FG to Expand Deep Blue Project to Bakassi

The Federal Government of Nigeria announced that its Deep Blue Project—a joint security operation involving the Nigerian Army, Navy, Air Force and police to combat insurgency, banditry and illegal fishing—will be expanded to the Bakassi area of the Niger Delta. The move aims to strengthen surveillance, protect offshore oil facilities and local communities, and curb criminal activities in the strategically important Bakassi region. Views Nigeria