A boat capsized on the Niger River in northern Nigeria, resulting in the deaths of over 100 individuals who were returning from a wedding. Authorities saved at least 144 people.

At least 8 people have died and 100 are missing after a boat sank on the River Niger in northern Nigeria, authorities said.

An overloaded wooden boat ferrying nearly 300 wedding guests across the Niger River in a remote part of Nigeria split in half and capsized, leaving at least 106 people dead, including children.

An image from Google Maps indicates with a red marker the Ogbaru area of Nigeria's Anambra state, where an overloaded boat capsized in the flood-swollen Niger River on October 7, 2022, leaving ...

River transport and market trade are common in Nigeria, where roads are often poor. The Niger, West Africa's main river travelling through Guinea to Nigeria's Niger Delta, is a key local trade route.

The capsizing on the Niger River happened in the Gbajibo community, located 156 miles from Minna, the state capital. A boat carrying more than 100 passengers capsized in north-central Nigeria ...

More than 100 people are now confirmed dead after a boat ferrying wedding guests overturned Monday in the river Niger around north-central Nigeria, local police said.

Over 100 people, predominantly women and children, are still missing after a boat capsized in northwestern Nigeria, ... A general view of the Niger River in Onitsha on February 27, 2023.

The boat capsized on the Niger River at night, when many passengers were returning from a wedding party. By Elian Peltier and Ismail Alfa Elian Peltier reported from Dakar, Senegal, and Ismail ...

The boat was carrying about 300 people on the Niger River. Rescuers continued to search for survivors. By Ismail Auwal and Lynsey Chutel Ismail Auwal reported from Abuja, Nigeria, and Lynsey ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — At least 27 people died and more than 100, most of them women, were missing Friday after a boat transporting them to a food market capsized along the River Niger in northern ...

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