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In a tragic incident in Nigeria, an overloaded boat ferrying passengers to a market sank in the Niger River. Over 150 people were feared missing in the incident, officials said. The boat was sailing between Central Niger State and Wara in northwest Kebbi state when it went down. As of now the official number of casualties are yet to be known and rescue operations are on. As
The boat was travelling between central Niger state and Wara in northwest Kebbi state when it sank, National Inland Waterways Authority local manager Yusuf Birma told reporters.
Abuja [Nigeria], May 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Some 140 people went missing after an overcrowded boat carrying some 160 passengers capsized in Nigeria on Wednesday, media said.
A Nigerian official says more than 100 people are missing and feared dead after a boat with more than 165 passengers, including women and children, broke up and sank in the Niger River as it traveled in Nigeria’s northern Kebbi state