The 15 crew members who were kidnapped from a chemical tanker off the coast of Benin more than a month ago have been released, the ship’s Dutch owners disclosed on Wednesday.
According to a statement released by De Poli Tankers, they said the company was ‘delighted to report that all fifteen of its officers and crew abducted from its vessel Davide B in the Gulf of Guinea on March 11 have been released’.
‘The seafarers are safe and can return to their families in Eastern Europe and The Philippines and can start recovering from this deeply concerning situation,’ the …
The Defence Headquarters has revealed that pirates seized a Chinese vessel and sailed it down to Nigeria.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, stated this at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja.
The spokesman said the attack occurred on May 15.
Enenche noted that the pirates stormed the vessel, MV HAILUFANG II, off the Coast of Cote D’Ivoire.
He noted the criminals took control of the vessel and directed it towards Nigerian waters.
“The vessel had 18 crew members comprising Chinese, Ghanaian and Ivorian. The Nigerian
Suspected Sea Pirates terrorizing waterways within Kalabari route have attacked a passenger boat with passengers on board.
Some of the victims including the driver of the boat who identified himself as Sokpabobia Sokari narrated their ordeal to newsmen explaining that they were attacked within Namasebi waterways in Bille community, Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State while returning from Port Harcourt.
The victims said the boats and their goods were carted away in the incident that happened around 2pm Monday, by the criminals after shooting at the driver of the boat who sustained bullet wounds.
They said the suspected sea
Pirates have kidnapped nine crew members from a Norwegian shipping vessel off the coast of Benin Republic in West Africa.
The vessel was carrying gypsum; a mineral used as a fertiliser, and was at anchor, owner JJ Ugland said.
The Benin Navy’s anti-piracy team has been on patrol in the Bight of Benin in the Gulf of Guinea. It is described as one of the world’s most dangerous seas.
The Gulf of Guinea is world’s most dangerous piracy hotspot, says the International Maritime Bureau (IMB).
Some 62 seafarers have been captured off the coasts of Nigeria, Guinea, Togo, Benin and …
The Guardian gathered that the pirates operated freely for about five hours on the high sea without restrictions.
It was learnt that the bandits carted away all the belongings of the travellers, took their boats and abandoned them at the mangrove.
The two persons killed were
Pirates off Nigeria’s oil-rich south have stormed a small oil tanker, kidnapping six sailors, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said on Thursday, the latest in a string of such attacks.
The Apecus, a Palau-flagged petroleum products tanker of 3,100 deadweight tonnes, was attacked on Friday as it was anchored off Bonny Island, south of oil hub of Port Harcourt, according to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre.
“An anchored tanker was boarded by unauthorised persons who kidnapped six crew and escaped,” the piracy watchdog said, adding that the rest of the crew were reported to be safe. No details of their …
