An Iranian held for more than four years by Somali pirates has been released, a humanitarian organisation that helps hostages said on Saturday. Mohammad Sharif Panahandeh was a crew member on the FV Siraj, an Iranian fishing vessel that was captured off the coast of Somalia in March 2015, the Hostage Support Partnership said in a statement. […]
Despite all the measures put in place by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to curtail pirate attacks in the Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria last week experienced three separate attacks, raising questions on security within Nigerian waters. The attack that would lay precedent took place on Saturday 20th of November, 2016 when a […]
Weeks after filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan took to the streets of Lagos to protest against the rate at which films are pirated before their due date of release, another filmmaker, Dotun Taylor, has cried out over the release of his new project titled Egberun Maili by pirates via ‘Yorubahood’, an online platform on Youtube channel. Sad […]
Actor cum producer, Kunle Afolayan had earlier raised the alarm that some Igbo pirates at Alaba International Market were threatening to release his latest movie, October 1st, into the market, a swipe that many have come to tag anti-Igbo. In the early hours of Monday, April 13th, the actor disclosed that copies of his movie […]
The high level of insecurity on the waterways in Bayelsa State is now a source of concern to the people, as they, daily, live in fear of the unknown. Worst hit are Azuzuama axis, Koluama, Foropah, Ekeni, Brass, Nembe and Akassa, all located in different parts of the state, which are flashpoints for kidnapping, piracy […]
Pirates have seized an Iranian vessel fishing illegally off the coast of Somalia in the first successful hijacking in almost three years, officials said Thursday, raising fears that the scourge of Somali piracy may be returning. “An Iranian vessel, fishing illegally in Somali waters, was hijacked earlier this week,” said Alan Cole of the United […]