The Department of International Relations and Cooperation in Pretoria says it has not been informed officially of any South African kidnapped in Nigeria on Wednesday‚ but is aware of reports of an attack on an international company's employees.According to an AFP report‚ quoting the Nigerian police‚ three foreign nationals — two Australians and a South African — as well as two Nigerians were kidnapped in the country’s southeast after their vehicle was attacked. Their driver was shot dead. “The police are currently working with the Nigerian Navy to ensure that the victims are released unharmed‚” the policeman added.DIRCO spokesperson Nelson Kgwete said the department was not officially contacted about the incident."We have not been officially contacted by the ambassador in Nigeria of any kidnapping. All that we have heard so far is from media reports like everyone else‚" Kgwete said.Earlier reports from the country claimed that all five people who were attacked on Wednesday were workers with Australian mining and engineering giant Macmahon‚ which was contracted to cement major LafargeHolcim.One witness to the abduction said that the kidnappers took the men to a waiting boat.Kidnapping for ransom is a known problem in Nigeria‚ along with armed robbery and piracy at sea.In February‚ a female South African ship's captain was hailed as a heroine after she outsmarted a gang of pirates off the Nigerian coast. Zetta Gous-Conradie and her crew on a container ship had come under attack when pirates boarded the ship and opened fire on the bridge. SA heroine captain foils Nigerian pirate mobA South African ship captain is being hailed as a heroine after she outsmarted a gang of pirates off the Nigerian coast The captain ordered her crew to take cover in the engine room‚ while she alerted the Nigerian navy‚ and kept everyone calm even has the pirates tried to force their way in‚ until help arrived...