The Nigerian Navy says it has deployed 1,500 personnel, 13 ships and two helicopters in a special military exercise to tackle pirates in the Gulf of Guinea. The Gulf of
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The International Maritime Bureau (IMB), a division of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) that fights crimes related to maritime trade and transportation, says all waters in Nigeria are highly
Nigeria’s internal and external waterways have witnessed a sharp rise in the number of piracy incidents over the last decade. For a long time, international shipping companies dreaded the horn
Suspected pirates have kidnapped five crew members, including three Moroccans, from a general cargo vessel identified as the Panama-flagged Oya 1 around 15 nautical miles south west of Bonny Island,
Russian news agencies reported on Sunday that seven Russian sailors and one Ukrainian captured by Nigerian pirates have been released.
Russia says seven of its sailors and one Ukrainian have been abducted on Nigeria’s territorial waters. The Russian embassy in
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