Pirates have kidnapped 12 crew members from a Swiss cargo vessel in Nigerian waters. Massoel Shipping said its vessel, MV Glarus, was carrying wheat from Lniagos to Port Harcourt when it was ...

A group of 10 Turkish sailors has been kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Nigeria, reportedly for ransom. The Paksoy-1 was sailing from Cameroon to Ivory Coast when the pirates boarded the ship ...

MOSCOW, February 8. /TASS/. Pirates have taken seven Russian sailors and one Ukrainian hostage in the territorial waters of Nigeria, the Russian embassy said on Wednesday. "The BBC Caribbean ship ...

SEVASTOPOL, March 5. /TASS/. The pirates, who in early February attacked in Nigerian waters the BBC Caribbean, freed all eight sailors - seven Russians and one Ukrainian national, Sevastopol's ...

According to the International Maritime Bureau, pirates attack different kinds of vessels for a variety of reasons. In Nigeria, pirates tend to attack vessels involved in the oil business.

A Nigerian pirate who lost his leg in a shoot-out with Denmark’s navy will have his new prosthesis funded by the taxpayer as ...

It was always Chiefs and Pirates we knew (in Nigeria), Pirates also because of Okpara,” Ndah said on GameOn on Radio2000. "I think what I know about them is that they built a team and are now ...

Fifteen Turkish sailors who were kidnapped by pirates on a cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria last month arrived back in Istanbul on Sunday, where they were welcomed by their families ...

Nigeria defender, Olisah Ndah is nearing a return to action, according to his South African club, Orlando Pirates. DAILY POST recalls Ndah sustained a tibia fracture in a league clash with ...

The Nigerian Navy (NN) said its operatives have arrested two suspects during a raid of pirates’ and kidnappers’ camp in Bayelsa State. It said the raid was part of efforts to rid the country ...

THE Nigerian Navy personnel under the auspices of Operation Delta Sanity II, have raided pirates/kidnappers’ camp in Fununu community, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and arrested ...