source: Daily Independent (Nigeria); EONS Intelligence; Daily Post (Nigeria)
actor1: Military Forces of Nigeria (2015-)
actor2: Pirates (Nigeria)
location: Port Harcourt
notes: On 25 October 2021, Russian Naval forces helped the Nigerian Navy repeled an attack by pirates on board a ship 70 nautical miles off the coast of Port Harcourt (Port Harcourt, Rivers). The Russians dispatched helicopters from their ship and the pirates fled. Casualties unknown.