Panic In Delta Ijaw Community As One Army Officer, Sea Pirate Died In Gun Battle
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tension heightened in Tuomo community, Burutu Local Government Area, Delta state, as one Army officer and a sea pirate were killed in a gun battle. A source from Tuomo Community said More...
Pirates Attack Vessel Off Escravos, Abduct Ten Seafarers
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Ten seafarers were kidnapped yesterday from the general cargo vessel Milan while underway some 14 nautical miles off the Pennington Offshore Terminal in Nigeria. The vessel was More...
Pirates kill Four Naval Officers, Abduct Three Foreigners In Warri Waterway
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Four ratings, who were part of a six-man naval rescue squad, are feared killed in a gun duel with suspected sea pirates. The deceased are Petty Officer, Able Seaman, Seaman and More...
Pirates Besiege Burutu Communities, Blow Community Chairman’s Residence With Dynamite
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Sea pirates and various cult gangs have taken over all the communities in Burutu LGA of Delta state as yet to be identified gang of sea pirates detonated Ekogbene community chairman’s More...
Gunmen On Army Uniform Invade Delta Police Stations, Kill 2 , Cart Away Arms
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Gunmen suspected to be pirates dressed in Army uniform, weekend, invaded the Aboh Police Divisional Headquarters, Ndokwa East Local Government Area, Delta State, and shot dead two More...
Nigeria Toppling In Maritime Crimes, Loses $1.5bn Monthly
Dr Dakuku Peterside, Director General of NIMASA By Odimegwu Onwumere LAGOSJULY 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Piracy and maritime crimes in the Nigeria’s sea areas have become un-abating in 2016, report experts. “The new More...
Bayelsa: Four Pirates Killed, Soldier Injured in a Clash with Nigerian Army
LAGOS MAY 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Joint military force in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, said on Tuesday that its personnel killed four suspected pirates during a surveillance patrol along the Ogbia-Nembe More...
Bayelsa Military Base Attack: Soldiers Grab 6 Suspects, Recovers Snatched Arms
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta said Sunday night that it has arrested six suspected pirates behind the attack that killed four of its soldiers and a policemen in Nembe, More...
Pirates Raid Police Armoury, Cart Away Two Gun Boats, Other Weapons
IGP Arase LAGOS JUNE 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Armed pirates attacked the Nigerian Marine Police Armoury in Calabar, Cross River State, early Monday, seizing a large cache of weapons, police and sources said. The attackers More...
Pirates Kill Headmaster, Cart away Teachers’ Salaries in Bayelsa
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Unknown gunmen suspected to be sea pirates have attacked a passenger boat along the waters of Tuomo and Aleibiri communities in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, More...
Pirates Kill One, Maim 10 in Delta State
Gunmen suspected to be sea bandits, have killed a 30-year-old boat driver, Godknows Wuruke, and injured over 10 persons in Delta State. Vanguard was informed that the bandits ambushed two passenger boats, moving More...