The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said it rescued twelve victims of a boat mishap which occurred Wednesday evening at about 8:20 pm. The Guardian had earlier reported three persons were confirmed dead after a boat conveying about twenty passengers capsized in Lagos. The passengers were en route Ojo […]
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21 traders feared dead in Sokoto boat mishap
Twenty-one people are missing, feared dead, after their boat capsized in northern Nigeria, emergency services and rescue workers said on Tuesday. The vessel, carrying 30 traders and their wares, overturned in high winds on a river in the Isa district of northwestern Sokoto state during a heavy downpour on Saturday. […]