Tag: Pirates
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Residents flee as Soldiers invade Rivers community in search of colleagues’ killers
Soldiers have invaded Bille community, in the Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State in search of suspected pirates who killed some of their colleagues. Meanwhile, the residents of communities in Bille have fled their homes for fear of being caught up in the crises that could ensue from the invasion.
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Pirates attack, kill 3 in twin attacks on oil facilities in Bayelsa, kidnap 7
Gunmen, suspected to be sea pirates, in the early hours of Sunday attacked two oil installations, killing three and abducting seven oil workers in Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (ANAN) learnt that the pirates ambushed their unsuspecting victims in Okoroma and Ogbokiri-Akassa communities of Nembe and Brass Local Government areas of Bayelsa. Sources close…
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10 pirates bag 12 years jail term, N1m fine each for hijacking Chinese ship
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced 10 pirates to twelve years imprisonment each for hijacking a Chinese fishing vessel, FV Hai Lu Feng II, in May 2020. Justice Ayokunle Faji who said their actions affect the well-being of all Nigerians also ordered each pirate to pay a fine of N1million each. Delivering…
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Deep Blue Project: Taking the Fight to the Pirates – Dakuku Peterside
By Dakuku Peterside With each passing day as a nation, it becomes more apparent that we have too much on our plate. The challenge of unemployment, poverty, widespread insecurity, Covid 19 induced economic recession, and ethnic agitation fuelled by feelings of marginalisation are evident. All these challenges are peculiar, correlated and…
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Pirates assassinate five-year-old girl, shoot speedboat driver in Bayelsa
Gunmen alleged to be sea robbers have attacked a speedboat and murdered a five-year-old girl in Bayelsa State. The deceased, identified as Comfort, her sibling and their mother, Lovina Isegu, were allegedly aboard the speedboat with six other passengers. They were traveling from the Swali Market Waterfront in Yenagoa, the state capital, to Koluama 1…
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Sea pirates kill four naval ratings in Ondo
Some youths suspected to be sea pirates in Gbagira village in the llaje Local Government Area of Ondo State have reportedly killed four naval ratings. The naval men were killed while trying to rescue three foreigners from being abducted in the area. it was learnt that the suspected killers also went away with the four…
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JUST IN: Pirates kidnap 10 sailors in Niger Delta
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) on Thursday said Pirates kidnapped ten (10) sailors from a merchant ship off the coast in the Niger Delta region. “A bulk carrier underway was attacked and boarded by six pirates from a small boat. Ten crew members were reported missing. The remaining crew onboard sailed the vessel to a…
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Pirates hijack passenger boat in Bayelsa
Barely 48 hours after an ambush that killed three passengers on Tuesday, gunmen suspected to be sea pirates on Thursday hijacked another passenger boat along Nembe-Brass waterways in Bayelsa State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the Pirates trailed the passenger boat after it had dropped its occupants at Brass from Nembe before…