Pirates
IMO Says 44 Seafarers Held By Pirates In Three Months ,Seeks Immediate Action After 24 Recent Attacks;
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has called for urgent international action to secure the release of 44 seafarers being held...
Roland EkamaJuly 6, 20260
Somali Pirates Hijack Oil Tanker Off Puntland Coast, 17 Seafarers’ Under Hostage
Suspected Somali pirates have seized the oil tanker Honour 25, carrying 18,500 barrels of fuel and 17 multinational crew members, in a bold...
Roland EkamaApril 25, 20260
Resurgence Of Pirate Attacks On Vessels Heightened Off Somalia Coast
Concerns over a resurgence in piracy off Somalia have heightened this year with a series of hijacking of dhows which could be...
Roland EkamaMarch 18, 20250
SUCCESS 9: Hijacked Bunkering Tanker Remains Missing In Gulf of Guinea
Despite technological advances in vessel tracking and detection, a 6,000 dwt bunkering tanker believed to be boarded by pirates is still missing after...
Roland EkamaApril 14, 20230
GULF OF GUINEA: IMB Records All-time Low Pirate Attacks On Vessels In 2022
The number of incidents of piracy report to the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) fell again in 2022, despite a...
Roland EkamaJanuary 12, 20230
DELTA SAFE: Troops Arrest Two Notorious Sea Pirates
Troops of Operation DELTA SAFE said it has arrested two high profile sea pirates who are allegedly specialists in attacks on oil vessels,...
Roland EkamaAugust 11, 20220
NITOA Admits Reduction Of Pirate Attacks On Trawlers
Sea pirates attacks on fishing trawlers in Nigerian territorial waters have been said to have drastically reduced due to constant patrol of naval...
Roland EkamaMarch 21, 20220
Danish Frigate Releases Captured Gulf Of Guinea Pirates
A suspected Nigerian pirate captured by the Danish Navy in the Gulf of Guinea in November and brought to Denmark for prosecution appeared...
Roland EkamaJanuary 7, 20220
MV HAILUFENG: Navy Hands Over Convicted Pirates To Kirikiri Correctional Centre
The Nigerian Navy has handed over the 10 pirates convicted by Federal High Court Ikoyi for the hijack of FV HAILUFENG II to...
Roland EkamaJuly 28, 20210
NIMASA DG Condemns kidnap of 5 members of Maritime Workers Union In Rivers State
The Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has condemned in very strong terms the kidnap on Monday...
Roland EkamaJuly 24, 20210
