The Benue Command of the Nigerian Police Force has rescued 11 persons and recovered 20 bodies from a boat mishap in Agatu Local Government Area of the state. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sewuese Anene, told the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday that the incident...
Boat Mishap
The House of Representatives has ordered investigation into causes of the incessant boat mishaps on Nigeria’s waterways. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Unyime Idem (PDP-Akwa-Ibom) on the floor of the House in Abuja on Tuesday. Presenting his motion, Idem said that Nigeria had witnessed...
A boat mishap that occurred between Baro and Akwanu communities of Agaie Local Government Area of Niger has claimed 22 lives. The Director-General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Abdullahi Baba-Arah, confirmed the incident in a statement in Minna on Friday. Arah said the boat, sailing from...
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has sent an emergency rescue team to search for missing passengers of a merchant boat which capsized in Kogi on Friday. The Managing Director of NIWA, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, said this in a statement on Friday. According to Oyebamiji, the boat capsized in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has sympathized with victims of the recent boat mishap that claimed the lives of some passengers who are indigenes of the state. Governor Ododo, who expressed sadness over the boat accident, said he was particularly concerned that most...
Police Command in Delta says five passengers have died in a boat mishap at Bennett Island in Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South-West Local Government of the state. Spokesman of the command, SP Bright Edafe made this known to newsmen on Tuesday in Warri, Delta. Edafe added that six other...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has said no fewer than 5 individuals have not been accounted for in the boat collision that occurred on Monday. The General Manager of LASWA, Mr Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. “A...
Zamfara Government on Tuesday announced the donation of N20 million to families of victims of the recent boat accident in Uban Dawaki community in Gummi Local Government Area. The Deputy Governor, Malam Mani Mummuni ,announced the donation during a sympathy visit to the Emir of Gummi, retired Justice Lawal...
Zamfara State Government has confirmed the death of 40 persons following a boat mishap in Gummi Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a boat carrying more than 40 persons on Sunday capsized in the Bakin Kasuwa River of Uban Dawaki community....
BY ANKELI EMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has visited Dundaye community where a boat mishap claimed the lives of additional five persons over the weekend. During the visit on Wednesday, the governor announced a donation of N30 million to the affected families. Under the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Senator Aliyu Wamakko has registered his deepest condolences to the families of the 28 persons who died after their boat capsized at Dundaye river, Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Wamakko, who described the tragic incident as heartbreaking, however, admonished the locals...
Four persons have died in a boat mishap at Dundaye community in Wamakko Local Government Area (LGA) of Sokoto State. Alhaji Aliyu Kafindangi, Head, Sokoto Field Operation Office of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Sokoto....
By HARUNA AHMED, Dutse – No fewer than 5 persons have lost their lives while 15 others are missing in a canoe mishap that occurred on Thursday in Nahuce in Taura Local Government Area (LGA) of Jigawa State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Lawan...
Jigawa State Police Command on Monday confirmed that two persons lost their lives, while 18 others were rescued in a boat mishap that occurred in the state. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed this in a statement in Dutse, on Monday. Shiisu explained that...
The Nigerian Navy on Monday, successfully rescued no fewer than 250 passengers from being drowned after a boat hit a wreckage at Buguma creek in Asari-Toru area of Rivers. A commercial double decker wooden boat, MV Precious Emmanual, was conveying the passengers and goods worth millions of naira...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos -. The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has confirmed that one person died on Wednesday when a passenger ferry collided with a submerged shoreline concrete. The Public Affairs Unit of LASWA, Mrs Wuraola Alake, made the disclosure in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. Alake...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – No fewer than 100 passengers are feared dead after their boat capsized in Borgu Local Government area of Niger State. The Director-General of Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, confirmed the incident in a statement in Minna on Monday. Baba-Arah...
The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed the death of 11 passengers from a boat mishap on the Andoni-Bonny coastal waters in Rivers on Tuesday. Eyewitness account stated that the accident occurred when two passenger-boats collided along the route. Spokesperson of the command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the...
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja – The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has confirmed the death of eight persons while 38 others were rescued in a boat mishap that occurred in Anambra State. The NIWA General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Alhaji Jibril Darda’u, who confirmed the mishap in a...
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has said that nine bodies were recovered from a boat mishap that occurred in Shiroro Local Government Area of the state. The Head of Relief and Rehabilitation in NSEMA, Alhaji Salihu Garba, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency...