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Share this article A bulk carrier belonging to NASDAQ-listed Eagle Bulk Shipping is reported safe and its crew unharmed after a pirate attack in the Gulf of Guinea. The incident was confirmed Monday by Eagle Bulk Shipping in a tweet informing that its owned Ultramax bulker carrier Rowayton Eagle was hijacked about 240 miles southeast of Lagos, Nigeria. The company also hailed the ship’s Captain for his leadership throughout the ordeal. “We are very pleased to report that the incident has been resolved and our crew are safe and unharmed, and the vessel is fully operational… Our profoun...

Huge challenges await Nigeria's new military chiefs

Vanguard News Huge challenges await Nigeria’s new service chiefs On President Muhammadu Buhari meets with the newly appointed Service Chiefs this afternoon at the State House, Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari’s sudden replacement of his top military commanders may be a welcome change in a country frustrated over a decade-long insurgency, but on the ground, soldiers face a complex mix of conflicts. Often described as overstretched and underfunded, Nigeria’s military is fighting jihadists in the northeast and armed gangs in the northwest as well as dealing with communal conflicts in cen...

YOU don’t need a peg leg, eye patch, or parrot on your shoulder to be a modern-day pirate, but guns and high-speed boats are useful. Last year, pirates

The owner of the MV Mozart has made contact with fifteen crew members abducted from the vessel during a violent and deadly pirate attack in the Gulf of Guinea off Sao Tome last week. Istanbul-based Boden Denizcilik confirms that all fifteen seafarers are well, uninjured and together, and their families have been contacted. The Mozart was attacked as it was underway some 100 nautical miles off the coast of Sao Tome while en route from Lagos, Nigeria to Cape Town, South Africa, on January 23. During the incident, armed pirates apparently gained access to the ship’s citadel, a type of safe roo...