Tag: Nigerian pirates
10 Nigerian pirates jailed 12 years each
A Federal High Court in Ikoyi has sentenced 10 pirates involved in the 2020 hijack of a merchant vessel FV…
Nigerian troops rescue 3 Russian sailors, 2 others after raid of pirates’ hideout
Three Russian sailors, one Ukrainian and one Equatorial Guinean kidnapped by pirates since 9 May have been rescued, the Nigerian…
18 Indian sailors captured by Nigerian pirates released
Eighteen Indian sailors kidnapped by pirates near Bonny on 3 December have been released.
Nigerian pirates free 3 kidnapped South Korean sailors
Three South Korean sailors kidnapped by Nigerian pirates in seas off Ghana last month have been released safely, the Ministry…
Pirates in Nigeria Release Russian, Ukrainian Sailors
Nigerian pirates have released seven Russian and one Ukrainian sailors after they were captured last month on the cargo ship…
Nigerian pirates free 3 French firm crew members
French oil services company Bourbon said on Monday that the three Nigerian crew members kidnapped after one of its speedboats…
US ship captain reveals oil theft business in Nigeria
Surrounded by rolling cornfields, Sidney, Illinois is a sleepy midwestern town with a population hovering just above 1,000. Captain Wren…
My 18-day ordeal with Nigerian pirates by US ship captain
.An American ship captain Wren Thomas said he is still haunted by his experience when under 18-day captivity by Nigeria’s…
Freed French sailor recounts kidnap ordeal in Nigeria
A French sailor freed from his kidnappers in Nigeria this week described on Thursday the attack on his ship and…
Travelogue: My Experience With Nigerian Pirates
Simon Ateba Simon Ateba, a Senior Correspondent with TheNews Magazine and P.M.NEWS, who travelled by sea from Cameroon to Nigeria,…
Pirates free 6 foreigners kidnapped off Nigeria
Six foreigners kidnapped on February 17 by armed pirates from an oil service ship off Nigeria have been released unhurt…