•Boat mishap Twelve Nigerians have been rescued after a Nigerian tugboat, LEO, carrying 18 persons sank in South African waters late Saturday night, with one person confirmed dead and search and rescue operations still ongoing for five others who remain missing following the maritime incident. In a press statement signed by Special Assistant o...
•Boat mishap At least six students reportedly returning to school have drowned after the boat they were travelling in capsised at the Buruku crossing point in Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State. Witnesses said the incident occurred on Sunday night while the students and other passengers were being ferried across the River Benue at [&h...
•Canoe mishap The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has disclosed that 25 persons have died and 14 others are missing following a boat mishap in Nguru LGA in Yobe State. According to NEMA, 13 people were rescued after the mishap occurred around 7:48 p.m. on Saturday. The canoe was conveying 52 passengers travelling from Adiyani [&hel...
•Boat mishap Five siblings have tragically drowned in a boat accident at Obagaji in Agatu Local Government Area, Benue State. The victims reportedly lost their lives over the weekend while returning from their farm when the boat they were traveling in capsized after hitting turbulent waters, reports Vanguard. A former Agatu Local Government Vi...
•Boat mishap The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has reported that 50 persons have been rescued and are safe following a boat mishap in Benue State. The accident occurred around 7:00 pm on Saturday along River Benue in Agatu Local Government Area and has claimed three lives so far. According to NEMA’s media office, 49 […]...
•Boat mishap The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has reported that 50 persons have been rescued and are safe following a boat mishap in Benue State. The accident occurred around 7:00 pm on Saturday along River Benue in Agatu Local Government Area and has claimed three lives so far. According to NEMA’s media office, 49 […]...
•Boat mishap Five people have died, six injured and twenty persons still missing after a devastating boat accident occurred in the Warri South Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman of the Delta State Police Command Edafe Bright confirmed the incident, disclosing the six injured persons are receiving medical treatment at an undisclo...
•Boat mishap The Niger State Emergency Management Agency has recovered an additional 16 corpses following the tragic boat accident in Gbajibo, Niger State. Among the newly recovered bodies were two females and 14 males, adding to the earlier discovery of nine bodies—comprising two females and seven males—bringing the total number of recovered ...
•Abigail Frederick The remains of late Nollywood make-up artist, Ms Abigail Frederick, who died alongside popular actor, Junior Pope, and three others in a boat mishap last week were, yesterday, buried in her home state, Akwa Ibom. The Frontier reports that Governor Umo Eno had earlier demanded that Abigail’s corpse be brought home for proper ...
•Junior Pope The Nigerian movie industry was yesterday thrown into mourning following the sudden death of one of the fastest-growing Nollywood actors and filmmakers, John Paul Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope. It was reported that the actor, alongside three others, died when a boat conveying them from movie location capsized on Anam Ri...
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