Tag: hostages

  • Group offers to guard Delta waters

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    Just what the Delta needs: another group of guards. Group offers to safeguard Niger Delta waterways Posted By: Olugbenga Adanikin A group of volunteers, the Nigerian Merchant Navy Coastal Defence […]

  • Delta militants not ready to talk

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    Militants deny their men have been captured. We are not ready for dialogue – Niger Delta Avengers Michael Abimboye Hard fighting militant group, Niger Delta Avengers has cautioned the Niger […]

  • Nigerian Navy parades prisoners

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    Men accused of pipeline vandalism and piracy, too. Navy parades two suspected members of Avengers Simon Utebor and Ovie Okpare The Nigerian Navy on Saturday paraded two suspects believed to […]

  • Pirates jailed for 5 years

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    Men convicted of piracy in July. Somali pirates get five years in jail PORT LOUIS, Mauritius – Twelve Somalis who attacked a container ship in the Indian Ocean were sentenced […]

  • Nigerian Navy, fake kidnaps

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    Navy suggests that kidnaps are being faked. Kidnapped crews probably disagree. Navy profiles ships, owners involved in stage-managed kidnap attempts By Evelyn Usman lagos—Nigerian Navy, yesterday said it had begun […]

  • Nigeria: Operation Crocodile Smile

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    Sends message to Niger Delta militants. Nigeria: Operation Crocodile Smile By Abu Najakku About a fortnight ago, the Nigerian Army launched what it called Operation Crocodile Smile. The operation, according […]

  • Vietnam’s ambitions

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    Vietnam’s maritime domain is of huge importance. What the end of the US arms embargo means for Vietnam Author: Cuong T. Nguyen, University of Chicago The United States’ complete lifting […]

  • Robot ships and pirates

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    Does no crew mean no target? How Pirates Will Adapt To The Future Of Robot Cargo Ships Kelsey Atherton What’s the going rate for a human life? Depending on a […]

  • Copycat kidnappers?

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    Kidnapping claims have drawn ‘red flags’ among the investigators. Sabah police: Latest ‘kidnapping’ not ala Abu Sayyaf BY MUGUNTAN VANAR KOTA KINABALU: The latest claims of a kidnapping of a […]

  • Call for more SE Asia patrols

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    Call for higher security ahead of joint patrols. RI demands better patrols in Sulu Sea Haeril Halim and Tama Salim A number of its citizens having fallen victim to rampant […]

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