No fewer than 25 people lost their lives after a boat driven by alleged traffickers capsized on the Comoros islands. This was announced by the United Nations' migration agency IOM on Monday, saying ...
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Calabar Area Office, has rescued two sand miners whose boat capsized on transit. Mr Bola Oyebamij, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, NIWA, said ...
Around 191 people are feared to have died after an overloaded wooden boat capsized in Gbajibo, Niger State on the night of Nigeria’s Independence Day — 1 October. However, the deaths could ...
Across Nigeria, waterways stretching from ... a similar tragic incident took place in Niger State when a boat carrying over 300 passengers capsized in Mokwa Local Government Area.
The House of Representatives has urged National Inland Waterways Authority to set standards for boat construction, licensing ...
Look at this photo. None of the passengers put on life jackets. The boat is even overloaded. It is against the law to go ...
OWnce again, Nigeria is mourning a tragedy on its waterways. On Independence Day, no fewer than 150 passengers were feared dead after a boat carrying over 300 capsized in the Niger River.
At least 40 people have drowned in a boat accident on a river in northwest Nigeria, said President Bola Tinubu on Sunday. The accident happened in Zamfara state, as farmers were trying to get to ...
Nigeria's inland waterways ... Besides overloading, many boats have capsized as a result of hitting rocks and wreckages along navigational routes, as our water channels are not properly dredged ...
searching for two missing passengers of a boat that capsized on Monday night. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Lagos Area Manager of NIWA, Sarat Braimah, made this known in a ...