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A passenger boat has capsized in northern Nigeria’s Yobe State, leaving at least 25 people dead while 14 others remained missing, emergency services said Sunday (January 4, 2026). The boat was carrying residents who had gone to the local market, while some were involved in fishing or farming when it capsized along the Yobe River…
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At least 60 people were killed after a boat carrying mostly women and children returning from a religious festival in Nigeria’s northern Niger state capsized, a local official said late on Wednesday (October 3, 2024). About 160 people have now been rescued after the wooden boat ferrying nearly 300 passengers sank on Tuesday night on…
At least 64 people were feared dead following a boat accident on a river in Zamfara State in northwest Nigeria, local officials said on Saturday (September 14, 2024). A wooden boat carrying 70 farmers capsized as it was transporting them across the river to reach their farmlands close to Gummi town on Saturday morning. Local…
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