AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq-led Kwara State Government on Tuesday presented boats and life jackets to the residents of Patigi and Lafiagi in Patigi and Edu local government areas of the state. According to reports, this is coming nine months after no fewer than 107 persons were killed in a boat mishap while returning from a wedding ceremony…
No fewer than 20 persons were killed in a boat mishap in Andoni waterways in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. Erastus Awortu, the chairman of the Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, in a statement issued early Wednesday, expressed his shock at the incident. According to him, the incident, which occurred on…
No fewer than ten persons have been killed in a boat mishap which occurred on Thursday evening in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The Informant247 gathered, according to the Secretary, Coalition of Shiroro Associations, Saidu Salihu, that the incident happened around 4 pm on Thursday, adding that the victims, mostly traders, were conveying…
No fewer than four persons have been killed in a boat mishap that occurred in the Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. According to a report, the boat which was conveying Rice Farmers from Ubbe District in the Nasarawa Eggon LGA, had a tragic accident while crossing a river at Hunki village of Awe…
A boat conveying about 22 passengers on Monday capsized in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has said. According to NAN, the director general of the agency, Salihu Garba, said the boat was conveying passengers from Kasabo villages in Agwara LGA of Niger to Yauri in Kebbi state…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed a thorough investigation into recurring boat mishaps in the country. The Informant247 gathered that the president gave the order to maritime safety authorities following two recent boat accidents in Adamawa and Niger states that claimed many lives. It would be recalled that no fewer than 24 persons…
The bodies of three medical students, who went missing in a boat accident on Monday, revovered by the marine unit of the Cross River Police Command. According to the Cross River’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Gyogen Grim, the bodies were recovered in collaboration with locals around the Marina Resort Area, Calabar, the state capital. Grima,…
No fewer than 10 persons have been killed in Mbo local government area of Akwa Ibom State, after an outboard engine boat capsized off the coast. The Informant247 learned that five out of the 10 victims were from the same family from the Udung Uko local government area of the State. The victims were reported…
No fewer than five persons on Saturday, killed after a speed boat capsized in Calabar, Cross River state. The accident, which occured on Saturday when the boat en route to Oron in Akwa Ibom state, said to have carried 20 persons at Marina Resort in Calabar. According NAN, a senior naval officer said the eastern…
The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the death of no fewer than 106 casualties in the unfortunate boat accident that happened in Patigi Local Government Area of the state. In a statement released by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, said 144 victims were rescued in the accident that involved about 250 persons. The…
A boat mishap at Egbu village in the Patigi local government area of Kwara state has claimed lives of about 100 people including a father and his four children. The Informant247 gathered that the incident occurred on Monday, when the victims were returning from a marriage ceremony at neighbouring Egboti village in Niger State. It…
