Shipping firms in Nigeria record 2,300 stowaways in 2025

By Godwin OritseThe Shipping Association of Nigeria (SAN) has raised concerns over the persistent incidence of
stowaways at Nigerian port berths, revealing that vessels recorded about 2,300 security infractions in 2025.However, the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, has dismissed the association’s figures, stating that the numbers were not accurate.Speaking to newsmen in Lagos, the association’s chairman, Boma Alabi, SAN, lamented that despite payments made to government agencies re