Pirates

September 27, (THEWILL) — At least 17 passengers have been abducted by suspected sea pirates along the Calabar-Oron maritime route, a major waterway linking Cross River and Akwa Ibom states. The victims were travelling aboard a passenger boat operated by...

September 02, (THEWILL) – Suspected sea pirates have abducted ten maritime workers along the Bonny – Port Harcourt waterway. Chairman of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria Rivers State Chapter, Israel Pepple, who confirmed the incident, said the 10 workers were...

November 04, (THEWILL) - Four officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) are feared dead following an ambush by gunmen suspected to be sea pirates in Rivers State. A resident of the community told newsmen on Saturday,...

April 12, (THEWILL) - Less than three weeks after hijacking a tanker, MT Monjasa Reformer in the Gulf of Guinea, pirates have successfully boarded another Tanker in the Gulf. The Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade–Gulf of Guinea (MDAT-GoG) information centre...

April 05, (THEWILL) - No fewer than 50 pieces of outboard engines have been seized by hoodlums, suspected to be Sea pirates, between last year December and April 2023, fishermen on the waterways of Ibeno local government area of...

October 19, (THEWILL) - Fishers in Ibeno local government area, Akwa Ibom state, have threatened to shut down commercial and government activities on Monday, 24th October, 2022, in protest against overbearing negligence of their plight in the hands of...

June 21, (THEWILL) – Fishermen in Akwa Ibom State have lamented the incessant attacks by pirates and militants operating along the coastal areas of the state, lamenting that it has become a hindrance to sustainable income generation and poverty...