No fewer than 10 persons have lost their lives in a boat mishap in Shiroro local government area of Niger state. Head of Relief and Rehabilitation in the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Alhaji Garba Salihu, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna...
Boat Mishap
By BARBARA KALU, Yenagoa – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said one of its election officials has been abducted in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The commission also said a boat conveying election materials and 12 election officials has capsized in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area...
Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris has said that the state government will set up a taskforce to sanitize water transportation as eight dead bodies have been recovered after a recent boat mishap in the state. Idris stated this on Wednesday when he paid a condolence visit to the...
The Kebbi State Government has condoled with members of immediate families, Yauri Emirate Council, and the Local Government over a boat mishap involving 30 traders. In the ugly accident, 23 people were feared dead. Alhaji Ahmed Idris, Chief Press Secretary to the governor disclosed this in...
A boat carrying about 22 passengers on board from Kasabu village in Agwara local government area of Niger to Yauri in Kebbi has capsized.bb Alhaji Salihu Garba, overseeing Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna...
Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), Dr Suleiman Muhammad, has confirmed that eight persons died, eight rescued and seven others missing in a boat mishap at Njuwa lake in Rugange village, Yola South Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Suleiman confirmed this during an interview...
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has said that 12 people died in a boat mishap at river Kogi Kungra Kamfani in Arikiya electoral ward of Lafia Local of Government Area of the state on Aug. 20. The Speaker of the House, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, made this known during...
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Gov. Bassey Otu in further response to the cruise boat mishap involving 14 medical students at the Marina Resort on Saturday, ordered the suspension of cruise operations and other activities at the resort. The order was given in a statement signed by Mr Emmanuel Ogbeche, Chief Press Secretary to...
A total of 11 students under the aegis of the Nigeria Medical Students Association (NIMSA) were rescued on Saturday after a speedboat capsized at a resort in Calabar, Cross River State. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the rescue, noting that efforts had intensified to rescue...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday offered condolences to Nigeria over the boat mishap, which occurred in Kwara State. The boat, carrying around 250 passengers travelling from a wedding ceremony, capsized in the early hours of Monday morning in north-central Kwara state, police and local officials said. The...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the boat mishap, which occurred in Kwara State, claiming many lives. The boat accident according to reports, led to the death of over 100 people who were wedding guests at Egbu village in Patigi Local Government Area...
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has described the boat accident that occurred in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara as unfortunate and disheartening. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the boat mishap claimed the lives of over 100 people. This is contained in a statement...
No fewer than 17 boys and girls have died when a boat they were traveling in capsized in Dandeji river in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The Council Chairman, Alhaji Aliyu Dantani, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto. He said that...
The Kano State Fire Service on Sunday confirmed five persons dead while six others survived a boat mishap at Kanwa Dam in Madobi Local Government Area of the state. The service Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone conversation in...
Former Gov. Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa and the immediate past Minister of State For Petroleum Resources has called for improved regulation of marine transportation in the country. Sylva made the call in a statement issued by Mr Julius Bokoru, his Special Assistant On Media And Public Affairs. He expressed...
Three bodies have been recovered from Thursday’s boat mishap at the Yenagoa-Brass Waterway. Initial reports had stated that occupants of a passenger boat that capsized near Okoroma in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa swam to safety. The reports said a cargo boat that was also involved in the...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Yenagoa – Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri has directed a search and rescue mission fot victims of Thursday’s boat mishap where a yet to be ascertained number of victims drowned. Governor Diri gave the directives in a statement issued by Mr Daniel Amanda, Chief Press Secretary...
Eight school children in Ghana’s Bono East Region were killed after the boat taking them to school capsized on the Volta Lake, officials confirmed. National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) told newsmen that the eight, five boys and three girls aged five to 12, were among 20 pupils who were...