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 ...

Boat accidents continue to happen across Nigeria’s inland waterways, often resulting in fatalities, injuries, and the loss of valuable. These incidents have raised concerns about water transportation ...

The Kebbi State Government has expressed deep sorrow over a tragic boat accident in Yauri Local Government Area that claimed ...

Fourteen people have died after a boat carrying wedding guests capsized in Yauri LGA of Kebbi state. The incident occurred at Gumbi village on Saturday as victims were returning from Gwarzo village in ...

Police in Delta have confirmed four persons missing in a boat mishap which occurred in the Benin River, Warri North Local Government Area of the state. Orisewezie said, a boat loaded with 22 persons ...

Death toll from the Saturday’s boat accident which occurred in Nguru Local Government Area of Yobe, has risen from 25 earlier announced by the state government, to 29. Executive Secretary, of the ...

THE latest avoidable tragedy that claimed 14 lives in a boat accident at Gumbi village in Yauri LGA of Kebbi State is yet another grim reminder of a recurring menace on Nigeria’s inland waterways.This ...

Recently, a joyous occasion turned into unfathomable grief in Kebbi State when a boat ferrying over 100 wedding guests capsized. Fourteen people, comprising 13 women and a child, lost their lives in ...

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has renewed his call on state governments across the federation to urgently ban the use of wooden boats for commercial water transportation ...