Jun 15, 2023 · Police told Al Jazeera on Thursday that at least 144 people have been rescued after Monday night’s accident on the Niger River near the Pategi area of Kwara state. The accident happened when...

Nov 29, 2024 · Authorities say 27 people have died and at least 100, mostly women, are missing after a boat transporting them to a food market capsized along the River Niger in northern Nigeria.

Dec 1, 2024 · At least 54 bodies have now been recovered from Nigeria’s River Niger after a boat, that may have been carrying more than 200 passengers, capsized in the early hours of Friday, the authorities...

Oct 2, 2024 · Over 100 people, predominantly women and children, are still missing after a boat capsized in northwestern Nigeria, authorities are reporting. The incident occurred on Monday night along the...

Jun 13, 2023 · A boat carrying residents returning from a wedding capsized in northern Nigeria, killing more than 100 people, police and local residents said as a search for survivors intensified.

Nov 30, 2024 · Latest tragedy to hit busy waterways leaves more than 100 missing, with possible causes ranging from turbulence to age of vessel. At least 27 people died when a boat capsized on the Niger...

Nov 30, 2024 · A Nigerian river ferry capsized Friday killing at least 27 people and leaving many missing, officials told AFP of the latest in a series of mass drownings on the country's busy waterways.

Sep 11, 2023 · The boat capsized along the Niger River on Sunday morning with more than 100 villagers, mostly women and children, aboard. They were traveling to their farmlands in the Gbajibo community, located 251 kilometers (156 miles) from the state capital Minna, the closest source of emergency response.

Nov 30, 2024 · In a tragic incident, at least 27 people died while over 100, including women were missing, after a boat capsized along the Niger River in central Nigeria, the local emergency management agency...

Oct 2, 2024 · Dozens of people were feared dead after a boat carrying mostly women and children returning from a religious festival capsized in northern Nigeria, a local emergency official and residents said...