350 die of boat mishaps, HYPPADEC Chairman lists causes
July 10, 2021 No fewer than 350 lives were lost to boat mishaps in Nigeria in 2020. The disclosure was made in Borgu, Niger State, on Saturday by Joseph Ityav,…
41 persons drown in boat mishap, 80 missing
The bodies of 41 victims of a wrecked boat were recovered Thursday from Lake Albert, which lies between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), official sources…
Frequent boat mishaps: NIWA to prosecute offenders, deregister operators
Worried by frequent boat mishaps, the Lagos Area Office of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has warned boat operators that it would henceforth, deregister and withdraw operational licences of…
Lagos boat mishap: Commissioner reads riot Act to ferry operators as death toll rises to 5
The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, has cautioned ferry operators against breaking laid down safety guidelines on waterways, including avoidance of night travels after the boat mishap…
15 die in Bauchi canoe mishap – SEMA
The Permanent Secretary, Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Alhaji Shehu Ningi, on Thursday said about 15 people were killed in an overcrowded canoe mishap at Gwaskaram village, Bauchi Local…
Bayelsa polls: Four journalists escape death as boat capsizes
A boat conveying journalists across flooded parts of Sampou community on Nun River in Kolokuma Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa capsized and threw the four occupants into the water….