Nigeria: 10 Turkish Sailors Kidnapped Off Nigeria Coast

Ten Turkish sailors on a cargo ship have been kidnapped for ransom by armed men off the coast of Nigeria.

The shipping company, Kadioglu Denizcilik, on Tuesday said in a statement that the vessel was attacked when the pirates boarded the ship on its way from Cameroon to the Ivory Coast in the Gulf of Guinea, PressTv reported.

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