.\n<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by Osagie Edward, Deputy Director\/Head, Public Relations, NIMASA, the agency said the acquisitions would strengthen the operational capacity and sustainability of the Deep Blue Project by equipping military personnel deployed under the initiative to tackle piracy and other illegal activities in Nigerian waters.\n<\/p>\n<p>Dayo Mobereola, director-general of NIMASA, said the new equipment would support the agency\u2019s efforts to sustain maritime security. He was represented at the event by Aisha Yakubu Idris, head of the Deep Blue Unit.\n<\/p>\n<p>He reaffirmed Nigeria\u2019s commitment to maintaining zero tolerance for illegal activities in its territorial waters.<\/p>\n<p>Tal Spektor, chief executive officer of HLS International, the technical partner to the Deep Blue Project, said regular upgrades of security assets were necessary to respond to evolving maritime threats.\n<\/p>\n<p>Spektor stressed that maritime security must extend beyond the sea, noting that illegal offshore activities often have connections to land-based operations.\n<\/p>\n<p>He also said upgrades to the project\u2019s intelligence systems had improved cargo monitoring and information sharing between NIMASA and other government agencies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bday-read-also\">\n<h4>Related News<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bday-ad bday-ad--gam\" id=\"bday-ad-2\" data-bday-ad=\"\" data-unit=\"bd-body-2\" data-placement=\"below_share_buttons\" data-partner=\"gam\" data-category=\"display\" data-device=\"all\"><span class=\"bday-ad__label\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"bday-google-badges\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=businessday.ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/NIMASA-unveils-new-drones-armoured-vehicles-to-strengthen-maritime-security-Businessday-NG.jpg\" alt=\"Add BusinessDay as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKQgKIiNDQklTRkFnTWFoQUtEbUoxYzJsdVpYTnpaR0Y1TG01bktBQVAB?hl=en-NG&amp;gl=NG&amp;ceid=NG%3Aen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/NIMASA-unveils-new-drones-armoured-vehicles-to-strengthen-maritime-security-Businessday-NG-1.jpg\" alt=\"Follow BusinessDay on Google News\"\/><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Businessday NG<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has unveiled new drones, armoured vehicles and surveillance equipment under its Deep Blue Project as Nigeria moves to strengthen efforts to combat&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}