•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 […]
•Lagos beach The Police Command in Lagos State said today that two brothers drowned at Ibeshe Beach on Christmas Day. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told our correspondent that someone reported the incident to the police, reports NAN. He said that the incident happened at about 6pm while the brothers were swimming with their...
•Boat mishap The Taraba State Government says no fewer than twenty corpses of victims of a recent boat mishap have been recovered. This was disclosed by the state’s Commissioner for Special Duties and Social Development Saviour Noku shortly after visiting the Binneri community alongside the state deputy governor where the boat capsized last Sa...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday announced the conclusion of the search and rescue mission on the Ill-fated boat that sank along River Venue in Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State, stating that out of the 104 passengers, fourteen persons were rescued alive, 21 dead bodies were recovered while 69 persons ...
•Boat accident The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service said it recovered two bodies of victims on board a capsized boat crossing from Olorunsogo to Isawo yesterday. The rescue service in a statement signed by its Deputy Affairs Public Affairs, Ololade Agoola, yesterday, said the bodies recovered were of two females identified as Misturat Okunb...