More than 100 passengers, mostly women, are still missing after a boat capsized on the Niger river. The search and rescue operation in ongoing.

As of 12 hours after the incident occurred, no survivors had been found

A boat carrying more than 200 people along the Dambo-Ebuchi sections of River Niger reportedly capsized in the early hours of Friday, resulting in the loss of multiple lives. The latest incident comes after a similar boat accident occurred on the Muwo Gbajibo River in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State on October 1, […]