At least, six students  have lost their lives on  Monday after the boat they were travelling in capsized middle of Buruku ...

Boat accidents continue to happen across Nigeria’s inland waterways, often resulting in fatalities, injuries, and the loss of ...

The boat, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt, was conveying the victims across River Niger for a programme at a traditional wedding ceremony in a community in Niger. The boat, conveying about 22 ...

Eight more bodies have been recovered from last Tuesday’s boat accident at Ibaji, Kogi State. The recovery followed the ongoing search and rescue mounted by personnel of the Kogi State Emergency ...

By Steve AgbotaAs part of efforts to curb the rising incidence of boat mishaps on Nigeria’s inland waterways, the Federal Government has approved about N14.6 billion to procure modern boats and ...

No fewer than 28 persons have lost their lives in a boat mishap in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger. He said the occupants of the boat were 100 passengers coming from Zumba from Tija village of ...

Madang Provincial Police Commander Superintendent Robert Baim has raised serious concerns over the continued loss of life at sea, warning that repeated boat mishaps are stretching police capacity and ...

NIWA has approved specific operating hours for boat operators nationwide, restricting movement on inland waterways to between 6:00am and 6:00pm daily.

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has renewed his call on state governments across the federation to urgently ban the use of wooden boats for commercial water transportation ...