Tag: kidnappers
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WA piracy will remain a headache for ship owners in 2014
Nigeria will remain a serious piracy hot-spot in 2014, as the country still resists the allowing of non-Nigerian armed guards on board vessels plying its waters. WA piracy will remain […]
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Nigeria: JTF Reveals 2013 Figures
The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, said yesterday it killed 82 sea pirates and robbers 2013: JTF killed 82 sea pirates, nabbed 1,857 crude […]
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The Forgotten Somali Pirate Hostages
The long ordeal for Abedo hostages took a turn for the worse nine days ago when the ship sank in shallow waters of the notorious pirate town of Haradheere The […]
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Halt Ransom Payments
Even if G8 nations agree to stop paying for the release of kidnapping victims, other groups will likely keep forking out ransoms to protect staff Cameron pressing G8 to halt […]
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Death Penalty For Kidnappers In Bayelsa
The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson on Wednesday affirmed his position on the prescription of the death sentence for kidnappers by signing it into law. Dickson Approves Death Penalty For […]
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Security Forces Kill 14 Kidnappers
Nigerian security forces stormed the hideout of the kidnappers of a Turkish national in oil-rich Rivers State and killed 14 of them in a shootout, police said Saturday. “The hoodlums […]
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Murder Threat
A new video showing captured South Korean sailors is re-focusing attention on the hostages. Somali pirates have threatened to kill South Korean and Indian sailors if those nations do not free pirates […]
