Ten armed pirates boarded a tanker while it was underway some 26 nautical miles off the…
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Pirates free kidnapped tugboat crew
Four Malaysian crew members, who were taken hostage from their tug Massive 6 in April, have…
Pirates kill IYC executive in Bayelsa
Suspected pirates, operating along Brass waterways, Brass Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, have killed an executive…
Pirates steal palm oil from barge off Malaysia
A group of pirates hijacked a barge carrying crude palm kernel oil (CPKO) on Thursday June…
Pirates Prevented from Boarding Boxship in Gulf of Aden
A number of pirates were repelled from boarding a container ship as they approached the vessel…
Tanker thwarts pirate attack in Bayelsa
The string of attacks in the Gulf of Guinea continues as pirates attempted to board a tanker…
Report: Pirates paid $400,000 ransoms in West Africa
Ransoms of up to $400,000 have been paid to gangs which hijacked ships in the Gulf…
Pirates release Turkish crewmen captured off Nigeria’s coast
Six Turkish crew members on a private tanker who were taken captive two weeks ago by…
Pirates attack passenger boat in Bayelsa, abduct two women, children
Gunmen suspected to be sea pirates on Saturday attacked a passenger speed boat near Kiberi-Bio, on the Ogbia-Nembe-Brass…
Nigerian pirates attack tanker off Ivory Coast
Armed pirates robbed an petroleum products tanker near Ivory Coast’s port of Abidjan, a maritime agency…
Pirates kill 4, injure others in Ondo
Four members of a private security outfit operating in the coastal area of Ese-Odo council in…
Navy warns pirates, oil thieves
The Nigeria Navy at the weekend warned persons conducting illegal activities within the country’s territorial waters,…