Gunmen suspected to be pirates have hijacked a passenger boat conveying 20 travellers along ... nine of the passengers while efforts were being made to free other victims. The chairman of Bonny ...

Suspected pirates hijacked a passenger boat carrying 20 travellers along the Bonny-Okrika waterways in Rivers State on Thursday. This came as the Bonny Local Government Council said it had rescued ...

“We are not pirates ... “they risk getting shot”. And the risks extend to the shore as well, with people often waking up to find their boats riddled with bullets or destroyed.