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.

A Nigerian pirate who lost his leg in a shoot-out with Denmark’s navy will have his new prosthesis funded by the taxpayer as part of a special residential deal granted by the government.

Pirates hijacked a passenger boat with 20 travellers along the Bonny-Okrika waterways in Rivers State on Thursday, February 6 ...

The Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA) has said the activities of book pirates are hurting the education sector, as well as the publishing industry in the country, just as it called for all hands ...

Pirates have kidnapped 12 crew members from a Swiss cargo vessel in Nigerian waters. Massoel Shipping said its vessel, MV Glarus, was carrying wheat from Lniagos to Port Harcourt when it was ...

MOSCOW, February 8. /TASS/. Pirates have taken seven Russian sailors and one Ukrainian hostage in the territorial waters of Nigeria, the Russian embassy said on Wednesday. "The BBC Caribbean ship ...

Palampur (Himachal Pradesh), Apr 15 (ANI): Member of Indian merchant navy crew, who were abducted by Nigerian pirates for ransom, has safely returned to his hometown of Palampur in Himachal ...

SEPANG: After spending 19 days in captivity in Nigeria, kidnapped hostage George Lipih Anak Ambo is finally back in the arms of his family. The 42-year-old looked tired when he arrived at the ...

SEVASTOPOL, March 5. /TASS/. The pirates, who in early February attacked in Nigerian waters the BBC Caribbean, freed all eight sailors - seven Russians and one Ukrainian national, Sevastopol's ...

A passenger boat carrying 20 people en route to Bonny was intercepted by sea pirates around the Isaka area in Okrika Local Government Area this afternoon. According to a security briefing made availab ...

THE Nigerian Navy personnel under the auspices of Operation Delta Sanity II, have raided pirates/kidnappers’ camp in Fununu community, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and arrested ...