GULF OF GUINEA, Nigeria | The gleaming Nigerian naval patrol boat heaved across the rough waters of the Atlantic Ocean in search of pirates. Beyond the crisp white hull, however, crew members in ...

The gleaming Nigerian naval patrol boat heaved across the rough waters of the Atlantic Ocean in search of pirates. Beyond the crisp white hull, however, crew members in cheap sandals manned ...

Depressed oil prices, rampant corruption, and pipeline vandalism are only parts of Nigeria’s oil problem. It’s now losing a massive 400,000 barrels of crude daily to pirates in the Gulf of ...

Two U.S. crewmembers seized last month from a ship off the coast of Nigeria have been released by their pirate captors, the State Department said Tuesday. The captain and engineer from the U.S ...

The Nigerian military has since deployed to the region and the country's vice-president, Yemi Osinbajo, has made several peacemaking visits to the Delta in recent months. Whereas pirates operating ...

LAGOS, Nigeria – LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Pirates armed with Kalashnikov rifles clashed with Nigerian navy forces in a failed bid to take over an offshore oil platform, then kidnapped three ...

Pirate attacks off Nigeria are seeing a resurgence, at a rate of nearly one a week in the past three months, new numbers show. A report released Wednesday from the International Maritime Bureau ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Pirates have attacked a ship off the coast of Nigeria for the second time in as many days, but the attackers were thwarted in the latest incident by a quick-acting ...

Rebels in Nigeria are reportedly in contact with pirates holding two U.S. crewmen seized earlier this week from the offshore supply vessel C-Retriever, The Associated Press reports. According to ...

With one of the world’s biggest black markets for fuel – a by-product of subsidy scams that cost Nigeria $6.8 billion over three years – pirates found a ready-made market for cargoes.

COPENHAGEN, Jan 7 (Reuters) - A suspected Nigerian pirate captured by the Danish navy in the Gulf of Guinea in November and brought to Denmark for prosecution appeared in court in Copenhagen on ...

Wren Thomas talks about being held hostage by Nigerian pirates in 2013 oustide his home Wednesday in Sidney. Wren Thomas was captured overseas and held hostage by Nigerian ocean pirates in 2013.