The boat, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt, was conveying the victims across River Niger for a programme at a traditional wedding ceremony in a community in Niger. The boat, conveying about 22 ...

Madang Provincial Police Commander Superintendent Robert Baim has raised serious concerns over the continued loss of life at ...

Adegboyega Oyetola, Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, has renewed calls on state governments across the federation to ...

Another witness said the boat was carrying more than 45 passengers, alongside vehicles and goods, far beyond its safe capacity.At least six students are feared dead after a wooden boat capsized on ...

It is sad that Nigeria’s inland waterways have continued to claim lives in preventable boat accidents. The latest tragedy struck on Saturday, January 3, 2026, in Nguru Local Government Area of Yobe ...

Sir: Nigeria’s waterways tell a sobering story. Reports of mass drowning, sometimes over a hundred lives lost in a single accident, sit uneasily beside official figures that suggest far fewer. The gap ...

The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has confirmed the death of three people in a boat mishap at Wuya community on River Kaduna. He said that one Malam Yahaya Hamza and two of his sons ...

Eight more bodies have been recovered from last Tuesday’s boat accident at Ibaji, Kogi State. The recovery followed the ongoing search and rescue mounted by personnel of the Kogi State Emergency ...

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr. Adegboyega Oyetola, has renewed his call for state governments across Nigeria to ...

ABUJA, Oct 2 (Reuters) - At least 26 people drowned when a boat carrying traders capsized on the River Niger in Nigeria's north-central Kogi State, a regional state official said on Thursday, the ...