•Boat mishap The Nigerian Navy, said it personnel deployed along Cawthorne Channel in Rivers State, has rescued over 250 passengers who were onboard a capsized passenger boat. Director Naval Information, Commodore Adams Aliu, who made this known, said The ill-fated boat, MV PRECIOUS EMMANUEL cast off from a local market in Sangana area of Baye...
•Late Junior Pope TC, one of the survivors of the tragic boat accident that claimed the life of Nollywood actor Pope Obumneme Odonwodo, also known as Junior Pope, has recounted the moments leading up to the incident. According to TC, the mishap occurred due to the lack of experience of the individual steering the boat. […]
•Boat mishap The death toll from the sinking of a makeshift ferry boat off the north coast of Mozambique has risen to 96, local authorities said today. The converted fishing boat, carrying about 130 people, ran into trouble on Sunday as it was trying to reach an island off Nampula province, officials said. “Five more […]
•Boat mishap At least 10 people, including nine children, drowned when a boat capsized Thursday in western India, officials said, with a search on to find more of the missing. The incident happened in Gujarat state as students were travelling to a picnic organised by their school, reports AFP. Dozens of people joined a frantic […]
•Boat mishap Passengers were feared dead in a boat mishap along Duga Mashaya in Niger State and Wara in Kebbi State. Bargu Local Government Disaster Officer, Musa Saidu, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview yesterday, reports Channels TV. He said the incident was reported to have occurred at about 11am. The boat was said […]...
•Boat mishap So far, nine bodies have been recovered while search and rescue operations were ongoing to find the remaining two out of 11 casualties of the recent boat mishap along the Bonny River in Rivers State. This was disclosed by Mr. Godswill Jumbo, a credible source in Bonny LGA, reports Daily Sun. This is […]
•Boat mishap Pastor Promise Festus, a father residing in Ngo Town within the Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, has expressed distress, revealing that his five children were among the casualties of the boat accident along the Andoni-Bonny waterways. He described his world as shattered and appealed to the state governor, Siminalayi F...
•Boat mishap No fewer than 11 persons including kids, were reported dead in a boat mishap along the Andoni-Bonny coastal waters in Rivers State yesterday. The accident was said to have involved two passenger boats that plied the routes, reports Vanguard. Some of the victims were said to be from Ngo town, Ataba, and Isiama […]
Tragedy struck today Sunday, January 7, in Anambra State when a boat capsized at the River Niger, killing no fewer than five persons, while many others were rescued. The boat, it was gathered, left Kogi through the River Niger heading to Onitsha, Anambra State, reports The Nation. A video made available to our correspondent by […]
•Segun Obayendo Over 200 people lost their lives as a result of boat accidents in seven states in 2023, the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration declared today. It said findings by CIOTA showed that the accidents occurred in Kwara, Calabar, Nasarawa, Adamawa, Sokoto, Kebbi and Ondo states, adding that thousands had died from road cr...