A passenger boat conveying over 20 persons suffered mishap at Egbin, near Ijede in Ikorodu area of Lagos state, on Saturday night. The boat was conveying passengers from Ajah to Egbin when the tragic incident occurred. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) attributed the incident to overloading. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, chief executive officer of the agency, […]
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At least 71 people died on Thursday in Northern Iraq when the ferry boat they were on sank, a security official said, as rescue operations were ongoing in the Tigris River’s fast-flowing waters. Forty-five others, including 19 children, were saved, Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan told the official Iraqi News Agency. Initially, Hossam Khalil, a […]
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At least five persons lost their lives in a boat accident on their way to the Ikorodu area of Lagos state on Wednesday. Adesina Tiamiyu, general manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), confirmed the incident. He said the agency received a distress call around 5.57 pm. Tiamiyu said a 20 capacity passenger […]
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The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has confirmed the death of 22 persons in a boat mishap around Mahuta community in Agwara Local Government Area of the state. Malam Hussaini Ibrahim, the Public Relations Officer of the agency, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Wednesday. He said […]
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At least 53 traders have lost their lives in a boat mishap which occurred in Bagudo local government area of Kebbi state. Muhammad Zagga, chairman of the Bagudo local government, confirmed this on Thursday. He told NAN that the traders were heaing to a market when the incident happened. “Majority of the traders are from Gaya village […]
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About 3,000 refugees have been saved by rescuers and more than 50 dead on boats near the coast of Libya, according to the Italian coastguard. Not less than 55 bodies were discovered on Wednesday on three overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean Sea, the coastguard said. 51 of the 55 were found in the hold of […]
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