The 748ft-long 228m ship left Lagos on 5 October bound for Southampton.

Merchant ship hijacked in nigeria. The ship was raided by members of the Special Boat Service to detain four Nigerian migrants who threatened the ships. The Grande Tema an Italian merchant ship was on its way from Lagos Nigeria to Essex when it was hijacked in the Thames Estuary Picture. Secgov A spokesman for Navios the ships owner told the outlet that the crew members remain missing.

PIRATES have kidnapped 12 crew members from a Swiss merchant vessel on Saturday off the coast of Nigeria prompting fears for their safety the ships operator said in a statement. It was reported yesterday in the media that the pro-Biafra agitators allegedly hijacked a merchant ship and threatened to blow it up with its foreign. An elite military unit has stormed.

The Nigerian navy has foiled a pirate attack on a British-flagged merchant vessel off the coast of the oil-rich west African country a hotbed of piracy and militancy a spokesman said Thursday. 30 UPI --Five Greek sailors are being held hostage by pirates after their supply ship was hijacked off the coast of Nigeria officials in Athens said. The merchant ship MT LEON DIAS that was allegedly hijacked by gunmen is current off the Coast of Cotonou in the Benin Republic.

Nigerian militants have hijacked a merchant ship and threatened to blow it up with its foreign crew if authorities do not release a detained leader agitating for a breakaway state of Biafra. The Nigerian Navy has foiled an attempt by suspected sea pirates to hijack and abduct 25 foreign nationals aboard a Maersk merchant ship carrying general cargo to Nigeria. As it approached the Isle of Wight on Sunday morning it was reported that seven stowaways on board had become violent.

ABUJA Nigeria -- Nigerian separatists have hijacked a merchant ship and threatened to blow it up with its foreign crew if authorities do not release a detained leader agitating for a breakaway. It requested the Directorate General of Shipping in Mumbai to get in touch with the Nigerian and Beninese authorities to conduct search operations. Merchant ship with 22 Indians onboard missing govt coordinating with Nigeria says Sushma Swaraj The missing merchant vessel is owned by Mumbai-based Anglo Eastern shipping company.

The Company Security Officer reported that the crew had managed to get to the ships safe room before the pirates boarded and the shipping company was in contact with them. An anchored tanker was boarded by unauthorised persons who kidnapped six crew and escaped. Pirates off the coast of Nigeria hijacked a Navios-owned vessel late Tuesday.