Tanker ship, crew seized off Nigeria's coast

LAGOS, Nigeria -- Pirates off Nigeria's coast seized an oil tanker and kidnapped the vessel's crew, authorities said Tuesday, the latest attack to target shipping in West African waters. The attack happened Saturday night on a Marshall Islands-flagged vessel about 90 nautical miles south of Lagos ...

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