A royal father in Bille Kingdom of Degema Local Government Area of Rivers state, Alabo Bennett…
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How to stop pirates plaguing West Africa
Remember those Somali pirates? Earlier this decade, they brazenly hijacked giant oil tankers, demanded ransoms in…
Togo arrests pirates for attempted hijacking of tanker
Togolese naval forces have prevented a hijacking of product tanker Djetona 1 in the Gulf of…
Boskalis vessel boarded by pirates released off Equatorial Guinea
Boskalis’ heavy transport vessel Blue Marlin was freed after being boarded by pirates some 80 nautical…
Niger Delta pirates kidnap six sailors
Sea pirates in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region have kidnapped six sailors who were crew members of…
Armed pirates attack ship off Nigeria
Armed pirates attacked an anchored product tanker off Nigeria on Monday, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB)…