•Late Junior Pope and his wife, Jennifer Jennifer Odonwodo, wife of late Nollywood actor JohnPaul Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope, paid tribute to her husband today, recounting the moment she received news of his death. In a post shared on her Instagram page, she described the incident as “the most devastating call” of her […]...
•Boat mishap A tragic boat accident has claimed the life of one person, along the Onyoma/ Ekowe route of the Southern Ijaw Local Government area of Bayelsa State. According to details gathered from local boat operators and Maritime union, the victim of the incident is identified as one Mr. Luke Wonamah, an indigene of Okanga […]...
The Kogi State Commissioner for Agriculture, Timothy Ojomah, yesterday confirmed that 15 additional corpses had been recovered from last Tuesday’s boat accident in the Ibaji Local Government Area, bringing the official toll to 35. Ojomah, in a text message to our correspondent, said almost 20 more passengers were still unaccounted for, reports...
The Kogi State government is mourning the death of victims of the boat accident which occurred on the River Niger. According to reports, the traders were travelling from the Ibaji Local Government Area of the state to Ilushi market in Edo State, on the evening of yesterday, Tuesday, September 30, 2025, when the incident occurred. […]
•The victims attempted to cross a river at Nasarawar Kifi in Birnin Tudu ward when the accident occurred At least 15 people have reportedly died, while three others remain missing, after a boat capsized in the Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The incident happened on Friday, August 29, 2025, when villagers fleeing bandit […...
•Boat mishap A boat mishap has claimed the lives of four persons while 41 persons were rescued at the Goronyo Local Government Area Local Government in Sokoto State. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) today in a statement by the Head of Press Unit, Manzo Ezekiel said the increase in fatalities followed the recovery of […]
•Boat accident Rescue workers are searching for more than 40 people after a boat accident in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto state, the country’s emergency agency said yesterday. “About 10 persons have been rescued, while more than 40 passengers remain missing,” the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said in a statement. NEMA said it ha...
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency, (NSEMA) has confirmed that 39 passengers were on board in the ill-fated boat that was involved in an accident last Saturday around Gini, Zumba, in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. Confirming the information yesterday in a release signed and made available to journalists in Minna was the...
•Boat mishap A boat mishap has claimed the lives of at least 27 people in the Gbajibo community in the Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State. The tragedy occurred barely seven months after a similar incident claimed the lives of 100 people in the area, reports Channels TV. It was learnt that the boat […]
•Boat mishap Four persons have died in a boat mishap at Dundaye community in Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Head, Sokoto Field Operation Office of the National Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Aliyu Kafindangi, confirmed the incident to our correspondent today in Sokoto. He said that the incident occurred on Sunday evening, ...
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